This week's national appointments

This week’s round up of National appointments includes Muse Developments, Gateley Legal & Elevate. Read on to find out more.

Mark O’Mullane, Muse Developments

Leading urban regeneration business, Muse Developments, continues to expand its team, with former Lothbury investment management director Mark O’Mullane relocating from London to join its North West office as development director.

Bringing nearly 20 years’ development experience, Mark was previously the director responsible for redeveloping and repurposing a £400m portfolio of commercial assets within Lothbury Investment Managements flagship fund. Prior to his time at Lothbury IM, Mark worked in the regeneration and residential teams at Avison Young in Manchester.

He will lead on Salford Crescent a truly connected, sustainable and inclusive place, which will create thousands of new homes, innovation and business space, shops, amenities and a new multi-modal transport hub with active travel at its heart, set within vast areas of green space delivered by The English Cities Fund (ECF).

Board director Phil Mayall, said on the appointment: “I’m absolutely delighted to welcome Mark to Muse, who joins at a really exciting time for the business. Mark is an excellent fit for the team, bringing a wealth of experience and a real passion for creating vibrant, sustainable places for communities.”

Mark added: “I’m incredibly excited to be joining Muse, a best in-class regeneration expert creating great places across the North West and UK. I’m looking forward to returning to the region and working with the incredibly talented team here to make a positive impact on the communities we work in.”

Nick Molloy, Gateley Legal

Gateley Legal has appointed Nick Molloy as legal director within its Manchester residential team to support growth in the North West. Molloy brings a wealth of residential and property experience to the team from his previous role at Countryside Properties.

His appointment brings the Manchester residential team total to seven, and will allow the team to support the increasing number of residential schemes and developments across the North West.

Paul Jefferson, office managing partner for Gateley Legal in Manchester comments: “Nick will be a great addition to the Manchester residential team as he has extensive experience with servicing housebuilder clients.

“There is a real buzz of regeneration activity within the North West and our team is currently acting on a range of exceptional residential schemes.”

Gateley Legal acts for 18 of the top 20 housebuilders in the UK, on either a regional or national scale, and handles around 15,000 plot sales per annum. It is one of few legal businesses in the country with a separate housebuilder team specialising in services for residential developers.

Jessica Pomfret, Elevate

Manchester-based business consultancy, Elevate, is celebrating a string of successes as it welcomes new hire, Jessica Pomfret, to the team.

Pomfret, who joins as Operations Manager, will oversee a number of upcoming projects, including the Innovate Manchester workshops, which will be run in partnership with MIDAS and GC Business Growth Hub, the Northern Gamechangers awards and an upcoming series of fully funded leadership courses.

Speaking on her new role, Pomfret said: “I’m so pleased to be joining the Elevate team, it’s a very exciting time for the business as they launch new projects, such as the Northern Gamechangers which I’m thrilled to be working on. Already, the strong female team has grown and worked on some fantastic events across the city - I can’t wait to be a part of what’s to come.”

Speaking on the expansion and exciting new awards programme, Ilona Alcock, Elevate’s co-founder and director, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Jess to Elevate - as a small, close knit team, it was imperative that we got our fourth member just right, and we have certainly succeeded.

“Jess brings with her a wealth of experience from her previous roles and is already making her mark here. With a brand-new hire and lots of exciting events in the pipeline - including our very first awards (which promises to be nothing like your usual ceremony!) we can’t wait to see what the future holds. Watch this space!”

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