Property consultancy CBRE has boosted its planning and development team in Birmingham with the appointment of Jon Wood as senior director.
Mr Wood has joined the firm from Homes England where he was a senior manager for the markets, partners and places directorate, with a regional focus on partnerships and accelerating new housing.
Prior to this, he worked for Commercial Estates Group as an area manager in development and land and housebuilder Redrow where he was a senior planning manager.
His appointment is the third successive senior appointment within CBRE's planning and development team within the last six months, with Andrew Round joining as senior director of economic development and Louise Wyman as executive director of strategic development.
CBRE has also appointed Jack Jones as associate director in its Birmingham residential land and development team.
He previously worked at Knight Frank in the city for more than seven years, most recently as an associate in residential development, focusing on the disposal and acquisition of residential development sites across the Midlands region.
Ashley Hancox, CBRE executive director in the Midlands, said: "We are continuing to build a market-leading planning and development team and Jon's arrival, with his considerable experience in the residential sector, strengthens our skills and expertise in this growing area of the business.
"There's a lot of synergies between Jon's and Jack's roles, particularly around strategic land promotion so having them both on board is a win win."
In other property appointment news, an experienced finance specialist has joined Birmingham-based Principle Estate Management as a service charge accountant.
Aaron Neath has moved to Principle after spending three-and-a-half years with the SDL Group.
He has spent more than four years in the finance sector and has previously worked at Haines Watts Birmingham and SLP Accountants.
Birmingham-based Godwin Developments has bolstered its team in the city by recruiting Steven Gascoyne as associate director of construction.
His career spans 25 years working in a wide range of sectors including residential, leisure and industrial.
He will assume responsibility for some of Godwin's largest construction projects across the country, working closely with its in-house teams and external property partners from its Birmingham office.
Prior to joining Godwin, he worked as operations director of Mace where he was part of their cost and commercial practice group, leading a team of 25 quantity surveyors and being responsible for the Birmingham office's cost management offer.
Warwick-based land developer L&Q Estates has appointed Kathryn Hemingway and Jonny Dodd as associate land directors while Natasha Brand has been promoted to senior strategic land manager.
Ms Hemingway started her career by joining the graduate training programme at Cushman & Wakefield in Birmingham before moving to IM Land in Solihull to focus on strategic land where she worked across the country until securing her new role at L&Q Estates.
Mr Dodd will have responsibility for the South West which is an area he knows extremely well having begun his property career over 23 years ago.
During this time, he has worked in a wide variety of residential agency and development roles.
Ms Brand has been promoted from strategic land manager after moving to L&Q Estates from Future Land in the South West in 2018 and she will have responsibility for the South East of England.
Stratford consultancy Marrons Planning has appointed senior planner Reiss Sadler.
With more than seven years' experience working with Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire as a senior planning officer, the move to Marrons Planning will see him support house builders, land promoters and landowners in the area to secure planning permission for key developments.
He has a vast knowledge of planning policy, specialising in residential development, housing land supply, site appraisal and promotion.
Property consultancy Avison Young has appointed Gary Imrie as a principal in its Birmingham office.
He has been with the company's property management team for a year following nearly two decades of experience in the industry and specialises in evolving accounting and operational systems.
He joins a team of more than 650 principals across the consultancy's global office network.
Colin Lewis, the former chief executive of Avant Homes, has joined Solihull-based housebuilder Piper Homes in the newly created role of non-executive chairman.
Mr Lewis left Avant in 2021 after 11 years of service, including seven as chief executive, following a sale of the business.
He brings more than 35 years of property sector experience to Piper Homes, having also sat on the board of housebuilder Redrow between 2001 and 2009.
Davidson Estates has appointed an experienced lettings manager to help meet growing demands for property in Birmingham city centre and its suburbs.
Jaime Duffy has joined the expanding estate agency after spending nearly three years in lettings across the West Midlands.
She started as a lettings negotiator at Connells estate agency in West Bromwich in 2019, was promoted to senior lettings negotiator at the company's Wolverhampton branch last year and then became assistant lettings manager at the same branch in December.
The growing demand for city centre living has recently seen Davidson Estates opening a new office at 102 Colmore Row.
IM Properties has appointed Andrew Swain as group sustainability manager to help deliver its future vision for the business.
The new role follows a lengthy review by Solihull-based IM Properties of all its operations in consultation with its staff, stakeholders and supply chain to deliver its 'sustainable futures strategy'.
Mr Swain is a chartered environmentalist with significant experience assisting major blue-chip companies achieve their sustainability goals.
He joins IM Properties from Tarmac where he was senior sustainability manager.
