The Upad Team
James Davis — CEO
A residential landlord for over 12 years with an established portfolio. James started Upad believing there must be a better way to find tenants. James loves to hear feedback from our customers, good or bad so you can always ask for him by name.
Michael Banks — Commercial Director
Mike has been with the company from day 1 and passionately believes that online letting agents are the future of lettings. He created the Upad services so would love to hear any new ideas. Mike looks after our larger portfolios, often delivering made-to-measure lettings solutions for clients.
Carl Gascoigne — Head of IT
As head of our IT department, Carl is Upad's technical brain. He's responsible for making the online letting agency a reality. Carl loves being at the forefront of a major advancement in lettings. As a Geordie, Carl is enjoying learning a new language at our head office in the South.
Richard Brookland — Account Manager
If you've listed a property with Upad, you've probably spoken to Rich (if not, you will soon). Rich has an encyclopaedic knowledge of lettings and is always happy to help our customers with their portfolios. Rich is fantastic if you need some lettings advice. He makes terrible tea though.
TJ — Account Executive
TJ works with our landlords to make sure their listings are perfect, solving any issues or just helping in any way he can. All Upad property listing will be reviewed at some point so if you’ve listed a property you should receive a call from TJ at some point.
Ordene Walters — Account Executive
Ordene is here to help our landlords get the most from their Upad experience. She has a great knowledge of the lettings industry, and when she’s not here can be found plumbing, tiling and generally banging things with a hammer.
George Pennant — Admin Executive
Georgina (AKA, George) is our resident tenant referencing and tenancy agreement expert. During her time with Upad, George has done just about every job, making her a great source of knowledge on the business. George is a wizard at convincing tenants' employers and previous landlords to get us references quickly so tenants can more into their new homes.
Rakhi Rathod — Tenant Executive
Rakhi is here to help tenants find properties and takes a major role in the tenant referencing process. Like all of our Tenant Execs, Rakhi understands what it’s like to be a tenant so can always help with practical advice when looking for a new place to live.
Ellie Rose — Tenant Executive
If you’re interested in any of our live properties, you’ll probably speak to Ellie who’ll help you through the process. Ellie also sings at weddings and tells us that her dramatics background helps her to make tenant calls fun.
Simon Knock — Marketing Executive
Simon is tasked with making the world Upad purple. He also pulls together our landlord "Weekly Advice & Tips", helping our landlords with the sometimes basic and sometime more obscure aspects to landlordery. If you're interested in how you can join our affiliate programme, Simon is your man.
Phil Carter — Senior Developer
Phil is responsible for the Upad website and the on-going improvement of Upad's on-line services. Having Phil on the team means we can quickly fix any problems landlords encounter. He's also responsible for the Upad tuck shop, selling us sweets and chocolates (all too often).
Sandra Anderson — Graphic Designer
Sandra (Sarnie) is responsible for taking the ideas from the marketing team and making them pretty! We are constantly improving the way our listings look on-site and Sarnie is leading the charge.
Christopher Walkin' — Team Mascot
Christopher (never Chris) is tasked with nibbling at fish food and swimming around his bowl in zen-like fashion, keeping the team calm. Christopher tells us in bubble-based Morse code, that he's much happier here than he was at the carnival, but would really love a mate to swim with. We're on the case!
