Philip Armstrong is the Managing Director of Armstrong Solicitors, a well-known commentator on the Northern Ireland conveyancing process, and Chair of the Law Society of Northern Ireland’s Conveyancing and Property Committee. He has designed Northern Ireland’s first in house conveyancing web app, which simplifies the moving house experience for sellers and buyers, and allows estate agents and mortgage advisers to receive real time updates on transactions.

In additional to residential conveyancing, Philip is a recognised expert in private landlord and tenant law, acting for and advising multiple landlords, letting agents and tenancy deposit scheme administrators in Northern Ireland.

Stuart began his career as an estate agent in Bath in 2003 and made the switch to land and property auctions in 2008. Due to his experience within different auction houses throughout his career, he has developed a deep understanding of the auction market and understands the strengths and weaknesses of each discipline whether it be ballroom auctions, traditional or conditional online auctions.

Having worked for and with some of the best auctioneers in the UK, he launched his own traditional online auction house My Auction in 2019. My Auction aims to create a fairer market place for buyers and sellers with the ultimate goal of changing the general perception of auctions within the UK property market.

Nathan has over 27 years’ experience in the UK property market in a high performance environment and is versatile across residential sales and lettings. Originating from a full multi-discipline agency background, he has a mind for system implementation and delivering front-end results.

Known as the ‘NI Property Girl’, Eimear Gourley, founded her company in April 2020, only one short month after the first Covid-19 lockdown period began. The team at NI Property Girl offers a range of services including helping investors to source buy to let properties, mentoring, property renovation services or support to sell your property.

Previously a civil engineer, Eimear has extensive knowledge of the sector and has been project manager for multi-million pound construction sites. Since then, she has been helping clients across the globe to begin and build their property investment portfolios, whilst continuing to grow her own company and personal success.

In 2023, Eimear was a finalist at the LCCC business awards in the 'Rising Star' category and the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards for 'Young Business Person of The Year'. 

Henry joined Propertymark in April 2022 after having previously worked as the policy and research coordinator for a large Education Group. He supports members by digesting legislation and government policy to consider how this will impact the sector. On top of this, Henry currently attends and represents Propertymark at a number of government and industry working groups.   

Jason is a vastly experienced sales and auction expert with a demonstrated history of building and growing companies. He worked in agency as both agent and supplier for over 25 years and is passionate about delivering excellent customer service and results. Jason takes pride in development, training and nurturing of all the team and watching them flourish. Multi-award winning in both agency and suppliers’ category from EA Masters, Sunday Times and Negotiator Awards.

Toby Leek is a distinguished real estate professional with decades of experience navigating the Central and South London property markets. As an Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (AssocRICS) and the President of NAEA Propertymark, he has demonstrated exceptional leadership and expertise in the industry. His multifaceted interests and extensive experience make him a valuable contributor to discussions on the evolving landscape of real estate.

James joined the Trading Standards profession in 1989 and spent many years as an operational Trading Standards Officer working with local, regional and national enforcement agencies. He now leads the National Trading Standards Estate & Letting Agency Team, overseeing the regulation of estate agency work in the UK and the private rented sector in England. James has spoken at many property industry events and conferences over the last 10 years and has been involved in several collaborative projects to improve standards in the property sector. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute and a qualified coach and mentor.

David’s area has responsibility for the development and implementation of most aspects of policy in relation to the Supply of Housing in tenures other than social housing, as well as the design and implementation of a programme of strategies aimed at improving housing supply. Work that Housing Supply Policy is responsible for includes regulation of the private rented sector, affordable housing, support for the Owner Occupied Sector and helping vulnerable people to live independently through the 'Supporting People' programme.

Group Lettings Director, Andrews Property Group

She has been working in lettings for her entire career and has been an ARLA Propertymark member since 2015. Angharad is a passionate advocate of raising standards for the lettings industry and encouraging young people to consider a career in lettings. She also won rising star at the Negotiator Awards in 2018 and was shortlisted in the top 100 most inspirational women in the West 2019.

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Originally from South Africa, Francis has spent nearly 30 years in the UK delivering IT and cyber security solutions to businesses. He launched Westtek Solutions with the aim of redefining IT Support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Through hard work and innovation, he has formed strategic partnerships to provide comprehensive support and cutting-edge cyber security solutions through Security Everywhere, a cyber security focussed business aimed at educating and protecting over one million people from cyberattacks by 2023. Francis is a mentor for CompTIA, helping train the technology gurus of the future and believes that it is the increase in cyberawareness that is at the heart of the solution to the threats we all face.