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This week's Yorkshire appointments

Emsleys Solicitors, Angela Macready

Angela, a specialist in commercial property including working with small owner managed businesses, charitable organisations and large national retailers, joins Emsleys from Ison Harrison Solicitors to become head of commerical property

Alistair McKinlay, Partner at Emsleys said: “Angela is highly regarded for her down-to-earth approach and straight-forward commercial advice. We believe Angela is the perfect person to lead our successful commercial property department.”

Angela Macready added: “Having worked in the legal sector in Yorkshire for almost ten years, Emsleys has always stood out to me as a firm that really does put client service at the centre of everything.

“It’s great to work with a firm that is so innovative in its approach and I look forward to using my skills and experience to further grow and develop the commercial property department.”

Winterhill Largo, Jayne Martin

Asset valuation and recovery group Winterhill Largo, has expanded its Yorkshire team with the appointment of Jayne Martin as head of operations.

Based in Wakefield, she joins Winterhill Largo with 15 years’ experience in the insolvency industry at Grant Thornton, RSM Tenon and more recently at Moorfields Corporate Recovery in London.

Commenting on her appointment, Martin said: “As a fast growing group, providing a wide range of specialist services that includes debt verification and collection, Winterhill Largo is rapidly becoming the ‘go-to’ resource for insolvency practitioners and the wider finance industry, as well as any organisation that is owed money.”

Neil Duckworth, chief executive of Winterhill Largo, said: “I’m confident that Jayne’s appointment, with her extensive experience in insolvency, will help us cement our reputation as the leading one-stop shop for clients across the finance and corporate recovery industries.”

Winterhill Largo made multiple acquisitions in 2013 and launched new divisions of the business. Since September 2011, it has grown its workforce by 60%, from five offices in the UK employing 60 staff, to a total of eight offices in the UK and overseas, with a workforce of almost 100.

Women in Property, Jennifer Winyard

The Yorkshire and North East branch of Women in Property (WiP) has announced its new branch Chairman. Jennifer Winyard of Linden Homes takes up the role from 1st March for one year.

Jennifer who has been a member of WiP for seven years, is the Strategic Land & Planning Manager for Linden Homes.

Part of the Galliford Try Group, Linden Homes is an award-winning housebuilder and the sixth largest residential developer in the UK, specialising in high quality, individually designed schemes across the country.

She is responsible for securing new opportunities and promoting the existing strategic land portfolio for the Linden North business based in Hessle.

She said, “Women in Property is a networking and professional development organisation, now in its 27th year supporting women working in the property and construction disciplines.

“This starts with school visits when our members encourage girls to consider a career in the industry, includes our links with universities and our highly acclaimed National Student Award programme and continues to work for women at every level in their working life.

“Members have the benefit of professional and social networking events, WiP’s successful mentoring programme, nominations for awards and, as they become more senior, guidance in securing boardroom roles.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .