Harworth Estates is pleased to announce that it has promoted some of its existing workforce and recruited new staff to support the delivery of an increased number of development projects.
Promotions
Peter Henry has been promoted to the role of Development Director from his previous role of Technical Director. This is a new role that is being created to accommodate and support the increased number of schemes following Harworth securing planning consent for more than 2,000 new homes in 2015. To support this expansion, Duncan Armstrong Payne and Chris Davidson have been promoted to Associate Directors, Major Projects, whilst newly RICS-qualified Heather Foxen has become a Development Surveyor in order to accelerate the delivery of the company’s highest-value schemes.
Harworth has also created a Building Delivery team as it increases the number of units it builds either for letting or sale. This team will be headed up by David Elliott who moves from a previous Project Manager role to take on the position of Director, Building Delivery.
Iain Thomson has also been promoted to the position of Group Partnerships and Communications Manager. Iain will now be responsible for all media and stakeholder management work across the Group and will work with the company’s Financial Director Andrew Kirkman with financial communications to shareholders and the wider market.
Finally, Jenny Cutler has been appointed Group Financial Controller. She replaces Simon Adams who leaves the company at the end of May to take up a Financial Director role at another Yorkshire-based business.
New appointments
Chris Birch will join as Group Company Secretary and General Counsel on 6 June 2016. Chris joins the company from Eversheds.
Neil Terrett has joined as Associate Director of Major Projects. He was previously at Harrow Estates following nearly two decades in real estate and corporate banking. Neil will be responsible for the delivery of a number of the company’s Midlands-based developments.
James Connelly has joined as Project Manager, Infrastructure and will report to Peter Henry, Director of Development. James has worked at Banks for the last nine years in numerous positions and will be responsible for taking forward infrastructure schemes to support the delivery of our major projects.
Andrew Roberts has joined as Acquisitions Manager, Midlands, as part of the Acquisitions Team. Andrew starts on 14 June 2016, focusing on sourcing and securing new development opportunities in the Midlands region. For the previous 11 years, Andrew worked at Taylor Wimpey UK focusing on land acquisitions, strategic land assembly and planning.
Tim Powner joined as Agency Manager in Harworth’s Business Space team. Tim joins from Hargreaves Services plc and will be responsible for managing the company’s commercial portfolio and liaising with retained agents to reduce void levels and improve rental income.
Amy Parkin has been appointed Assistant Financial Controller. Amy qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2010 and joins Harworth from BHP, one of the largest independent accountancy firms in the North of England.
Alex Mellows joined the Finance team on 26 May 2016 as Financial Planning & Analysis Manager. Alex is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and worked previously at Tribal Group plc and Jenx Ltd. Alex will be responsible for the preparation of the management accounts, divisional reporting and analysis.
Rebecca Nielson joined as Communications Assistant and will work on improving the company’s marketing and digital offer. Rebecca was previously at One Call Insurance in Doncaster.
Owen Michaelson, Chief Executive of Harworth Estates, said “I am delighted to welcome our new employees and congratulate those who have been promoted. Harworth is a rapidly growing business and these appointments and promotions will help us deliver our business plan objectives.”