Estate Agencies

Strutt & Parker has hired Minnie Stainrod as Super Prime Associate in its national lettings team, based out of the Knightsbridge office. Stainrod was previously a Lettings Director with UK Sotheby’s International Realty, and started her property career at Knight Frank in Kensington. Read more →

The owner of London estate agency brands Chestertons and Chase Buchanan, Campions Group, has appointed Rupert Bennett as Head of Property Services. He moves from Rampton Baseley, where he was Head of Client Services. Read more →

Global real estate brokerage Nest Seekers International has opened a flagship UK office on Pall Mall in St James’s. Read more →

Nest Seekers has also recruited Constance Cunningham to run a new Transatlantic Desk, based in London and New York. Cunningham previously worked for Carter Jonas, Barnes International, Sotheby’s International Realty, JLL and Savills. Read more →

Former Nest Seekers Europe boss Daniel McPeake is now running Aperture Global in the UK. Aperture is a new social media-focused luxury property brokerage, set up in America by Robert Palmer. McPeake’s team includes fellow Nest Seekers alumni Solly Strickland and Krishan Mistry, former Moveli broker Caroline De Havilland, Lindsey Harrison, Rachel Narag, and Jack Dowlet. Read more →

Savills Plc has appointed a new Group Financial Officer, recruiting Nick Sanderson from Great Portland Estates Plc to fill the shoes of Simon Shaw, when he steps up to become CEO next year. Read more →

Odge Davey has joined Savills’s global residential business as Head of International Sales. He spent the last six years managing a portfolio of ultra-prime homes for a family office, and previously spent time as a negotiator with Knight Frank and Savills. Read more →

Also at Savills, James Harrison has been appointed as head of lettings in Henley-on-Thames. He’s been with the agency for the last four years. Read more →

Knight Frank has added two names to its Prime Central London lettings operation. Jessica Cowell is in as Head of Lettings in Chelsea (moving from Hamptons); Kirk Owen is now Lettings Manager in Knightsbridge (moving from CBRE). Read more →

Chestertons has recruited Nikki Smyth from Stirling Ackroyd to lead its lettings business in North & East London. Read more →

Fine & Country has officially launched its latest UK licence, in Weybridge in Surrey. It is led by local resident Cornelia Parchment-Horn – a former US real estate broker (for Keller Williams) turned software entrepreneur, who has now bought into the F&C brand. Read more →

Mayfair-based independent property brokerage Harris Le Beau has signed Carlos Riveros as a broker. Riveros was previously Sales Director of Chestertons’ Covent Garden office. Pravas Rijal has also joined the firm as a Consultant. Read more →

Boutique estate agency Wilfords London has opened a new office in Abbeville Village in SW London. Phil Agius is running the show. This is the firm’s third physical branch, with a fourth planned (in Barnes) for later this year. Read more →

National property consultancy and auctioneer Allsop has opened a new office in Manchester, to operate alongside its existing Leeds and London hubs. Liam Dowdell is in charge. Read more →

Douglas & Gordon has recruited Dominic Butler as a self-employed Property Partner. Butler, who previously worked at Foxtons, now handles sales across London under the D&G banner. Read more →

Upper-end property brokerage Moveli has set up a new homes department. Read more →

Moveli has also added a fifth self-employed broker in Devon; Chris Heal has moved from Exeter-based Chase Buchanan. Read more →

Buying Agencies

UK Sotheby’s International Realty has launched a dedicated international home-buying advisory division. Former Knight Frank partner Katya Zenkovich is in charge. Read more →

Middleton Advisors has recruited Georgie Anstey to its London buying team. She moves from rival buying agency RFR. Read more →

Property consultancy Hutton Bubear has recruited Tamzin Incledon to oversee property searches in The Chilterns, Oxfordshire and Surrey. Incledon previously spent 18 years with Douglas & Gordon, including a decade in charge of the Northcote Road office in SW London. Read more →

Top-end Scottish property brokerage Prime Edinburgh Property has rebranded to Fyndd, and extended its focus beyond the Scottish capital into a broader area. The business is run by Director Jamie McNeill, with brokers including ex-pro rugby player Andy Crammond and buying agent Matthew Little. Read more →

Design & Construction

The British Institute of Interior Design has named Liz Bell as its new President, succeeding Angela Bardino. Bell is also director of design and project management firm Absolute Project Management. Anna Burles, director of design studio Run For The Hills, is the new BIID President Elect. Read more →

Architecture firm Broadway Malyan has appointed Tim Burgess as Head of the London studio, and Emma Flanagan as UK Business Development Director. Burgess was recently Principal at TODD. Read more →

Top-end building firm CC Construction Group has promoted Philippa Waldron, Phin Isles and Charlie Ellis to director level. Waldron is now Group Operations Director; Isles is Director of CC Bespoke; Ellis is Director of CC Maintain. Read more →

Development & Investment

Maybourne — which owns London hotels Claridge’s, The Berkeley and The Connaught — has recruited Charlie Walsh as Global Head of Residential Sales, to oversee an “ambitious expansion” of its branded residential operation. Walsh previously ran resi sales at The OWO, and before that was Head of Sales at Lodha Group UK. Read more →

UAE-based real estate firm Arada has acquired a 75% stake in London-centric residential developer Regal, committing AED2.5bn (c.£510mn) to “accelerate” house-building in the UK capital. Regal will be renamed as “Arada London”, and the new owners aim to “more than triple” the firm’s development pipeline over the next three years. Read more →

Boutique design and development studio Echlin has appointed Mark Collins, the former Chairman of Residential at CBRE, as Non-Executive Director as the firm ramps up its growth plans in London and abroad. Read more →

Boutique luxury developer Amara Property has recruited a Sales & Acquisitions Director. Warren Leader previously worked for firms including Colliers, Stone Real Estate, London & Regional, and JLL. Read more →

Berkeley Group has appointed Neil Eady to its board as Chief Financial Officer. He steps up from his role as Divisional Finance Director of Berkeley Capital, one of the Plc’s London businesses. Read more →

Cain International has brought in former Six Senses CEO Neil Jacobs to advise on its luxury property investment platform. Read more →

London-based real estate investment manager Maya Capital has hired a trio of new names to lead an expansion drive across the UK and Europe. Charlie Alcock, Tancredi Dutto, and Adrien Pujade-Lauraine have all joined as Senior Deal Originators. Read more →

Marketing

LonRes has appointed Emma Herriman as its first-ever Chief Operating Officer, tasked with leading the business’s operational and strategic agenda. Herriman joined the B2B property data platform and network ten years ago, initially overseeing marketing and brand strategy. Read more →

CBRE’s former Head of Research, Jennet Siebrits, has launched her own independent consultancy. Her new venture provides data-led research, tailored market intelligence, original reports and content strategy. At the same time, Siebrits has been appointed Head of Research at Ringley Group. Read more →

Events business RX France has hired a new Director for its big property industry get-togethers; Nicolas Boffi is the new Director of MIPIM, taking over from Nicolas Kozubek. Read more →

Legal

Private wealth and real estate law firm Boodle Hatfield has named two new Partners: Neil Biswas joins the Real Estate team from Trowers & Hamlins, and David Davies joins the Corporate & Commercial division from Kingsley Napley. Read more →

Gateley Legal has hired Brian Dowling as a Partner for its residential development team covering London and the south of England. He previously held roles with Boyes Turner, Irwin Mitchell and Berwin Leighton Paisner. Read more →