Jack Stacey joins Savills from CBRE
Savills has expanded its national investment team with the appointment of Jack Stacey who joins as an associate director at the firm’s Margaret Street head office in London.
Stacey has over nine years’ experience working in the real estate industry. He joins from CBRE where he was part of the national capital markets team, focusing on portfolio investment. As part of his role Jack worked with major institutions, property companies and private investors, with notable key clients including Longmead Capital and ESR Europe.
At Savills, Stacey will help to strengthen the national investment team specialising in portfolio investment. He will also be joined later in the year by directors Peter Kirk and Tom Hupfield, also formerly CBRE, who are due to start this Autumn.
Stacey commented: “I am very much looking forward to joining this market leading team, especially as sentiment around capital markets continues to improve.”
Richard Merryweather, joint head of UK investment, added: “His [Stacey’s] expertise will no doubt help to further strengthen the national investment team and expand our business space and portfolio investment offer. He, alongside Peter and Tom, will ensure we continue to offer a best in class service to clients across all asset classes and geographies.”
Walker Singleton announces two promotions
Walker Singleton has announced two promotions within its commercial and residential property teams.
Adam Powell has been promoted to director in the firm’s estate agency brand, WS Residential. Having started his career at Walker Singleton in 2004, he previously held the position of associate director and has more than 20 years of experience in the residential property management sector.
Jack Spencer has become associate director within the Walker Singleton’s commercial property team. He joined the firm in 2017 as trainee chartered surveyor and is now experienced in carrying out valuations across a range of property types, as well as managing commercial property portfolios.
Founded in 1889, Walker Singleton is a multi-disciplinary firm which provides partner-led property and asset solutions. The firm has four key service areas. These comprise commercial property; residential property; machinery and business assets; and land and property auctions.
WS Residential has around 900 residential properties under management and over 100 homes for sale, with properties mainly located within the Kirklees, Calderdale and Bradford areas.
Walker Singleton director, Ben Waites, said: “Adam and Jack fully deserve their promotions and is testament to their ongoing dedication to supporting clients within their respective specialisms.
“These promotions are evidence of our commitment to developing the property professionals within the firm and I look forward to seeing Jack and Adam thrive in their new roles.”
Walker Singleton currently employs 50 people across its offices, including ones in Leeds, Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield.
Persimmon announces appointment of non-executive director
The board of Persimmon has announced the appointment of Paula Bell as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 September 2024. She will be appointed as chair of the audit & risk Committee on 1 October 2024.
Bell has extensive board experience both as an executive and non-executive director of large UK publicly listed organisations. Since 2016, she has held the position of chief financial & operations officer of Spirent, where shareholders recently approved a recommend offer from a strategic buyer.
Bell has been a non-executive director and chair of the audit and risk committee at Keller Group since 2018 and was previously a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee at Laird from 2013 to 2018.
Prior to Spirent, Bell was chief financial officer at John Menzies and group financial director at Ricardo, as well as holding senior finance roles at BAA Plc, AWG Plc and Rolls Royce Group Plc. Bell has wide sector experience including construction, property and manufacturing environments.
As announced on 30 April 2024, Shirine Khoury-Haq has notified the board of her intention to step down as an independent non-executive director of the company to focus on her role as group chief executive at The Co-operative Group, with effect from 30 September 2024.
Roger Devlin, chairman of Persimmon, said: “Paula’s extensive commercial and operational experience in finance leadership roles at large UK listed firms, combined with significant Audit and Risk Chair experience, make her an excellent addition to the Board.
“On behalf of the Board, I would again like to thank Shirine for her contribution to all aspects of Persimmon’s business. I wish her every success for the future.”
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