Watkin Jones has appointed Quintain Living’s former chief operating officer Jeremy Fletcher to lead its property management business. Fletcher will take over the role of chief executive of Fresh Property Group in 2021, when current chief executive Rebecca Hopewell will retire. He worked at Quintain Living, formerly Tipi for almost two years. Prior that this he was chief operating officer for data insights firm Kantar’s UK and Ireland business. Fletcher will work closely with Watkin Jones’ chief executive Richard Simpson to grow the business, which currently comprises 17,721 homes under management across 64 schemes.