Aimee Howard joins Knight Frank in Leeds

Aimee Howard has been appointed an Associate in Knight Frank’s Residential Development Valuation and Advisory team in Leeds, after joining from Cushman & Wakefield.

The team provides valuation services for a range of developments from small in-fill sites to high profile multi-phased regeneration projects – as well as major city centre developments.

It also specialises in providing independent funding advice to financial investors, as well as to development valuations the team specialises in residential investment – with Private Rented Sector appraisals forming a particular area of expertise.

James Milner, head of the Valuation and Advisory team in Leeds, said: “We are delighted that Aimee is bringing her specialist experience to our growing team.

“She will help us provide valuation advice to a wide range of stakeholders including landowners, house builders, developers, investors and funders.

“Aimee is a fantastic addition to our team. Her experience, having worked with property development company Moda Living as well as Cushman & Wakefield, will be invaluable and she has an excellent reputation in Leeds.”

Carter Jonas recruits Justin James

Carter Jonas has appointed Justin James as a partner to drive central London investment capabilities.

James, who will based out of the firm’s headquarters, One Chapel Place, W1, joins from Gerald Eve where he was a partner in the central London Capital Markets Team.

He brings more than 25 years’ experience in the sector, advising a range of public and private investors – including A&A Investments, Allegra Holdings, Pontegadea and DIO – on opportunities in the core West End and City markets. Previously, he has held senior roles at Avison Young, BNP Paribas Real Estate, Allsop and Colliers International.

At Carter Jonas, James will work alongside John Knight – who joined Carter Jonas in September last year as head of national investment – and the wider London team, to develop Carter Jonas’s scope, targeting direct investment transactions to provide a comprehensive range of services to the business’ new and existing clients.

James commented: “This is an exciting opportunity to join a successful Partnership. Carter Jonas’ London based transactional teams are firmly established, and I look forward to working with them, including its tenant advisory team headed by Michael Pain, to explore new synergies and realise wider opportunities in the market.

“Current economic conditions and changing workspace requirements have created new focal points of interest for investors. I look forward to working with the team to deliver effective and robust advice for our clients in this evolving landscape.”

Masthaven Bank strengthens its leadership team and board

Masthaven Bank has strengthened its leadership team and board with a number of new appointments as well as promotions.

Among the senior appointments, Mark Record has been appointed to the newly created role of chief information officer (CIO) leading the bank’s technology, change and business information functions. He joins from Capita’s financial services arm and has previously held a range of CIO roles at Barclays, the Co-op Bank and RBS, as well as serving as an industry consultant.

Simon Furnell, chief operating officer, and David Kennedy, operations director, have also taken on new responsibilities at Masthaven.

Simon Furnell will now be responsible for marketing, distribution and products, as well as continuing to lead the Bank’s Savings function and internal operations.

David Kennedy is being promoted to a newly created role of chief lending officer where he will look after all lending activities across short-term (bridging) and long-term (mortgages).

The bank has also announced that Simon Glass has joined the Masthaven Board as a new Independent non-executive director.

Glass has considerable experience in the financial services sector having held a number of senior roles, and further strengthens the board following the appointment of Malcolm McCaig earlier in the year.

Leigh Bartlett, chief executive officer at Masthaven, said: “Masthaven traded robustly through the challenges of the pandemic this year and remains open for business. All our colleagues have worked incredibly hard to make sure our customers, and the intermediaries we work with, have access to the right financial solutions and support.

“As the economic impact of COVID-19 continues to affect the UK, the specialist financial services sector will be called upon to provide the products and the credit people needed in order to see them through the other side of the crisis and on the road to recovery.

“These appointments, together with the recruitment of 36 new colleagues since the first national lockdown positions Masthaven well to deal with any uncertainty as we prepare to move into the new year.”