WPDG - Key Persons


Carol Drake-Lee

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager
Carol has a wealth of administration and organisation experience gained throughout her career in the Property and Automotive industries.

Chris John

Job Titles:
  • Property Officer
Chris is a property professional with four years experience of managing contracts relating to property maintenance.

Dale Partridge

Job Titles:
  • Dale Partridge MRICS FAAV / Head of Asset Management
Dale is a chartered member of the RICS, a Registered Valuer, and Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV).

Dena Burgher

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Director
  • Strategic Business Development Director
Dena is a Strategic Business Development Director with a demonstrable record of success in FTSE 250 Construction companies and public sector organisations in a career spanning 30 years. Dena is currently engaged as an Independent Interim Director working with businesses across the Construction Industry. She is a Board member and Non-Executive Director for a 35,000-home north-west housing association, Onward Group, which includes Onward Homes and Onward Build as well as sitting on the Development Committee and the Audit and Risk Committee. Dena is also a Non-Executive Director at Storm Housing Group and the Founder and Director of ReVision Property Solutions.

Ian Cox - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Chairman
With over 40 years' experience in the housing and property sector, Ian brings a wealth of skills and knowledge to the position. Ian is an experienced property development senior executive who has operated at Managing and Group Director level for 19 years. Ian has been involved in the development of residential led, mixed use and mixed tenure development for most of his career and has worked on large scale, long-term projects in joint ventures and public/private partnerships. Ian ran the urban regeneration company of Bellway PLC until he left to set up his own development company in 2007 specialising in low energy development. Ian is also Non-Executive Chairman of Treveth Holdings and Group Non-Executive Chairman of A2Dominion.

James Devereux - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Finance Director
James is a fully qualified Chartered Accountant with over 20 years' experience. James was most recently Finance Director and Head of Group Services, at Place Partnership Limited, an award winning and innovative public/private company set up in 2015 to manage local authority property, owned by six public bodies including Worcestershire County Council and West Mercia Police. There James was responsible for all financial aspects of the business including forecasting, statutory reporting, financial and management accounting, budgeting, commercial issues, and treasury. James has previously been Finance Director at several medium sized, high growth businesses and has held senior finance roles at three FTSE 100 companies.

Jerome Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Property Officer
Jerome started his career with South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils in the Strategic Property Team where he gained valuable experience of property management.

Mandeep Padan

Job Titles:
  • Asset Manager
Mandeep is a property professional with over 7 years' experience of management across the public and private sectors , covering portfolios from residential to commercial asset management.

Mark Hallett

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Director
Mark is a highly experienced property and regeneration professional with over 30 years experience.

Paul Blennerhassett

Job Titles:
  • Senior Asset Manager
Paul is a Chartered Surveyor with over 15 years' experience of managing public and private sector Commercial and Residential property portfolios.

Rob Andrews

Job Titles:
  • Head of Development
Rob is a property professional with 15 years of development experience coming from a planning and surveying background.

Sanna Lone

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Finance
After finishing her university degree in Accounting and Auditing, Sanna started her career working as an Assistant Accountant for various industries including aerospace and renewables.

Steve Smith

Job Titles:
  • Warwickshire County Council Non - Executive Director
Steve is a chartered surveyor by trade with wide knowledge of the property and construction industry.

Stuart Buckley - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the BOARD
  • Managing Director and James Devereux - Finance Director Are Also Board Members
Stuart is a property professional with over 20 years' experience of delivering large and complex schemes.

Tony Bunney

Job Titles:
  • Senior Development Manager
Tony is a property professional with over 30 years of development experience and is a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute.