Manchester-based property group Landwood has announced the promotion of Anna Main to the main company board – within months of joining the business.

Anna arrived at Landwood Group to head up its new commercial asset division and it is the success of this team that has led to her swift promotion to board director.

Since she moved to Landwood from Avison Young, the group has taken on new instructions to manage assets for a clutch of new clients, property trusts and funds as well as from existing Landwood Group clients such as FRP and Grant Thornton.

Anna, 41, heads a team of five in the commercial asset division and even during the Covid-19 lockdown they have continued to win new business. The team is now set to expand to cope with the increased workload with recruitment underway.

Anna comments: “I came here to bring a fresh approach to asset management and am delighted with the results so far.

“The period of lockdown has forced businesses to take stock of their agreements, their income streams and in some cases they’ve not been satisfied. The Landwood team is extremely hands on and we all have years of experience in improving portfolio performance, generating strong returns.

“As businesses re-open, we are really looking forward to building an even larger client base of high-net worths, property trusts and property owners who appreciate Landwood’s higher level of service.”

Landwood Group managing director Mark Bailey says: “Anna has made a real impression in a short space of time – as we hoped she would.

“It’s been a period no one could have predicted, but Anna and her team have been agile to spot opportunities and grown their arm of the Landwood business significantly. The outlook is very strong.

“On behalf of everyone at Landwood Group, I’d like to say a massive ‘well done’ to Anna.”