Peter Everett joins Savills in Rickmansworth

Hamptons’ former head of sales, Peter Everett, has joined Savills as director of the Rickmansworth office.

Everett, who started out in agency almost 40 years ago, also previously worked as commercial director at Yopa, among his various

He said: “I have decided to return to my roots at the ‘sharp end’ in the marketplace where my career started.

“I’m excited to announce that next week I will be joining Savills as head of office in Church Street, Rickmansworth, next door but one from where I had my very first interview with Weller Hill Hubble all those years ago.

“I’m looking forward to working with the highly experienced sales team, including Sue Trybus, who started at Wellers in the same week as me, Graeme Warren whom I have also known for a number of years, and PA/admin Nicky Mason.

“We also have Will Lindsay joining the team as an associate. That’s around 135 years combined estate agency experience between us.”

Connells Group strengthens executive team with CTO appointment

Connells Group has appointed Julie Chapman as group chief technology officer (CTO).

Chapman brings more than 20 years’ experience in the technology industry to the executive team, and joins from Entain where she was accountable for a complex IT portfolio across a number of UK brands and over 2,500 high street outlets.

Prior to her role at Entain, she has extensive experience leading a variety of technology teams and transformation programmes in customer-facing businesses, including infrastructure, supply chain, retail and websites.

As well as leading in technology, Julie champions diversity and inclusion by inspiring and encouraging the next generation into the sector, having previously led the Women in Technology initiative at Tesco and now supporting an industry mentoring programme.

In her new role at Connells Group, Chapman will be supporting the business’ ongoing strategy to leverage and adopt digital technologies that add value to its customer proposition and enable its high street offices to deliver excellent service.

Chapman commented: “I am delighted to join Connells Group and build on the many current successes of the technology team. I look forward to exploring how we can leverage technology to enhance the business and create greater efficiencies to both support our colleagues and the service that we provide to customers.”

Anthony Glasgow, chief information officer, said: “She [Chapman] brings a wealth of relevant experience, and a shared appetite to drive continued innovation across our business, as we continue to invest in technology that supports our operations and deliver values for our customers and clients.”

Propertymark policy manager joins Scotland’s cross-party housing group

Propertymark’s policy panager for the UK Devolved Nations, Daryl McIntosh, has joined the Scottish parliament’s cross-party group on housing.

The group’s membership includes MSPs and representatives from a range of organisations who share information and discuss matters relating to housing. They are currently working on a report on rent controls.

Edinburgh-based McIntosh has worked for Propertymark since 2013.

He also holds non-executive directorships with SafeDeposits Scotland and The Property Ombudsman and is a policy member of the European Association of Real Estate Profession’s Permanent Technical Committee.

McIntosh said: “I’m delighted to be strengthening the voice of sales and letting agents within Holyrood by joining the cross-party group on housing at a time when there are many legislative changes in the pipeline for the housing sector in Scotland.

“Propertymark has already provided robust responses to the consultation on the Scottish government’s A New Deal for Tenants and separate changes to notice periods, both of which we think are unfairly weighted in favour of tenants.”