Strutt & Parker Scotland chairman bows out as offices merge
The chairman of Strutt & Parker in Scotland is stepping down more than 30 years after he joined the property firm.
Andrew Rettie, who joined Strutt & Parker in 1987, retires at the end of this month, handing over the reins to Jon Lambert, head of the firm’s forestry armjohnclegg&co,wherehe has worked since 1993. Rettie’s retirement comes just weeks after overseeing the move into one office in the centre of Edinburgh, bringing together the surveying and estate agency practices of BNP Paribas Real Estate UK, Strutt & Parker and John Clegg & Co under a single roof.
This in turn follows the merger last year of BNP PRE UK with Strutt & Parker and John Clegg & Co. The firm will continue to operate under the three brands.
Rettie said: “It gives me considerable satisfaction to report that, having overseen widespread growth, I am leaving our Scottish business in good shape.
“I am handing the overall leadership of the business in Scotland to Jon Lambert and I am very confident that under his governance – with support fromtheotherdirectorsnorth of the Border – the combined businesses will continue to flourish and go from strength to strength.”
Lambert added: “Scotland is a distinct region within the BNP PRE group; the new Scottish HQ in Edinburgh is currently the only office in the UK where the three firms are united.”