This week’s Yorkshire appointments: Featuring Zenko Properties, Lupton Fawcett LLP & more

This week’s round up of Yorkshire appointments includes Zenko Properties, Lupton Fawcett LLP & Vigo Group. Read on to find out more.

Jonathan Morgan, Zenko Properties

Leeds city living specialist, Jonathan Morgan, who spent more than a quarter of a century pioneering and driving the city centre’s transformation into a thriving residential market, has returned to the property industry after joining Zenko Properties.

Jonathan launched Morgans in 1997 and the company became the leading city living agency in Leeds, at the forefront of the city’s urban revolution, before being acquired in 2019. Services spanned sales, lettings and property management on behalf of a vast range of clients including individual landlords, private developers, housing associations, banks and major institutions.

Zenko Properties was founded in Leeds city centre in 2015 by Tobias Duczenko and its lettings division currently manages more than 700 properties, as well as offering residential sales, specialist property investment services and block management.

Jonathan joins Zenko as a partner and will support Tobias and the 10-strong team in growing the business and building the company’s reputation as the go to residential agent of choice in Leeds city centre.

Jonathan said: “City living has been a major part of my life for more than a quarter of a century and after a short break, I realised that I’m not done with it yet, and I’m excited to be starting a new chapter at Zenko.”

Zenko’s founder, Tobias Duczenko, added: “Ever since our first major appointment in 2015 to sell more than 100 homes at The Chandlers on The Calls, and retaining 50% to start our lettings and management journey, we have been able to continue growing and expanding our market share.”

Richard Etherington, Lupton Fawcett LLP

Yorkshire law firm Lupton Fawcett LLP has strengthened its leading Regulatory and Corporate Defence team with the appointment of defence specialist Richard Etherington.

Richard, who has joined the firm as associate solicitor, has over 10 years’ experience in regulatory and criminal defence. He represents and successfully defends individual and corporate clients facing criminal investigation and prosecution for a wide range of allegations from road traffic matters to fraud, serious sexual offences and murder.

He is well-known for his unrivalled experience of defending university students facing misconduct investigations and hearings, particularly for cases where sexual misconduct is alleged. Richard also has many years of experience defending members of the military in Courts Martial.

Jeremy Scott, head of Lupton Fawcett’s Regulatory and Corporate Defence team, said: “I am very pleased to welcome Richard to the firm. In addition to his expertise across a broad range of criminal cases, Richard is a Solicitor-Advocate, able to represent clients in the Crown Court as well as in magistrates’ court, allowing them to benefit from consistent representation throughout the legal process.

Richard said, “Lupton Fawcett is already well-known for its regulatory and corporate defence work as well as for its commitment to achieving the best possible result for clients. I look forward to working with my new colleagues Jeremy Scott and Meghan Waldron to build on their existing success and to expand our practice.”

Christopher Hardy, Vigo Group

Doncaster-based property company, Vigo Group, has made an important appointment to bolster its financial team. Christopher Hardy, who comes with a wealth of experience in finance from across the region, joins the company as financial controller.

Previously Chris, who lives in Worksop, has worked at a variety of organisations including his last position as financial controller at Doncaster Sheffield Airport and before that Recyoal, Ltd, RJB Mining Plc and AF Budge (Contractors).

Vigo Group is a third-generation family business grown over 50 years specialising in transformational property projects, taking under used or decaying assets and breathing life into them.

Chris said: “I am really pleased to be joining Vigo Group as financial controller at this exciting time as the business enters a period of growth. My experience has been gained over the years in a variety of sectors including aviation, coal mining and recovery, and from construction.”

Tariq Shah, director of the Vigo Group, said: “Chris will be working across the Vigo Group and is a vital appointment for us adding to our stability and longevity by further developing our financial reporting and monitoring processes. It’s an exciting time for our company as we look to diversify and expand what we do, and Chris’ expertise will play an important part in this work as we look to the future and build on our growth plans.”

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