About Us | Our People
Our management team has substantial property management, valuation and financial services experience.
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Colin Wagman, ChairmanColin was admitted as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1970. He practiced as a specialist in business structuring and tax planning and became a senior partner of his central London practice in the 1980s. His firm was a ‘top ten’ ranking London practice and is now part of Baker Tilly. Since 1998 he has been Deputy Chairman of Delancey which has been the principal adviser to the Delancey property funds (two of which are DV3 and [DV4 Limited]), which manage several billion pounds of property investments and development in the UK. Back to Top |
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Duncan Young, Group Chief ExecutiveDuncan spent the first 12 years of his career at Hambros Bank rising to be the executive director in charge of the capital markets division. In 1986 he left to start a mortgage lender Household Mortgage Corporation which was sold to Abbey in 1994. Following this Duncan has worked on two further financial service launches – Savills Private Finance and HomeSelect Holdings, an equity share business funded by Daiwa Europe. Otherwise he has been active in financial service consultancy on new initiatives and merger and acquisition work. Duncan joined Retirement Plus in 2004 as its first managing director. Back to Top |
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Christopher Rumsey, Group Managing DirectorChris qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1984 having gained experience in commercial and residential property with Milton Keynes Development Corporation and afterwards as development director of Burton Property Trust. In 1995 he joined the Dusco Group, a regulated property investment business known for its innovations, becoming its chief executive. In 2000 he led the successful management-buy-out of Dusco, allowing him to concentrate on his research into the potential for retirement-age individuals to gain more from their property ownership. In turn this led to the creation of Retirement Plus, which he co-founded in 2004. He is a director of SHIP. Back to Top |
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Ian Pettifor, Group Finance DirectorIan has extensive experience of developing and implementing strategy; of business transformation and growth, and of acquiring and integrating businesses, all within highly-regulated financial services companies. Ian joined Milton Homes in July 2007 after a short period at Dawnay Day. Prior to that, he spent 18 years with the Prudential-Bache group as Chief financial office. Ian was registered as an FSA CF21 Investment Adviser from 1996 to May 2007. Ian supplements his financial services skills with property experience acquired whilst with Abbey National in 1988. Back to Top |
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Harry Hill, (Non-Executive Director)Harry is currently the Non-executive Chairman of Countrywide where he was previously Group Managing Director until 2006. He qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1967 and was formerly Managing Director of Abbotts (East Anglia) Limited. In 2001 he was appointed a director of Jupiter Second Split plc. He joined the board of Countrywide Assured Group plc in February 1986. Back to Top |
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David Hyams, (Non-Executive Director)David has spent his entire career in the commercial and residential property sector having joined Conrad Ritblat & Co as a trainee in 1963. He qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1971. In 1986 he was appointed joint managing partner and was a director upon incorporation from 1991-2004. Since then until 2007, he was a director of Colliers CRE plc. He was chairman of residential asset manager CCRE Touchstone Limited from 2001 to 2006. He has many years experience in residential investment and management. Back to Top |
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Edward Murray, (Non-Executive Director)Edward Murray is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. With a background of over 20 years as a corporate finance practitioner with British Linen Bank, he brings to the Board experience of providing strategic financial advice to companies with a view to maximising shareholder value. Edward is finance consultant to Turcan Connell, private client solicitors and asset managers and is a non-executive director of Artemis AiM VCT 2 plc, Securities Trust of Scotland plc, Renova Energy plc and W A Baxter & Sons (Holdings) Limited. He is also a member of the Audit Advisory Board of The Scottish Parliament. Back to Top |