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David Ramsay has been
appointed director of
JLLs planning and
development team in
Southampton. He joins
from Vail Williams,
where he was associate
and head of planning for
the Solent region.

Barwood Capital has

appointed Andrew
Barlow as director. He
previously worked for
MEPC, King Sturge and
ING Real Estate, and has
been involved in
investment transactions
totaly more than 2bn.

CBRE in Leeds has appointed James

Laidler as healthcare valuer in its
specialist markets team. He joins from
Brunel Spire.

Lambert Smith Hampton has

appointed John Reyers as head of cost and
project management. He joins from Knight
Frank.

Sector Light has appointed Florent

Grandjean and Miguel Moreira as
developers and Jason Anderson as a
director.

DTZ has appointed Tom Bathurst as senior

surveyor in its residential development
team in Birmingham.

Ryan Lynch has joined Siddall Jones as

agency surveyor in Birmingham.
James A Baker has appointed Paul Kotrys
as director. He previously worked for
Orchid.
Nick Roberts has joined Bilfinger GVA as
an investment director. He joins from
Fineman Ross.
Johnson Fellows has appointed Anwar Ali
as an architectural technologist. He joins
from AA Projects.
Leslie Jones Architecture has promoted
Simon Brown to associate.
Metis Real Estate Advisors has appointed
Nick McAllester as a director in the retail
agency team.
Higgs & Sons has appointed
commercial property litigator Paul Barker
as a partner.
Skanskas project development team has
appointed Annabel Fisher as assistant
marketing and leasing manager and Alex
Parsons as assistant development
manager.
Alexandra Houghton and Clare Winnett
have joined the commercial board at
Carter Jonas.
KALMARs has appointed Anthony
Tappy-Day to retail and decentralised
office agency and Luke Osborne to
industrial agency.
Brendons Auctioneers has named Phil
Arnold as managing director, Julie
Gooding as director and Mark Ronaldson
and Adam Arnold as surveyors.

TPS has appointed Andrew Cooper

and Kevin Webster as development
managers, and Lorretta Leach as finance
manager.
Symonds & Sampson has appointed
Ross Willmington, Andrew Tuffin and
Andrew Monro as partners.
Thrings has named Gemma Featonby as
partner and Natalia Sokolov, Charlotte
Dooling and Matt Smith as associates.
Opus Land has appointed David Myers to
the development team. He joins from
Colliers International.
Savills has appointed Caroline Vanner as
an associate director and head of new
homes and Douglas Stanton as an
associate in the business space agency
team.
Addresses
Aitchison Raffetys central Birmingham
office will relocate to Neville House, 14
Waterloo Street, Birmingham B2 5TX on 13
July. Paul Arnell has been appointed
director.

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Hire of the week

Michael Morris
Property investment
company Picton
Property Income has
appointed Michael
Morris as a nonexecutive director.
In addition to his role as chief
executive of the companys investment
management subsidiary, Morris will
also sit on the main board, which
represents shareholder interests and
is responsible for the groups
investment policy.
In the past 12 months, Picton has
seen a 73% rise in net assets and
another year of out-performance
against IPD.
Morris says: Picton has real
momentum, we are doing great things
at a portfolio level and improving
occupancy, delivering strong returns
for shareholders. Im delighted to be
joining the main board at this time, as
we continue to grow the business.
Picton chairman Nicholas
Thompson said: Making this
appointment reflects the successes of
the company since Michael led the
transition to internalised
management and the formation of
Picton Capital in 2012.
While Morris has more than 20
years experience in the industry, his
big break, as he describes it, was not
his appointment as fund manager to
ING UK REIT where he worked with
the group from its launch in 2005, but
a double spiral fracture of his femur,
following a skiing accident in 2002.
Multiple operations and a
lengthyrehabilitation gave him a
newperspective on life. Ive been
lucky and I really appreciate that.
Ima firm believer in making the most
of what youve got and being positive,
he says.
Morris, who has an engineering
background, considered a career in
the RAF, but has no regrets about
choosing property. Its a great sector.
I cant think of many others where
businesses are so well networked and
theres such a commercial approach
to life. I fear the day when my kids
think about becoming a lawyer,
banker or accountant.
Adding to his credentials, Morris
sits on the property panel of the
Association of Investment Companies
and the CPD steering committee of
the Investment Property Forum.

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