Steve Lillistone, most recently Sales and Marketing manager for Bairstow Eves London Region has been appointed as East London Area Director, whilst Jason Maresca has joined the division as North London Area Director, following his latest role of North London regional manager for Bairstow Eves.
The appointments follow a strong year of growth for the division, which is uniquely positioned within Countrywide, the UK’s largest estate agency and property services group, allowing the team to utilise the power of 1,300 estate agency and lettings branches across the country.
Both Steve and Jason have had extensive experience in the property industry, having both worked their way up the Countrywide estate agency network, predominantly in commuter belt areas.
Previous roles have included junior Negotiator, Senior Negotiator, Sales Manager, Branch Manager and Regional Manager, with responsibility for a number of outer London estate agency branches.
Steve has over 19 years experience with Countrywide, whilst Jason started his career with Countrywide as a junior negotiator in the Bletchley area in 1999.
James Poynor, Managing Director of Countrywide Land & New Homes said:
“It has been an exciting year for Countrywide Land & New Homes, including the exclusive joint UK-wide venture with CBRE and the launch of the Countrywide New Homes Advisory Service.
"We look forward to developing our offering even further in 2012, so I am absolutely delighted to welcome Steve Lillistone and Jason Maresca to the team as they are both extremely driven and dedicated professionals, with a real passion for property.
“Jason and Steve are joining us with a strong track record of success and substantial industry experience and I know that they are both very excited about building strong relationships with developers and keen to get stuck in and help us expand our Land & New Homes business.
"The roles will involve working closely with developers and house builders of all scales on Land & New Homes sites across London and the Home Counties, areas which Steve and Jason know extremely well.”