A new Partnership director for Spicerhaart 

Andy Jones, a former cross-country runner competing at a national level, has been appointed as a new partnership Director for Spicerhaart.

Jones, 38, will be responsible for the home-based partners working for butters john bee, Haybrook and haart in the midlands, north and north-west, with expansion plans in his sights.

“My top priority is to grow the number of Partners in our area, as Spicerhaart works towards covering every postcode in England and Wales,” he said.

Jones has more than 15 years’ industry experience, working for high street and online agencies, including Yopa, as well as for financial and property technology companies.

“I wanted to join Spicerhaart because of its innovative approach and I’m passionate about building relationships as we grow the business.”

Hearthstone Investments appoints ex-Savills head of PR as non-executive director

Hearthstone Investments, the UK residential property fund manager, has appointed Jamie Jago to the board as a non-executive director.

Jago retired from Savills in July 2021 after a 35-year career in PR specialising in residential property; the last 13 of which had been spent at the global property advisor following their acquisition in 2008 of the PR agency, Jago Dean, which she had co-founded in 2002.

Jago said: “Having worked since I was 17, my intention was to take a year’s sabbatical before even thinking about consultancy or new projects. As it was, meeting Cedric [Bucher, CEO of Hearthstone] within 24 hours of leaving Savills made me change my mind; the impression he made together with the obvious strengths of Hearthstone meant I jumped at the chance to be involved.

“I look forward to bringing a lifetime’s PR and communications experience to the role and working with this impressive board to continue to grow the business.”

Bucher added: “Over the past five years Hearthstone Investments’ assets have nearly tripled with now close to £500m of capital committed by a range of institutional and private investors.

“A strong team both at executive and non-executive level has been and will continue to be at the heart of our growth, investment and client servicing strategy.

“We are delighted that Jamie joined our board – her experience and expertise will be invaluable to myself and our business over the coming years.”

Felicity Forbes-Davidson returns DM Hall as a new director

DM Hall has welcomed back Felicity Forbes-Davidson to the residential department of its Aberdeen office as a new director.

Hall began her career with DM Hall in 2009. In 2011 she secured her Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) qualification specialising in residential survey and valuation and was then promoted to Associate in 2016 before leaving for a position with another firm.

She said: “I am delighted to have returned to DM Hall Aberdeen as a director and intend to apply my experience and expertise to the benefit of all of our residential property clients throughout the north east of Scotland.”

Her role will be to carry out a broad residential workload including home reports, mortgage valuations and EPCs for lenders, solicitors, housebuilders and private clients across the north east, together with contributing to the strategic growth of the firm.

John McHugh, managing partner at DM Hall, commented: “We we have no doubt whatsoever that she will be a significant contributor to our efforts to bolster and strengthen the strong presence which DM Hall has held for many years in Aberdeen and the surrounding marketplace.”