The North West

Nathan Cornish

Nathan Cornish

Board Chair

Nathan Cornish

Board Chair

Nathan is Group Board Director of Urban Splash, and has been with the company since 2002.

He has been responsible for the delivery of some of Urban Splash’s iconic regeneration schemes at Fort Dunlop, Rotunda both in Birmingham and its ‘upside down’ houses in Salford.

Whilst still retaining responsibility for high profile developments at the Royal William Yard in Plymouth, and New Islington, Manchester his role now also includes overseeing the groups 1.3m sq ft Investment portfolio. He also leads on many of the group’s disposals and acquisitions of both land and Investment property.

In 2021 Nathan led the team that acquired two large regeneration sites at Port Loop in Birmingham and Campbell Park in Milton Keynes, which collectively will deliver over 2,500 homes.

Nathan is also a non-Executive Director of Sale FC, a community focused rugby club.

Debra Cooper

Board Member

Debra Cooper

Board Member

Debra is a Partner at Hill Dickinson and specialises in real estate finance. Debra acts for a wide variety of instructional lenders, investors and borrowers on investment and development transactions.

Debra is also chair of the Northern IPF board and a  trustee of the We Love Manchester charity. In her spare time she is an ultra runner who can usually be found on trails in the Lake District.

Carly Jones

Board Member

Board Member

Carly joined Muse in 2017 as brand and marketing manager and has 15 years’ experience in the property industry.

At Muse, Carly leads on all aspects of corporate brand and marketing across the business for Muse and their two joint venture partnerships, The English Cities Fund and Waterside Places. Carly also supports Muse’s development management teams on new business, as well as providing brand and marketing support on Muse’s mixed-use regeneration projects nationally which range between £70m – 2.5bn.

James Onions

Board Member

James Onions

Board Member

James is a Director at Colliers, based in their Manchester office and forms part of the UK Project and Building Consultancy Leadership Group with responsibility for regions. Prior to joining Colliers, he co-opened the first regional office for Paragon Building Consultancy in Manchester in 2015 growing the team to 20 in under three years, before Paragon formed a strategic partnership with Colliers in 2022. James has been providing project consultancy and commercial building surveying advice to clients for 25 years.

James is married with three grown up children. When he’s not spending time with them, he can be found trying to play golf or cycling.

Jill Parker

Board Member

Board Member

Jill Parker is a real estate finance partner at gunnercooke llp. With over 20 years’ worth of experience she is a passionate, solution-driven and highly effective lawyer who loves working with her clients to promote quality real estate development and investment across the country.

When not working Jill, loves travelling, music and keeping active through triathlons, cycling and fell running.

Anna de la Perrelle

Board Member

Anna de la Perrelle

Board Member

Anna is the founder and Managing Director of her own public relations consultancy, dela pr.

Using her 15 years of experience working with some of the property industry’s biggest names, she brings a loyal client base and a strong reputation within the market for providing strategic and informed advice to dela pr.

Dominic Pozzoni

Board Member

Dominic Pozzoni

Board Member

Dominic is a Director of the National Offices Team in Manchester, with 25 years of experience in the Real Estate profession, focused on the North West region. Dominic offers a depth and breadth of commercial experience to investors, developers, landlords and occupiers with particular regard to offices and complex mixed use schemes.

Stuart Rogers

Stuart Rogers

Board Member

Stuart Rogers

Stuart Rogers

Board Member

Stuart Rogers is a Project Director at Muse. He is passionate about the North West property sector, in which he was born and raised, and currently lives with his wife and children.

He uses his role leading high profile regeneration projects to make a difference to local communities, through creating employment opportunities, skills development and improving quality of life.

Nicola Wallis

Board Member

Nicola Wallis

Board Member

Nicola is Residential Sales & Marketing Director for Scarborough Group International and is responsible for sales, marketing, events and customer care.  Nicola has over 20 years’ experience with a proven track record of delivery, leading on the sales & marketing disciplines on all residential homes across the Group.  She works closely with the development team to deliver award-winning mixed-use neighbourhoods.

Nicola joined Scarborough Group International 9 years ago and has been working on Middlewood Locks, an award-winning 25-acre £1bn mixed-use canal side neighbourhood in Salford since inception.

Nicola reports directly to the Board and is responsible for developing and implementing a robust residential sales & marketing strategy which adds value, is within budget, on brand and delivers the sales of new homes whilst ensuring customer satisfaction.

Prior to joining Scarborough Group, Nicola worked for 13 years with award winning property developer Urbansplash, ultimately as Residential Sales Director responsible for National Sales.

Projects supported by the North West Board

Centrepoint

£51,042 is renovating three two-bed houses for young people who've been homeless