Simon Cross

WORK HISTORY

SKILLS

ABOUT SIMON CROSS

I left Sidcot School at 17 and became an Estate Agent joining a well known independent firm Lalondes in Bristol as a trainee negotiator,Lalondes eventually sold out to the way back then mighty Prudential Property Services (PPS) and Connells acquired the south branches when The Pru strategically withdrew from the property market in the early 1990’sUnder the PPS banner I was an Area Director in Herefordshire/Worcestershire running 12 offices and then I moved to Somerset as an AD working for Connells Group running 16 offices across Somerset/Devon/AvonI left Connells for 6 years and joined Provident Life / Winterthur Life working within there Estate Agency Division on the distribution of mortgage related services.Eventually I saw the error of my ways when I met up again with David Livesey and re joined the Connells Group and became Mortgage Services Sales Director sitting on Connells/Sequence operating boards for over 12 years.In 2008 I moved over to join Sequence as Managing Director for Fox and Sons & Allen & Harris working for and reporting to David Plumtree the Group CEO. I have a fantastic talented and dedicated team of people at all levels within my business and I am proud of my 35 and counting years of service within the industry mostly with Connells / Sequence. We have experienced some amazing results over the last few years setting a new PB on profits in 2014.Part of my on going challenge is to spot and attract new talent into our company and I am always keen to hear from ambitious and talented industry experienced people and all contact with me will always remain strictly confidential.At Sequence we are really proud of the genuine career progression we offer and promotion is always based on ability and performance, so if you are a real achiever and want a real career in Mortgage Services/Lettings or Estate Agency then please drop me a line.