The Hot 100 in the Residential Leasehold Property sector 40-50

Baroness Hanham
Under Secretary of State Department for Communities and Local Government

Baroness Hanham is the Government Minister responsible for leasehold in the House of Lords. She has recently been supportive of ARMA-Q, the new self-regulatory regime for managing agents although, on behalf of the Government, has resisted more strident calls for legislative intervention in the leasehold sector.

Roger Hardwick
Head of Enfranchisement
Brethertons LLP

Roger is an expert solicitor in the field of Residential Leasehold Property with a particular focus on Leasehold Enfranchisement and the Right to Manage. Roger is a member of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) and has been shortlisted at the prestigious Enfranchisement and Right to Manage Awards (ERMA) 2013.

Mark Hawthorn
Director Landmark Investments Group

Established  in 2000, Landmark Investments has become a nationally-recognised and respected landlord amongst tenants and developers for its mutual high quality service offered to its tenants and the developer who has a brand to protect.

Baroness Hayter
Leasehold Campaigner
House of Lords

Baroness Hayter chaired a Review Group commissioned by ARMA into the regulation of managing agents (now ARMA-Q), and has actively campaigned for statutory regulation. Recently, her efforts have led to an amendment to the Enterprise Bill requiring managing agents to offer leaseholders and freeholders access to an approved ‘redress scheme’.

Brendan Hegarty
Head of Sky Communal TV, SKY

Brendan is responsible for Sky’s Communal TV systems, working with landlords, managing agents and developers.  Since he joined in January 2012, the division has reached one million customers and its subsidised model has grown to 60,000 units annually.  He is currently working with new build developers on a Sky-ready homes proposition and will shortly be introducing a single-cable upgrade solution onto the market.

Georgiana Hibberd
Associate Director
RICS Residential Faculty

Georgiana qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1986. She joined the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors residential faculty in 2007. Georgiana’s role includes advising RICS members and members of the public on residential issues and the production of practice notes and guidance, particularly on residential block management issues.

Rt. Hon Keith Hill
Chair
ARMA-Q

Keith, a former MP and Minister of Housing, is now leading the new independent self-regulatory panel created by ARMA. Keith leads a regulatory panel which will oversee and enforce a new Consumer Charter and set of Standards that have been specifically tailored for managing agents. 

Jeremy Hudson
Partner
Speechly Bircham

Jeremy manages the enfran-chisement practice and leads a team of eight lawyers.  He is an expert in claims for the freehold of houses and collective and lease extensions in respect of flats.  His principal client is the Howard de Walden Marylebone Estate.  He has been involved with many recent leading cases in the House of Lords/ Supreme Court such as Aggio, Malekshad and Hosebay.

Graham Jaffe
Senior Partner, JPC Law

The world of leasehold enfranchisement is a minefield for the unwary and can at times defy logic. With over 20 years of experience, Graham has developed the expertise to determine clear strategies to overcome what can often seem to be insurmountable hurdles and achieve results which invariably exceed expectations.

Ben Jordan
Managing Director, Premier Estates

Ben has over 20 years’ experience working in residential property management. He is the current Chair of ARMA and fellow of the IRPM. He has been heavily involved in developing ARMA’s new self-regulatory regime, ARMA-Q.

Do you think we have missed someone who should have been included in this list?  Email editor@newsontheblock.com with your comments and suggestions. We’ll put all responses received by 14th July 2013 into a prize draw to win a bottle of champagne. 

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