The PPP Team
Steve Bolton – Founder
Steve Bolton is the multi-millionaire Founder of the fastest growing premium franchise in UK history. Platinum Property Partners continues to break records in both the Franchising and Property Investment sectors.
Platinum Property Partners is a business franchise that enables its clients to buy, refurbish and rent out residential UK investment property in the most profitable manner possible.
PPP is an award winning Landlord, a member of British Franchise Association and the UK’s leading provider in this sector. PPP properties achieve an average ROI of 15%, and after paying all costs (mortgage, bills, maintenance and voids), an average PPP property will generate £15,000 gross profit per annum from rental income alone.
Steve is passionate about helping other people achieve financial freedom, allowing them to be more, do more, have more and give more in life. Steve is the President of the Patrons programme for Peace One Day (non-profit organisation) where other patrons include high profile people like Simon Woodroffe (Founder Yo! Sushi and Yotel) and Anil Agarwal (114 richest billionaire in the world). The work of Peace One Day is responsible for saving millions of lives around the world every year.
Richard Davies – Founding Partner & Financial Director
Richard’s extensive commercial experience and extraordinary ability to predict future market trends have established his reputation as one of Europe’s leading property investment professionals.
Following a fast-track career with Foxtons estate agency, working in Kensington & Chelsea, where Richard was responsible for starting and growing the short-term lettings arm of the business, he moved into property development full-time, buying, developing and selling sites in south west London for significant profits. In 1999 he also wrote his first book, ‘Property Developer Secrets’.
In 2000, Richard took three years off to travel the world and research international property investment opportunities, then in 2003, together with Neil Lewis, he founded the Visium Group, to capitalise on the opportunities he’d recognised in Eastern Europe.
Richard is involved with PPP at a strategic level, as one of the Board of the Platinum Partners, and at a tactical level, as Finance Director. His past training as an accountant, combined with his extensive business and property experience, has given him the skills and abilities to collate, manage and interpret financial data in a powerful and effective manner. He stands out from more traditionally trained FDs who, typically, have far less property and commercial experience and understanding.
Philip Easter – Chairman
Philip is a highly respected board-level executive and qualified accountant who retired from ‘corporate life’ in 2008. Philip has enjoyed an extremely successful international career working in London, New York, Chicago, Madrid, Paris and Amsterdam. Altogether, spanning over 30 years as an Executive Finance Director where his latter roles included Group Finance Director of Aviva plc, Finance Director of Norwich Union plc and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Aviva USA.
Philip is also a highly accomplished Non-Executive Director in a wide range of businesses including major UK and International Insurers, Investment Vehicles, Mortgage Companies, Leasing Companies, Insurance Brokers and Captive Reinsurers, in all amounting to in excess of 200 Directorships. A trusted and senior figure in the financial services market, he was an FSA ‘Approved Person’ and Trustee of the RAC and Aviva Pension Funds.
Since retiring from Aviva PLC, Philip spends some of his time investing and playing key roles in a number of successful organisations and business ventures. Philip is Chairman of market leading Validus IVC and joined PPP as a Franchise Partner in early 2009, becoming Group Non Executive Chairman a year later.
Philip brings a wealth of corporate experience in mergers and acquisitions and fast-growing businesses and his sharp strategic mind combined with extensive and high level contacts within the city will help support PPP in achieving highly profitable growth.
John Reynolds – Investment Director
John is an experienced property developer and skilled in building personal and business to business relationships.
From 2002, he worked for a number of years as the Regional Sales Director for an international trading exchange, where he was also the national sales champion and consistently in the top three achievers in the country, over a three year period.
In 2005 John moved into property development and in 2007 he set up his own company, Coast Developments, which has current live projects of £5.75m GVD. Over the past 5 years, he has been responsible for obtaining planning permission on more than 50 development sites on the South coast, with a total GDV of over £12m. In addition to securing finance from banks, John has also sourced investment funds from private individuals, forging strong ongoing relationships.
In 2009, having known and worked with Steve Bolton for many years, John joined PPP as Investment Director. He is responsible for sourcing new investment opportunities, exploring options with potential introducers and affiliates, and liaising with prospective Franchise and Passive Investment Partners to provide all the information and assistance they might need to make their decision about working with PPP.
John lives in Bournemouth with his wife, Leslie, and their young daughter, Lily.
Steve Hogan - Operations Director
In his former corporate life, Steve held board level positions with some of the major UK and International Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies. Following 10 years with Coca-Cola, where he was European Services Director, he spent a number of years in the wholesale and retail sector, primarily dealing with mergers and acquisitions and business recovery.
In 2007, Steve and his wife, Linda, joined the Platinum Property Partners franchise. Steve quickly established himself as a star performer in the Franchise, quickly building a profitable £2 million portfolio in the UK and overseas and undertaking more challenging residential developments. After performing very well in some short-term project based internal roles with Platinum Property Partners, the Directors recognised Steve’s talents and asked him to take up a Board level position within the Group.
Steve now heads up Operations for Platinum Property Partners. He leads and manages the team which provides on-going training and support to Platinum Franchise Partners other Platinum businesses. His PPP Franchise property business in Aylesbury has been fully systemized so it produces a passive income stream. It is managed day to day by an employee.
Outside of work, Steve and his wife Linda are keen sailors and they spend time in Dorset using the Platinum Yachts and exploring stunning parts of the world from the back of sailboats.
Lisa Appleyard – Operations Manager
With a background in managing multiple branches of her own Musical Theatre School and helping young people establish their own, Lisa diversified to gain property and renovation experience through a process of trial and error in the Buy-to-Let market.
As Operations Manager for Platinum Property Partners, Lisa, with the support of a valued team, is able to utilise and apply her own personal experience, alongside the proven PPP model and processes, to provide quality training and support for Franchise Partners through the full term of their agreement.
Alison Broderick – In House Planning Consultant
Alison recently completed a Masters in Town and Country Planning, graduating with honours. Alison provides advice to Franchise Partners on all planning applications and development, from new build to change of use as well as guidance on Building Regulations compliance and applications and HMO licensing requirements.
Alison has a wealth of experience relating to HMO Change of Use applications and Certificates of Lawfulness as well as applications relating to extensions and change of use of commercial premises. Alison is yet to lose a planning appeal, proving her expertise .
