September 2025 - Deal Announcements
Appointment as Corporate Broker to Watkin Jones plc

Singer Capital Markets is delighted to have been appointed as Corporate Broker to Watkin Jones plc with immediate effect.

 

About Watkin Jones plc

 

Watkin Jones is the UK’s leading developer and manager of residential for rent, with a focus on the build to rent, student accommodation and affordable housing sectors. The Group has strong relationships with institutional investors, and a reputation for successful, on-time-delivery of high-quality developments. Since 1999, Watkin Jones has delivered over 50,000 student beds across 147 sites, making it a key player and leader in the UK purpose-built student accommodation market, and is increasingly expanding its operations into the build to rent sector, where it has delivered 2,200 apartments across 12 schemes to date. In addition, Fresh, the Group’s specialist accommodation management business, manages c.20,000 student beds and build to rent apartments on behalf of its institutional clients. Watkin Jones has also been responsible for over 80 residential developments, ranging from starter homes to executive housing and apartments.

 

Ticker: WJG
Market Cap: £70.1 million*
Website: Click here

 

*As at 4th September 2025

Account Team

Investment Banking

Sara Hale

Head of

Investment Banking

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Graham Hertrich

Deputy Head of

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James Todd
James Todd

Assistant Director,

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Samed Ethemi

Analyst,

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Research, Sales, & Trading

Greg Poulton

Senior Research Analyst

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Andrew Watson

Senior Research Analyst

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Alex Hardwicke

Head of Sales

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Gareth Henderson

Head of Trading

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Investor Relations

Lisa Alarcon

Head of Investor Relations

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