<div>About the deverellsmith group and Hintel USA&rsquo;s specialised work delivering exceptional construction and real estate talent across the United States.</div>

Hintel USA

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<p>Hintel USA specialises in construction recruitment - it&rsquo;s our core strength and the foundation of our work across the American market. From ground‑up development to complex commercial builds, we connect contractors, developers, and owners with the operational and technical talent needed to deliver projects on time and to the highest standard.</p>
<p>Beyond day‑to‑day hiring, our U.S. team is backed by the global group, giving clients access to world‑class real estate and placemaking talent, strategic introductions, and large-scale search capabilities. Whether you&rsquo;re scaling rapidly, entering a new market, or tackling a high‑value project that demands niche expertise, we align our solutions with your commercial priorities.</p>
<p>With access to the top 1% of talent across construction, development, and real estate, we help you build a seamless, high‑performing talent experience designed for long‑term value.</p>
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We help your business build better, faster, and smarter by connecting you with the construction and real estate professionals who deliver results.

<p>James Kennard is the Chief Executive Officer of Hintel USA, bringing over 15 years of construction industry experience and more than a decade in recruitment to his role. With a degree in Construction Management and background as an Assistant Project Manager, James transitioned to construction recruitment in 2010 where he discovered his talent for identifying exceptional leadership.</p>
<p>Prior to leading Hintel USA, he built and scaled a recruitment enterprise in the UK to 80 staff members and $33 million in revenue within just three years before successfully selling the business. James offers comprehensive executive search services including retained, contingency, and global talent acquisition, having conducted successful searches throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Singapore, and South Africa. Known for his ability to "engineer growth through people," James advises clients on organisational structure and talent optimisation to scale their businesses effectively. His deep market immersion and extensive network have made him the trusted advisor to many of the construction and development sector's most influential leaders.</p>

James Kennard

CEO - Hintel USA

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<div class="tab-parent">Andrew founded the deverellsmith group in 2006 and the firm has since been awarded &lsquo;Sunday Times Best Company to Work&rsquo; for 7 consecutive years. Andrew leads the Executive Search, Research &amp; Talent Advisory team across the Group brand (deverellsmith &amp; Hintel).</div>
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<p>Andrew and his team source elite Real Estate leaders across the globe, as well as providing consultancy services and supporting large growth projects.</p>
<p>Over his 22-year career, Andrew has worked with many highly successful organisations. Inspired to elevate people&rsquo;s careers and to accelerate partnering businesses&rsquo; success, or to unlock challenging situations to deliver outstanding outcomes for all.</p>
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Andrew Deverell-Smith

Group CEO & Founder

<p class="">Debra, the Founder and CEO of SAY, brings over 25 years of expertise in residential property. Based in London, SAY specialises in providing strategic operational asset advice for both existing and planned developments, with a focus on residential-led projects across the UK, Europe, and the UAE.</p>
<p class="sqsrte-small">Before establishing SAY, Debra served as Director of Asset and Property Management at Grainger plc for a decade. She is recognised as an authority in residential property and asset management, particularly in rental living and the development of new communities. Debra advocates for incorporating future economic viability into the planning and development stages, emphasising that strategic operational advice is crucial for creating and maintaining successful and sustainable communities.</p>
<p class="sqsrte-small">In May 2024, Debra was honoured with the title of Residential Property Personality of the Year by Property Week. Beyond her role at SAY, she holds non-executive positions with Grove End Housing Limited, Deverell Smith Recruitment, Jewish Care, and the M&amp;G Shared Ownership Fund.</p>

Deborah Yudolph

Non Executive Director/CEO of SAY Property

<p>Senior executive in the RPO industry since 2006, initially as global CFO with Advantage xPO growing from a vendor neutral concept to a &pound;300 million revenue company, in the banking, telecommunications and construction sectors.<br><br>Paul Day then joined a privately owned recruitment group as the Finance Director of Datum RPO, developing the company from a start up to a &pound;40 million revenue company in the construction and facilities management space. Now working with Hintel Limited, an exciting new brand owned by deverellsmith, bringing the RPO model and it&rsquo;s benefits to the property and real estate industry.<br><br>Specialties: mergers and acquisitions , international background working in Singapore and the middle east , building effective finance and operations teams, business strategy and operational performance improvement and commercial leadership.</p>

Paul Day

Group Chief Operating Officer

<p>Tom serves as the Finance Director at the deverellsmith group, where he brings his strategic financial leadership to the property recruitment space. With a keen analytical mind and forward-thinking approach, Tom has been instrumental in strengthening the company's financial infrastructure since joining.&nbsp;</p>

Tom Hammond

Group Finance Director

Gavin Sung

Co-Founder & CEO Hintel Global Consulting

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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Project team</strong></h2>
<p>The project team consisted of three specialist consultants who owned over two decades of industry experience combined. Each consultant&rsquo;s outreach was underpinned by the deverellsmith group&rsquo;s data and research division whose sole function is to identify the best talent whilst acquiring accurate market feedback.</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Project breakdown</strong></h2>
<p>Phase 1 &ndash; focused on senior leadership and head office positions which took 3-6 months.</p>
<p>Phase 2 &ndash; focused on onsite/customer service roles which were ongoing throughout the entire project timeframe.</p>
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<li>A talent shortage swarmed the market &ndash; the project tailed the back-end of the pandemic boom, a time when candidates were hesitant to move.</li>
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<li>Golden handcuffs &ndash; employees were very well looked after at their current companies, with attractive salary and housing packages.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Project solution</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Provide an advisory service&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; educate the leadership team with accurate salary, employee benefit, and package benchmarking data.</p>
<p><strong>Apply an executive search methodology to the process &ndash;</strong>&nbsp;exceptional client and customer care, highly detailed and project reporting.</p>
<p><strong>Data &amp; Research</strong> &ndash; After the entire market was mapped and prospective candidates were identified, the team undertook a rigorous vetting process to sell the opportunity and attract the highest calibre of talent.</p>

<p>Maximus Real Estate Partners is the fastest-growing multifamily investment and development company who transform neighbourhoods into brilliant places to live and work, in the San Francisco Bay Area.</p>
<p>Their flagship development, Parkmerced, will provide over 9,000 rental homes to the community alongside a number of other luxury rental residential locations.</p>
<p>After successfully partnering with deverellsmith on a previous project within the US, Maximus Real Estate Partners assigned Hintel (sister company of deverellsmith) on a continuous growth project which took place between 2022 and 2023</p>

Project Case Study: Maximus Real Estate Partners

<p><strong><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Project team</span></strong></p>
<p><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">The search campaign was led by Andrew Deverell-Smith, Founder and CEO of Hintel and the deverellsmith group, whilst Anna McGeorge, Account Manager, spearheaded the candidate research and management. The team was instructed to source around 30 live roles to ensure the business was ready ahead of and following the launch.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Project challenges</span></strong></p>
<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body"><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">As the company was in the early phases of existence, the location of the HQ had not been decided. Pathway knew that the location needed to be workable for the western markets and time zones, and after an initial advisory session with Hintel, Pathway decided that the location for the company should be in Miami, Florida.</span></p>
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<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body"><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">During the early stages of the search project &ndash; where a selection of candidates was at interview stage across a number of roles &ndash; another investor was brought into the project. This then led to the location changing to Dallas, Texas.</span></p>
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<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body"><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Every candidate who was already in the hiring process was approached regarding the need to relocate, which resulted in two successful candidates relocating to the new location.</span></p>
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<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body"><strong><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Project breakdown</span></strong></p>
<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body"><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">From the start of the search, Hintel were retained on a large quantity of roles and McGeorge understood the need to hire in order of priority. She worked with the hiring manager to categorise each role with a number (1,2,3) and together they regularly reviewed the list to ensure search deadlines were met.</span></p>
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<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body"><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Hintel&rsquo;s data and research function was utilised to conduct an extensive research project which mapped the market for high priority roles or those which required more than one candidate, this enabled the search team to contact prospective candidates quickly and directly with more detail on the opportunity.</span></p>
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<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body"><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">From introducing a candidate to the hiring team at Pathway, the search was relatively fast paced and on average was wrapped up within a month.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body"><strong><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Project results</span></strong></p>
<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body"><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">The</span> <span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">team facilitated 15+ hires into the business, and </span><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Pathway Homes are already aiding property buyers &ndash; who might not have had the resources to do so prior - purchase residential real estate across the US.</span></p>
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<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body"><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">The business is backed by clients, assets and generating revenue.</span></p>
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<p><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">The concept behind Pathway Homes was built in the US by two large investors who were looking to launch a new product to the market in 2021. deverellsmith were retained exclusively with the mandate of supporting widescale headcount growth for the initial phases of business existence.</span></p>

Project Case Study: Pathway Homes 

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