Avison Young adding eight new team members to its Leeds office leads BE News’s pick of the week’s people stories. The week also brought new senior hires across real estate finance, estate management, valuations and asset management.
Avison Young adds eight to Leeds office
Avison Young has made eight appointments across its Leeds office. Andy Ingle joins as a cost analyst and Charlie Davies as an occupier cost analyst in service charge consultancy. Megan Stacey-Green joins building consultancy as an associate director, alongside senior project manager Daniel Osborne and graduate building surveyor Joe Kelly. Kieran Carroll joins property management as a surveyor, Owen Pressley joins place advisory as a graduate planner and Charlie Fieldhouse joins real estate infrastructure and facilities management as a senior surveyor. Regional managing director James Pitt said the hires strengthen the office’s capabilities across disciplines as client needs evolve.
MK2 Real Estate hires Vicky Round from Avison Young
Vicky Round has joined Birmingham-based MK2 Real Estate as a director in its property management team from Avison Young. She has 25 years of commercial property and asset management experience, including roles at JLL and Tandem Property Asset Management, covering service charge administration, portfolio mobilisation, due diligence and sustainability. Team head Marcello Della Croce cited her work on Birmingham’s Paradise development, advising major funds and managing large portfolios.
Delancey appoints Cindy Rose as responsible investment director
Cindy Rose has joined Delancey Real Estate as responsible investment director from Gallagher, where she led sustainable investing stewardship. She previously held senior responsible investment roles at Liontrust Asset Management and Aberdeen Standard. In Delancey’s expanded responsible investment team, she will support investment strategies aligned with client objectives, lead client reporting and work directly with investors.
Allsop Letting and Management reshapes board
Allsop Letting and Management has promoted three senior staff to board director: Nicola McKernan, previously head of operations after 10 years with ALM; Mat Thompson, head of health and safety since 2023; and Simon Wilkinson-Reilly, head of asset management since 2024. Kelly Smith, acting CEO since October 2025, has been confirmed as permanent CEO, and Allsop senior partner Andrew Boyd becomes board chair following Tim Theakston’s retirement.
Colliers recruits Jacob Snelson from Ryan
Jacob Snelson has joined Colliers’ business rates team as a data director from tax group Ryan. Based in Manchester, he will support the rating team across the UK, focusing on improving consistency across its data sets to support surveyor decision-making, and will help shape departmental processes and delivery.
Kingsbridge adds David Turner and Sue Clayton to advisory board
DTRE co-founder and managing partner David Turner and former CBRE executive director Sue Clayton, a non-executive director at SEGRO, have joined Kingsbridge’s advisory board alongside chairman Ian Playford (pictured above). The Chichester-based developer aims to grow gross assets to £1bn through larger schemes, new partnerships and wider UK reach.
Vail Williams hires Anthony Ngwube from the VOA
Anthony Ngwube has joined Vail Williams as an associate in its London business rates team after more than seven years at the Valuation Office Agency, most recently as a senior rating surveyor. He will manage rating instructions throughout the property lifecycle, including identifying savings, managing liabilities and assessing grounds for appeal, and will work with colleagues across agency, lease advisory, building consultancy and planning.
