• Winners of the PPAs will be announced at a glittering champagne reception on 23 May at Landing Forty Two at the Leadenhall Building, London.

• Property4Media, which acquired the PPAs earlier this year, today revealed the judges line-up on the event's website (www.propertypressawards.com).

Judges for the Property Press Awards 2017 (PPAs) have been announced, featuring 45 industry experts including senior property executives, media editors and industry personalities.

The line-up has been selected from a wide array of industry professionals, and includes four Fellows from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 10 current or former editors of national publications, 16 heads of property-related companies, seven judges from trade bodies, and several prominent commentators.

Figures from the media include Sir Nicholas Lloyd, former Editor of the Daily Express; Gerri Gallagher, Associate Editor of Tatler; Anne Cuthbertson, Editor of The London Magazine; Giles Kime, Interiors Editor of Country Life; Ian Hyland, TV Critic at Daily Mirror; Jeremy Gates, former Property Editor of the Daily Express; Jo Eccles, property columnist at Metro; Nigel Lewis, former Property Editor at the Daily Mail; Peter Bill, former Editor of Estates Gazette; Rupert Bates, Editorial Director at Globespan Media, and Nick Salmon - Managing Director of Property Industry Eye.

Commentators and senior property figures from the industry include Henry Pryor, Jeremy Leaf, Ray Boulger, Peter Knight, Peter Wetherell, together with Steve Norris – Chairman of Soho Estates, Grainne Gilmore from Knight Frank, Lucy Morton from JLL, Susan Emmett from Savills, Stephanie McMahon from Strutt & Parker and William Carrington of LonRes.

Other well-respected judges have been sourced from property brands including Accouter Group, Black Brick Property Solutions, The Digital Marketing Bureau, Gazeal, Grainger, Hometrack, Integra Property Services, L&C Mortgages, markettiers4dc, Redrow, Rightmove, Yoo and Zoopla along with industry bodies ARLA, National Association of Estate Agents, Building Societies Association, The Design Museum, Association of International Property Professionals, Leasehold Knowledge, National Gardens Scheme, Property Ombudsman and the National Landlords Association.  

Up to three judges will determine the winners of each of the 20 individual awards. Almost half the judges are new to this year's awards, while existing judges will be given new categories.

Said Property4Media CEO Henry Hemming: “The level of talent in our pool of judges is designed to ensure that this year's Property Press Awards will the best ever. We're grateful to all our judges for their participation in this year's event.”

Property4Media is holding a Media Marketplace for journalists and PRs during the day on 23 May 2017 at Landing Forty Two, with the Property Press Awards taking place immediately after the networking-style event ends. Property brands exhibiting at the Media Marketplace event will benefit from secured places at the Awards.

Entries for the Awards are now closed, with the longlist due to be announced on 28 March 2017 and the shortlist announced on 24 April 2017.

For a list of judges and their biographies please visit http://propertypressawards.com/judges.html

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Property Press Awards 2017 – Full List of Judges: Alec Watt, ‎Founder and CEO, Accouter Group; Anne Cuthbertson, Editor, The London Magazine; Camilla Dell, Managing Partner, Black Brick Property Solutions LLP; Christopher Hamer, Chairman, NAEA Propertymark; David Bexon Group Sales and Marketing Director, Redrow Plc; David Hollingworth, Associate Director, Communications at L&C Mortgages; Duncan Samuel, Managing Director, Gazeal; Ed Mead (FRICS), Founder of Viewber and Non-executive Director at the Property Ombudsman; George Plumptre, Chief Executive, National Gardens Scheme;  Gerri Gallagher, Associate Editor, Tatler, Condé Nast; Giles Kime, Interiors Editor, Country Life; Grainne Gilmore, Head of UK Residential Research, Knight Frank; Henry Pryor, Property Commentator/Broadcaster; Howard Kosky, CEO and Founder, Markettiers4dc; Ian Hyland, TV Critic, Daily Mirror; Jeremy Gates, Former Property Editor of the Daily Express and the Press Association; Jo Eccles, Managing Director, Sourcing Property; Jane Slade, Founding Editor, Retiremove.co.uk; Jeremy Leaf (FRICS), Former Housing Spokesman for RICS and Principal, Jeremy Leaf & Co; John Hitchcox, Founder of yoo; Kurt Mueller, Director of Corporate Affairs, Grainger Plc; Lawrence Hall, Head of Communications at ZPG Plc; Lucy Morton, Head of Residential, JLL; Mark Hayward,

Chief Executive, NAEA Propertymark; Michael Day (FRICS), Managing Director, Integra Property Services; Miles Shipside, Commercial Director, Rightmove Plc; Sir Nicholas Lloyd, Chairman, BLJ London and Former Editor of the Daily Mail; Nick Salmon, Managing Director, Property Industry Eye; Nigel Lewis, Freelance Writer and Former Property Editor at the Daily Mail; Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage Policy, Building Societies Association; Peter Bill, Journalist and Former Editor of Estates Gazette; Peter Knight, Founder, Property Academy; Peter Robinson, Managing Director, Association of International Property Professionals; Peter Wetherell (FRICS), Chief Executive, Wetherell; Ray Boulger, Senior Technical Manager, John Charcol; Richard Donnell, Research and Insight Director, Hometrack; Richard Lambert, CEO, National Landlords Association; Rupert Bates, Editorial Director, Globespan Media; Sebastian O'Kelly, Director, Leasehold Knowledge Partnership; Stephanie McMahon, Head of Research, Strutt & Parker; Stephen Bayley, Critic, Writer and Former Chief Executive of the Design Museum; Steve Norris, Chairman of Soho Estates, Non-Executive Director, LCA, and Former Minister for Transport in London; Susan Emmett, Director, Residential Research at Savills; William Carrington, Chairman, LonRes.

About Property Press Awards

The Property Press Awards 2017 will take place on 23 May at Landing Forty Two, a spectacular venue at the Leadenhall Building in the City of London. The website for this year's ceremony is live at www.propertypressawards.com with headline and category sponsorships still available.

Property4Media is holding a Media Marketplace for journalists and PRs during the day on 23 May 2017 at Landing Forty Two, with the Property Press Awards taking place immediately after the networking-style event ends. Property brands exhibiting at the Media Marketplace event will benefit from secured places at the Awards.

About Property4Media.com

Property4Media is owned by News4Media, a UK-based company which also operates Homes4Media.com. News4Media operates Property4Media and Homes4Media in the UK and Australia, and its websites run in parallel in the UK with TravMedia.com and Food4Media.com, portals owned by TravMedia.com Pty Ltd.

Property4Media is a social network uniting journalists and PR professionals across the property industry and is the media's key route to sourcing property news and issuing requests for information, and PRs' prime channel for building relationships with the property media and maximising ROI from campaigns.

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