People
Sanderson Weatherall has made Richard Dunn a partner in office agency and development in its Leeds office. He rejoins after three years with Town Centre Securities (0113 369 6000).
Development consultancy DBK has named Kevin Theobold director and head of the North West regional office. He previously worked at Redrow Group (0161 929 8959).
Lend Lease has appointed Richard Cable head of major projects in the UK, responsible for the firm’s development portfolio, including Greenwich Peninsula and Elephant & Castle (020 7182 9000).
Law firm Ashfords has made Andrew Worley a partner in the commercial property team at the Bristol office. He joins from LHP Law (01173 218089).
Alan Knight has joined Walton & Kipkiss in the West Midlands to establish a commercial property division. He returns to agency work after a stint as deputy chief executive of local regeneration body RegenCo (01384 397797).
Local Shopping REIT has made Stephen East a non-executive director. He will chair the board’s audit and nomination committees (020 7292 0333).
First Choice Group has chosen Jim Anderson to be director of its construction division (01689 828182).
Instant Offices has recruited Lee Casbolt as sales director of the corporate agency team. He was previously with Alternative Hotel Group (020 7298 0659).
Lambert Smith Hampton has announced several promotions. There are new directors in David Williams and Matthew Livesey (London) and Ben Hooker (Luton) and a clutch of associate directors: Purdey Silvester, Glenn Wright and Iain Feasey (London), Nick Brammar (Peterborough), Richard O’Connell (Chelmsford) and Alan Joiner (St Albans) (020 7198 2061).
Alex Peers has left Asset Interiors and will be focusing on Peers Property Consultancy. This coincides with the arrival of Tom Cannon to work with Peers on the acquisition of office space (020 7922 5715).
New to the sales team at central London agent Henry & James is Alex Herrero, who joins from Savills and will be based in the Belgravia office (020 7235 8861), where Harriet McCann has been appointed sales administrator. James Good has been named manager of sales at the newly opened Chelsea office (020 7581 5011).
Property services firm Dacres Commercial has appointed two senior planning consultants. They are Jane Dickman, previously of Savills, and Mike Bottomley, who worked for Turley Associates (0113 2042247).
West London estate agent Townends has appointed Cameron MacKinnon sales manager (020 8994 7022).
James Hill has joined chartered surveyor Drake Commercial in Northampton, covering commercial agency (01604 620616).
HDG Mansur, an international adviser on sharia-compliant investment, has appointed Robert Lawless chief financial officer, based in Indianapolis, US (+1 317 655 7700).
Start-ups
Gary Church, former regional director of Capita Architecture, has established NewChurch-IAE (Integrated Architecture and Engineering) in Birmingham. The firm has already undertaken projects for clients including wire maker Webster & Horsfall, Calthorpe Estates and Wilmott Dixon. The business is based at Cornwall Buildings, 45-51 Newhall Street, Birmingham, B3 3QR (0121 222 4244).www.newchurch-iae.co.uk
