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Meet the team

At ERL, we have an exceptionally committed, hands-on and long-serving team who combine the best of property expertise with genuine personal care for our customers. Every member of both the operational and sales teams has an ongoing interest and input into our villages, our properties and the service we offer to our owners.

Managing Director

Neil Davison

Neil spent his formative years training as a quantity surveyor with a Hertfordshire-based contractor, before joining a subsidiary of a listed, regionally-based development and investment company, focusing on residential development. In 1994, Neil founded Ashtenne Residential Limited – renamed Enterprise Property Group Limited (EPGL) – with the support of an established commercial property company. Neil is CEO of EPGL and Managing Director of ERL.

Married to Michele, with three grown-up children, in the little spare time he has, having failed to achieve either of his ambitions to don the No. 9 shirt for Newcastle United or become second row forward for England, Neil attends as many sporting events as possible likes and endeavours to “keep fit” albeit only in an attempt to balance his passion for socialising (food and drink!).

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Head of Operations

June Callaghan

June has worked for the Enterprise group of companies since 2009. She spent nine years as General Manager at Boughton Hall, ERL’s first retirement village in Chester, and is now the national Operations Manager focused on the operational design and development for all the ERL retirement villages.

It’s June’s focus to provide the exemplary staff, quality services and operational equipment for the Villages, which together promote the efficient, secure, comfortable and life-enhancing environments which are second to none.

Having enjoyed a successful career in hospitality management, the transition to retirement village management and now operational management has been an extremely fulfilling one and June is looking forward to the wonderful ERL developments still to come.

When not spending time between ERL’s locations driving (or sometimes stationary!) on the M1, M6 or M62, or working within the retirement villages, June enjoys spending quality time with family and friends, the odd foreign holiday (next jaunt to Disney World, Florida), and keeping up to date with the World around her. June has two grown up daughters, Hayley and Rachel, two cats (often featured during online ERL meetings!) and lives happily in a converted dairy in the Cheshire countryside.

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Operations Manager

Ben Sanders

Ben has worked in the hospitality industry for nearly 20 years. He joined ERL in November 2020 after making the decision to transition into retirement living from hotels for a new challenge. He has experience working in a number of different of properties including 5-star hotels where he was lucky enough to host ex-US Presidents, Ambassadors and even Royalty.

He is responsible for supporting the Village General Managers and overseeing various aspects of the day-to-day operation of the Villages. This includes ensuring impeccable service standards are delivered to owners and occupiers, health and safety compliance, and that optimum efficiency is achieved.

Ben lives in the Worcestershire countryside and has two young sons, Harry and Jack. When not busy building Lego or playing snakes and ladders (a family favourite!), he enjoys cooking, all things film, photography and attempting to play golf.

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Land Manager

Chris Jackson

Having achieved a first class honours for a BSc Hons in Planning and Property Development at Nottingham Trent University, Chris joined EPGL on a permanent basis in 2015 as Acquisitions Surveyor, taking a lead in acquiring new development opportunities and gaining planning consent prior to handing the scheme over to the construction team. He then progressed to Land Manager for the group’s new-build company, Enterprise Residential Development Limited, but has now taken on the challenge of Land Manager for ERL, which involves seeking out new sites for future schemes and getting them through the long journey from acquisition to commencement of construction.

Away from the office, Chris lives with his partner Abby and their Cocker Spaniel Reginald. Combining his keen interest in cycling and socialising, Chris enjoys his annual “Tour De Pubs” cycling event visiting surrounding Cambridgeshire village pubs with friends and family. Chris and Abby also enjoyed renovating their first home together, before moving to a new-build house which requires a lot less effort.

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Marketing & Compliance Manager

Wendy Fleckney

After working for 27 years, first in a secretarial capacity and later in the realms of marketing, for a multi-office firm of chartered accountants, Wendy spent five years as a legal secretary in the competition department of a large London law practice. She joined EPGL in 2005 to support the sales and marketing process, but has now moved with Hattie into the retirement division. Although she retains some of her previous responsibilities for EPGL generally, Wendy’s time is now largely spent on the varied marketing function for the retirement properties, and the compliance requirements associated with both EPGL’s new-build activities and the promotion and ongoing operation of the retirement villages.

Wendy, who has one adult son and “lives happily apart” from her long-term partner, Phil, enjoys reading, writing, entertaining friends and family, and just being at home.

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Senior Administration Assistant

Collette Peters

Collette started work for the world’s first national standards body in London for 10 years before undertaking a 24-year career with a technology company whose customers included high-level Government departments, providing services and systems critical to the country’s national security and defence. She progressed from Bid Administrator to Events Manager, and ultimately to Marketing Manager, before a career change saw her join ERL in October 2021.

Collette and husband Ian have two teenage sons. She is a fan of horror movies and psychological thriller books, and works out every day either cycling, running or doing High-Intensity Interval Training. She confesses to be powered by solar and is never happier than hiking in the countryside with her family.

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Sales Manager

Dee Hall

As Sales Manager for ERL, Dee is dedicated to offering total support and assistance to all our customers, from their initial indication of interest and/or viewing of a property through to the day of completion for those who become owners, overseeing the process from start to finish.

Having spent several years working and travelling overseas, Dee returned to the UK to help set up a family mail order sports company, designing and sourcing all products both in Europe and the Far East. The company was eventually sold and, after enjoying some time out, Dee joined ERL in 2009 as part of the Sales Team at Boughton Hall in Chester.

Dee says that the best part of her job is the people she meets, who are not just buying a property but a new way of life, and the pleasure she gets seeing them embrace this in their new home.

Dee is married to Jonathan and they have a grown-up daughter who is currently travelling on a gap year. She enjoys spending time with family and friends and any travel that involves a passport!

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Development & Commercial Consultant

Peter Martin

A Chartered Surveyor who has worked nationally on retirement housing and supermarket development, Peter has a long history with the Enterprise group. He and Neil Davison, the group’s CEO, previously worked together at Dencora Homes in Newmarket and Peter has been involved in Enterprise projects for the last 25 years or so. He has considerable knowledge of the UK, having visited or concluded deals in most major towns and cities of England and Wales.

Peter is keenly involved in retirement community advancement and sits on the Board of Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) as well as the ARCO Standards Committee.

Peter is married to Sally and they have two children, one at university and the other in his teens. A keen cyclist, Peter can often be found wearing lycra … but not in the office!

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Executive Chef

John Crawley

John was born in Chester and continues to live there to this day, although his lifetime love of Liverpool Football Club hampers his loyalty to Chester sometimes!

After studying for A levels at St David’s High School in Saltney, John’s culinary career began as he ventured into the hospitality sector as an Apprentice Chef within various local restaurants and hotels.

Inspired by a love of good food, local produce and exceptional presentation, John sought opportunities to further develop his own creativity, gaining valuable experience, until he found his niche at a successful Italian restaurant in the city centre where he remained for 20 years, rising through the ranks to become Head Chef.

John joined Boughton Hall Retirement Village in 2010 to spearhead the new catering function and has elevated the cuisine to its current high standards. In his current role of Executive Chef, John also oversees the kitchens and culinary offering at ERL’s other retirement villages and co-ordinates sales functions and launch parties for the company.

John has a grown-up daughter Kim, a young ‘Mini Me’ son called Eden (aged 6) and two lovely grandsons, Oscar and Isaac.

Life is very busy in the Crawley household, passionate foodies on a never-ending search for something new and exciting with a love of gardening, nature and family.

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General Manager of Boughton Hall

Nicola Crawley

Before embarking on a successful career within the hospitality industry, Nicola studied hospitality and institutional management at college. Fast forward 15 years and the relatively new retirement industry beckoned when Nicola was approached by a retirement housing provider in Chester for the role of Duty Manager, where she gained various care, book-keeping and management qualifications. She went on to join ERL as one of the original Duty Managers at Boughton Hall, bringing a wealth of experience, ideas and passion which helped to shape and nurture it into the place it is today. After eight years of hard work, loyalty and compassion, Nicola was rewarded with promotion to the position of General Manager.

Food, drink, nature and family are amongst Nicola’s passions outside of work, which also include music and getting back to nature glamping in different countries with her husband John, who is ERL’s Head Chef, and their son Eden. Nicola says she still has an important goal – helping hedgehogs return to their natural habitat – and hopes that the addition of a hedgehog house within the grounds of Boughton Hall will help her achieve this.

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General Manager at Mount Battenhall

Emma Simpson

Emma has been working in the hospitality industry since 1997, when she began her first role with a large national leisure company. She has since enjoyed a successful career in the sector, including spending 14 years as a Hospitality and Catering Services Manager at University College Birmingham. Being well known for its prestigious hospitality and catering courses, Emma worked with some of the UK’s best chefs and hospitality professionals during her time there. In 2020, Emma left the University to have her second daughter and to pursue a career that would give her fresh challenges closer to her home in Worcester. Emma joined ERL at the beginning of 2021 as General Manager of Mount Battenhall.

Outside of the work environment, Emma lives with her husband and two daughters, Elsie and Annie. She counts walking, wildlife and days out as activities she enjoys at the weekend with her family. She also loves cooking and baking and hopes to find time to bake more when the girls are a little older. Emma’s next chosen hobby is creating mosaics – she has the books, some of the tools, and is looking forward to starting her first project.

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