A leading consultancy has announced nine promotions in its infrastructure consultancy team following a strong period of success for the firm.
Fisher German has promoted Joanne Ziemelis to associate partner, Abigail Hicklin, Charlotte Watson and William Davies to associates, and James Butlin, Kate Manners and Rory Garside to senior surveyors.
Louise Burford has also been promoted to senior project coordinator and Helen Pettit to senior interface manager.
The promotions are among 53 that Fisher German has made across all areas of the business as part of its ongoing growth.
Joanne, who joined Fisher German in 2012, is based at its Ashby office in Leicestershire and has been instrumental in growing the Geospatial Data Solutions team.
She is now taking on a new challenge heading up and forming Fisher German’s stand-alone Land Referencing Team.
Her specialist work involves a lot of data manipulation and integration whilst forming best practice guidance and processes for the land referencing team members to follow.
She works on several major utility projects as well as develops and manages complex databases and interactive mapping solutions to support clients’ needs.
“It is great to be progressing my career in Fisher German and to be given the opportunity to build a new team that will eventually become an integral part of Fisher German’s infrastructure consultancy service,” Joanne said.
“We have a lot of work in the pipeline to support different projects across the business and are working to become well-established within Fisher German to promote quality and consistency in the work we carry out.
“The land referencing team works closely with the GIS and Project teams to find a more streamlined way of working.
“Many of our tools and processes are newly developed to help ensure confidence in the data we are responsible for. These include an internal process for ensuring land registry details are up-to-date called ‘Refresh’ plus looking at the use of AI to help interpret legal documents, amongst other tools that will create efficiencies in our work.”
Fisher German has seen its national headcount almost double since 2017, with 806 staff members now based across its network of 26 offices.
The firm has made the latest promotions as part of its ‘Grow’ career progression framework which gives employees a clear pathway to advance within the business.
Richard Benson, Senior Partner at Fisher German, said:
“This round of promotions sees more than 50 colleagues move up within the business in recognition of their hard work and consistent high performance.
“The promotions span the whole firm, with representation from all divisions and recognition for those who have been with us for anywhere from one year to 20 plus.
“Our Grow career progression framework provides colleagues with clarity on the competencies and behaviours expected at each level, aligned to our strategy and values, which has helped more people take ownership of their careers and set attainable goals.
“I would like to congratulate all of those who have been promoted for their continued hard work and support as we continue to build a more diverse and dynamic multi-disciplinary property consultancy.
“It is an exciting time for the business as we continue to invest in both our people and our premises, and we look forward to further strengthening our presence in the market going forward.”
