Authors

Teresa J Payne is Group Director of Parfitt Cresswell Solicitors.  Parfitt Creswell has offices across the South-east and also trades as Charles Coleman & Co., Colemans, Copley Clark, Jevons, Riley and Pope, Keene Marsland, and Max Barford & Co.  

Tom Beswick is CPL’s Business Development Manager, focused on helping managing agents streamline their processes and strengthen their service offering to support rapid, controlled growth through the Proptimo platform. Proptimo is a modern block management solution, designed to act as an innovative technology partner and enable the practical adoption of AI-driven tools within the property management sector. Tom believes software providers should be true partners rather than just suppliers, working closely with managing agents to ensure technology delivers meaningful, real-world value.

Tom Davies is Group Financial Services Managing Director at LRG, where he leads Mortgage Scout and the group’s wider financial services business. 

With two decades’ experience in the mortgage sector, Tom has held senior roles including Sales Director and Managing Director at Alexander Hall. He is now focused on building LRG’s financial services offering, ensuring clients receive expert mortgage and protection advice tailored to their needs.

Tom also plays a key role in shaping strategy and driving growth across LRG’s financial services division, working with lenders and regulators to support buyers, landlords, and homeowners.

Tony Hymers is a Chartered Surveyor with over 30 years’ experience in property management. He co-founded Burlington Estates and Tempest AI, was MD at Ballymore, and formerly chaired ARMA. Today, he focuses on using AI to transform the sector—boosting agent profits and improving the resident experience.

With over 25 years of experience in the property sector, Trevor Adey brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to his role as Director and Founder of Placekeeper Management. His career spans work with leading housebuilders including Barratt, Redrow, Bellway, Bloor Homes, Countryside/Vistry, Forge New Homes, Brierley Homes, and others.

Trevor’s expertise is rooted in two decades at Savills and other top-tier consultancies, where he advised on housing and development projects across the UK. He later joined national open space charity The Land Trust, where he spent six years pioneering service charge-funded estate management schemes for large-scale urban extensions and garden villages nationwide.

In addition to his professional roles, Trevor has served as a resident director of a Residents Management Company (RMC) for over 12 years, giving him a unique perspective on both the operational and lived experience of estate management.