David Orton-Gibson – CEO of Training for Professionals
David has worked for many years in the letting industry and has first-hand experience of most roles involved in lettings. For the last 25 years he has worked full time running training and consultancy for landlords and agents throughout England and Wales. He teaches public courses as well as running In House courses for local authorities, letting agents, landlord associations, housing associations, colleges and other bodies. Widely respected for his technical knowledge and teaching style, David combines an authoritative understanding of the legal framework with practical suggestions on working with people and presents in an engaging style.
For more info visit www.tfponline.co.uk
Tony Gimple - Tax & Succession Planning Specialist
Tony Gimple has a varied and interesting background with experience gained in Loss Adjusting, the Military, Financial Services, Consulting, Insurance Broking and Law. He has worked for leading companies including Legal & General, American Express, Towergate, Chancery Law Group and Bowling & Co Solicitors (a Leading Legal 500 firm where he was Estate Planning Director). He has a wide range of cross-sector executive experience as well as being the subject of a Cranfield MBA thesis on entrepreneurship. An active networker with many high-level contacts, Tony is an accomplished public speaker and has written for professional publications and national newspapers, often being asked for comment as a thought leader. A natural leader, organiser and communicator, Tony is known for his creative and original freethinking and his ability to motivate and mobilise people to achieve their goals.
For more info on Tony and Lesstaxforlandlords, visit: http://lesstaxforlandlords.co.uk/
Dave Princep, an Independent Housing Consultant
Dave was instrumental in establishing, and currently Chairs, the London Landlord Accreditation Scheme (LLAS) & Accreditation and Training for Landlords and Agents Services (ATLAS). He has over 31 years’ experience of working in the private rented domestic sector (PRS). His current work includes advising and training on property standards, landlord tenant issues, health and safety and sustainability issues and he is an adviser to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). Dave has been involved in energy efficiency and sustainability for several years and chairs the PRS Working Group on energy efficiency and chaired the Government’s working party advising on the new PRS regulations to be established under the Energy Act.
Peter Littlewood – Director of IHowz
A founder member of the SLA as well as a trainer for LLAS, Peter has been involved in the rental market since the early 80’s – so has a wealth of knowledge. Peter is anxious to rid the industry of its negative views, especially that it is full of ‘rogue landlords’. In his view there are three types of landlords:- those who know what they are doing; those who don’t, but try hard – to be trained through LLAS; and those who won’t do as they are supposed to do, even if they know. They are not ‘rogues’ but criminals, and should be prosecuted. The industry does not want them.
For more info on iHOWZ (formally known as SLA) visit: http://ihowz.uk/