Fenn Wright appoints former Connells Group CEO (property company) as fairness companion
Fenn Wright has introduced the appointment of Ian Fry as fairness companion and head of property company.
Wright, who left Connells Group earlier this 12 months, will lead the residential workforce at Fenn Wright.
Miranda Sandison, managing companion of Fenn Wright stated, “With a confirmed monitor report and a wealth of {industry} experience within the residential sector, we’re happy to welcome Ian to the partnership and look ahead to working intently with him as we proceed to develop and unlock new alternatives.”
Fry has a quite spectacular background, having began his profession in property company in 1991. He joined William H Brown in 1996, which subsequently grew to become a part of the Connells Group, the place he progressed from being a entrance desk property agent to Connells Group chief govt (property company).
Former managing companion and head of residential company, Alan Williams, added, “We’re delighted to welcome Ian into our partnership. He’s a really well-known, industry-leading determine and somebody I’ve identified personally for 25 years. He is a superb communicator whose professionalism and strategic means will drive our enterprise ahead within the years forward.”
Fry commented, “In taking the step into possession, it was essential to me that it was with the precise enterprise. Residing in Suffolk, I’ve lengthy admired Fenn Wright as a trusted, established and revered model with an extended historical past in Essex and Suffolk. It is part of the world I do know very properly, and I look ahead to the chance to affect the subsequent stage of progress within the enterprise, working alongside my fellow fairness companions and the broader property company workforce.”
Strettons appoints Mark Bolton as Managing Director
Strettons has introduced the appointment of Mark Bolton as its new managing director, succeeding the late Simon Tilsiter who handed away in October following a courageous battle with most cancers.
Bolton has been with Strettons for over 30 years and, previous to the enterprise’s relocation to its new London HQ in Shoreditch this summer time, he headed Strettons’ Metropolis workplace for over 15 years.
His intensive expertise spans company work throughout a broad cross-section of market sectors, in addition to valuation, improvement consultancy and lease advisory providers.
Bolton commented: “Simon was my good friend and colleague who had a distinguished profession spanning over 30 years with the agency. Throughout his tenure he performed a key position in delivering the board’s imaginative and prescient for the path and progress of the agency. His values and enter have left a permanent legacy.”
Bolton added: “Our latest workplace transfer has elevated our profile with current and potential purchasers and is attracting new expertise to our groups. We now have the house and scope to discover new alternatives, together with increasing our geographical attain.”
Malcolm Nicholls, chairman of Strettons, stated: “With the complete help of everybody on the board, we’re delighted to nominate Mark as managing director. His huge expertise throughout a number of disciplines makes him ideally positioned to steer Strettons into its subsequent chapter. Mark’s appointment will guarantee additional progress for Strettons in 2026 and past.”
Savills strengthens planning workforce in East of England
Savills has bolstered its planning workforce within the East of England with the appointment of an skilled director.
Neil Waterson returns to the Cambridge workplace having first joined the agency in 2000. He has 25 years’ expertise within the planning sector, most just lately as head of japanese area planning at Strutt and Parker – managing groups in Cambridge and Chelmsford.
Previous to that he was with improvement and funding specialists the Pigeon Group for six years, firstly as a planning supervisor inside the land promotion workforce after which main the planning and technical workforce for the corporate’s power enterprise, Cambridge Energy.
A Member of the Royal City Planning Institute with diplomas in each City Planning and Environmental Administration and Evaluation, he has additionally labored in consultancy roles at Bidwells and Turley Associates.
Waterson has a broad vary of expertise throughout various sectors, with experience in strategic land promotion for housing and renewable power initiatives, alongside Native Plan website allocations, socio-economic planning, five-year housing land provide and environmental influence assessments.
In his new position he might be chargeable for offering planning recommendation and consultancy throughout the japanese area with a selected give attention to power, housing and land promotion. He will even assist oversee the planning workforce within the Savills Chelmsford workplace, the place he might be based mostly at some point per week.
Waterson stated: “Each Cambridge and Chelmsford are sturdy multi-discipline places of work and the variability and vary of planning initiatives being undertaken may be very thrilling.
“I do know numerous the present workforce already and I’m wanting ahead to serving to the division develop and develop its service strains, as properly utilizing my data and experience to advise purchasers on unlock alternatives and help sustainable progress throughout the area.”
Andy Moffat, head of planning for Savills within the East of England, added: “It’s nice to welcome Neil again into the Savills household. He has a complete data of Cambridge and the broader area and brings an excessive amount of expertise which might be to the good thing about each purchasers and members of our workforce alike.
“His appointment alerts our dedication to strengthening and rising our groups in response to market forces – permitting us to navigate the evolving planning panorama and making certain that we proceed to ship the easiest strategic recommendation.”
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