This week's Yorkshire appointments

Ed Vickers, Kinrise

Kinrise, the developer of 34 Boar Lane in Leeds, has appointed Ed Vickers as innovation and ventures associate.

Ed will be focusing on creating and nurturing cultural and community programmes at 34 Boar Lane, delivering a positive impact across the city of Leeds for all to enjoy, working alongside Grace Ellerby, community manager at the building.

Before joining Kinrise, he worked at Multiple, a strategic consultancy within the Hanover communications group. He supported venture-backed companies across Europe in brand, culture and growth so has a great track record and brings a wealth of experience.

Ed commented: “My role primarily looks to engage and activate our tenants at 34 Boar Lane, helping them connect, grow and conquer through events, food, art, music, learning and community engagement. All to create a people first, seamless, ‘beyond office’ experience.

“The role also involves implementing our social impact strategy, helping connect our tenants to the specific local needs of Leeds through charities, local projects or volunteering opportunities.

“I was excited to join the Kinrise team as their purpose to ‘create space to inspire and enable’ brings together the themes that ran through my background in start-up, social enterprise and culture strategy.

“I was attracted to their bold vision for the role that workspace could play within the renewal of UK cities and the opportunity for positive impact within local communities, culture and commerce.

“With traction in Manchester and Birmingham, and now in Leeds too, it was the perfect time to join and support this ambitious team on this next phase of growth.”

Samuel Lawson Johnson, co-founder of Kinrise, said: “People and organisations thrive as part of a genuine community – the opportunity to build a welcoming space is at the centre of what we do when we buy and restore buildings. Ed will be an integral part of achieving this aim.”

Callum Jeandin, Commercial Property Partners

Commercial property consultancy Commercial Property Partners LLP (CPP) has announced the appointment of a new associate director to its national team of property experts.

Callum Jeandin joins CPP as an associate director in the property and asset management team from Savills, in a move which sees him return to his home-city of Sheffield from where he will work across the CPP Sheffield, Nottingham, Leeds and London offices.

Bringing with him over five years’ experience within the industry, including specific understanding of complex service charge implementation, in recent years Jeandin has been involved in the regeneration of Leeds South Bank, the former Tetley’s Brewery Estate.

A Masters graduate in Real Estate from Nottingham Trent, Jeandin’s appointment to the CPP Property and Asset Management division follows a period of expansion and success for the Group.

Callum said: “CPP is the prominent commercial property firm within the region.

“Having watched the business build a formidable reputation over the past decade I am delighted to be now joining this forward-looking organisation, building on my experience to date, and working to help deliver the high-quality CPP service across the UK.”

Matthew Fitzgerald, director and head of property and asset management at CPP, commented: “We are extremely pleased to welcome Callum to CPP.

“Callum brings with him the relevant experience, understanding and drive to help us to continue to move forward in our next and ambitious stage as a team.”

Rob Davies, BCN Group

Leading managed IT services provider, BCN Group, has announced the promotion of Rob Davies from group sales and marketing director to managing director.

Rob joined the business in early 2020 and has since made a significant impact as the organisation continues to grow organically and through acquisitions.

As managing director, he will be responsible for business operations and leading the direction in the next stage of BCN’s journey, reporting directly to BCN Group CEO, Simon Kelf. Rob will also continue to be responsible for the sales and marketing teams.

Simon Kelf, CEO of BCN Group, said: “We have seen first-hand how Rob has a proven track record of delivering high quality results and his wealth of knowledge and understanding of the sector and the business will help to lead our next stage of growth.”

Rob Davies, managing director at BCN Group, said: “I am incredibly honoured to take the position of managing director.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here at BCN Group so far and I look forward to working alongside our fantastic team to continue to grow and strive to always exceed our customers’ expectations.”

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