Ian Potter is ARLA Operations Manager, having spent 16 years as a letting agent working as a partner in a single office firm before joining a National Group.

He was a National Council Member for ARLA from 1993 to 2006, with responsibility at various times for finance and compliance matters, as well as being involved with the conception of Buy to Let.

A member of various working parties and stakeholder groups with interest in the Private rented Sector, Ian has a keen understanding of the problems faced by landlords and agents added to knowledge of tenant demand, an area of the marketplace where landlord supply does not always come up to satisfying tenant demand.

Having worked in Banking for over 20 years Ian is aware of the problems of the current credit crunch and the changes being made by lenders. He represents ARLA on various bodies with interest in Tenancy Deposit Protection.

Ian is married with a grown up family and grandchildren and commutes between his home in Scotland and his base in Warwick most weekends.