This week's London appointments

This week’s round up of London appointments includes largemortgageloans.com, Ali Legal & ENGIE. Read on to find out more.

Reshad Rajabally, largemortgageloans.com

Largemortgageloans.com (LML), the expert provider of bespoke mortgage advice to high net worth (HNW) individuals, has grown its London team with the appointment of a new Compliance Manager.

Reshad Rajabally joins from Connect IFA Ltd where he was Head of Risk & Quality Assurance. Reshad will be responsible for reviewing all areas of risk in the business, setting up and managing systems to mitigate risks and ensuring that all regulatory obligations are fulfilled by the team.

Reshad’s appointment will report directly into Yeliz Yusuf, LML’s Chief Operating Officer, and is a newly formed role for the mortgage broker and the first of several new roles to be created in 2022.

Paul Welch, founder and CEO of largemortgageloans.com comments; “We are delighted that Reshad Rajabally has joined us in a newly created role as Compliance Manager, at a time when the business is positioning itself for growth.”

Reshad Rajabally added; “This is such an exciting time to be joining the business and my role is going to be key in ensuring the business and its advisers continue to follow compliance best practice when delivering the very best service for our clients during this time of expansion.”

Parvez Memon, Ali Legal

City of London-based Ali Legal has appointed Parvez Memon, an international white-collar crime expert, as a partner at the firm.

Parvez has more than 20 years’ experience advising national and multinational companies at board level on matters including fraud, bribery, embezzlement, extradition, corruption and money laundering. Parvez has relocated from India to join the City of London firm. Prior to his appointment he was senior partner at the Mumbai firm MZM Legal, where he had worked since 2005.

During his career in India Parvez acted in some of the country’s most rigorous prosecutorial and governmental investigations. He is one of only a handful of expert lawyers to have undertaken sensitive trials under India’s and Maharashtra state’s anti-terrorism and organised crime laws.

Akbar said: “For a firm that has been in existence for less than two years to be attracting lawyers of the calibre of Parvez demonstrates we have a vision and strategy that top-class professionals buy into. His appointment marks a major waypoint on our journey to becoming a leading boutique firm providing joined-up legal advice to business leaders, their firms and their families.”

Afkenel Schipstra, ENGIE

Ms. Schipstra joins from multinational utility company ENGIE, where she held the role of Senior Vice President of Hydrogen Business Development.

Prior to ENGIE, Afkenel was Hydrogen Program Manager at TSO Gasunie N.V., where she developed a roadmap for the company’s hydrogen activity and, in her previous role of Senior Business Development Manager, she worked on carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) and District heating projects.

At First Hydrogen Afkenel will assist the Company to establish environmentally sustainable green hydrogen production sites and deliver its refuelling solutions, a key part of First Hydrogen’s ambition to guarantee a supply of green hydrogen for its customers.

Nick Wrigley, Chairman at First Hydrogen, says: “Afkenel brings both passion and a wealth of expertise in managing and financing hydrogen projects to the team. She joins us at an exciting point in our development of hydrogen infrastructure; planning is underway for our first green hydrogen production sites in the UK and we are working with FEV Consulting to develop our refuelling technology.”

Afkenel Schipstra, Chief Operational Officer for First Hydrogen Energy, comments: “ “I am excited and privileged to start this new journey and work across the value chain to help First Hydrogen build the path toward a zero-emission future.”

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