This week’s National appointments: Featuring Vita Group, Bond Turner and the Institute of Economic Development

This week’s round up of national appointments includes Vita Group, Bond Turner and the Institute of Economic Development. Read on to find out more.

Ioannis Verdelis, Vita Group

Urban regeneration specialist creating tomorrow’s city living, Vita Group has bolstered its senior leadership team at an important time of continued growth and investment, with a significant internal promotion following 12-years of dedicated service to the business.

Ioannis Verdelis has been promoted to chief investment officer and will lead the platform’s investments, partnerships, joint ventures and divestments, as well as building and strengthening the group’s relationships with partners and lead transactions to help accelerate growth.

Ioannis has been a crucial part of the team having joined the business as a data analyst and working his way up through the business, most recently holding the position of managing director of international developments.

In his previous role, Verdelis played a “pivotal role” in establishing Vita Group’s first international operation including its Barcelona office and the first two Vita Student residences in Spain which are both now completed.

Mark Stott, chief executive officer for Vita Group, commented: “We are delighted to promote Ioannis to Chief Investment Officer, Ioannis has extensive sector knowledge and experience, having recently played a pivotal role, leading our international developments with the launch of our two Barcelona developments and Spanish office.”

Ioannis added: “This is an exciting new chapter as we scale the business in new territories and with fantastic brands across the living sectors. I look forward to growing relationships with trusted capital partners to help us accelerate this growth.”

Sara Stanger, Bond Turner

Bond Turner has promoted a key member of its senior legal team to become the firm’s fourth female director following International Women’s Day (March 8). Solicitor Sara Stanger joins the Board of Directors alongside Samantha Moss, Dawn O’Brien, and Rachael Wong. Sara heads Bond Turner’s Clinical Negligence department in Liverpool.

Sara will undertake directorial duties in addition to her existing role, extending her supervision into Professional Negligence, Large/Serious Loss and Complex Personal Injury across the entire firm.

As training principal, Sara has led initiatives to support professional development at all levels and played an integral part in the recent launch of ‘The Anexo Academy’. The firmwide scheme aims to provide opportunities to external candidates and existing employees, supporting them to obtain a degree and achieve full legal qualification while at Bond Turner.

Sara commented: “As an experienced Solicitor, Training Principal and Head of Department, I am people-focused in my approach and will continue to nurture and support the next generation of lawyers, ensuring that our colleagues have the best environment to reach their potential and succeed here.

“I am looking forward to working alongside the firm’s management team to support the business and its people. With International Women’s Day taking place in March, it is inspiring to join a board of female Directors and it is a pleasure to be part of such a dedicated and knowledgeable team.”

Director at Bond Turner, Samantha Moss, added: “Alongside her impressive Clinical Negligence background, Sara is our Training Principal and has done a superb job in establishing and running our training programme which gives fantastic opportunities for staff within Bond Turner.”

Rebekah Formosa, The Institute of Economic Development

The Institute of Economic Development (IED) has strengthened its Board of Directors with the appointment of a private sector economic regeneration specialist. Rebekah Formosa, director, Town Centres & Economic Regeneration at commercial and residential real estate consultancy and agency Lambert Smith Hampton, joined the Board last month.

In her role, Bristol based Rebekah works with public sector organisations to ensure their estate is aligned to their business plan and corporate needs, provides business case development and funding applications, and advises on general accommodation and estate strategy matters.

Rebekah moved to Lambert Smith Hampton in 2017 after more than eight years with Cushman & Wakefield’s public sector advisory team. During this time she was also seconded to The Home Office assisting in writing the National Estate Strategy. Overall, Rebekah has 14 years’ experience in economic regeneration.

Rebekah commented: “Having been an IED member for about 12 months, when the opportunity came up to apply to join the Board it was something I really wanted to do. I began my career in economic policy, evaluation and impact assessment, but over time that has evolved into a more hands-on approach where we are looking forward not back.

“This means advising public sector organisations on how to use their property more efficiently through accommodation, estate and asset strategies, property portfolio reviews, and business case and options appraisal.

“This is exactly where economic development professionals make a difference, assessing where they are now and where they want to go to, in order to have a direct and long-term effect on their local area.”

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