Martin Samworth, former chairman of CBRE Advisory EMEA and APAC, has joined The Ringley Group as a strategic adviser and non-executive director.
Samworth, who is the current chair of the RICS board, has nearly 40 years’ experience in real estate and the built environment sector.
In his new role, Samworth will help support the growth and development of The Ringley Group’s living sector business.
Mary-Anne Bowring, founder of The Ringley Group, said: “It’s great to have Martin on board to help us capitalise on his market knowledge, contacts and insights to optimise our service offering to our clients and thus help The Ringley Group’s Una Living brand become the operational delivery partner of choice across all living sectors, as well as to enable our tech platform to take on its own journey worldwide.”
Samworth added: “Ringley is a terrific specialist residential and living management business that has combined a range of services to provide advanced tech enabled integrated client solutions. I am excited to be able to support Mary-Anne and her team of nearly 200 colleagues.”
Russell Markou, head of living strategy and operations at The Ringley Group, said: “We are delighted to welcome Martin to the Ringley family. Daily, I continue to be very impressed by the level of reporting, availability of data, automation and sophistication present at Ringley. Ringley is entrepreneurial, innovative, agile, hospitality driven and has such a great team feel. It remains my belief that we are the industry’s best kept secret, I am very excited to welcome Martin to the strategic board at this pivotal time of the company’s growth.”
Richard Williams, group CEO of The Ringley Group, added: “The living sectors are a strategic growth area for Ringley and I am pleased to welcome Martin to our strategic board. Martin’s market knowledge and wider experience will be pivotal in our pursuit of growth in a fast growing sector. I will continue to look for senior experienced talent for the next chapter in our growth as we leverage the mixed-use/commercial sites we look after and expand from a great base.”
