Real Estate Investors, the West Midlands based property group, has nominated John Crabtree as non executive chairman and William Wyatt as non executive director of the board, both with effect from 28 June 2010. Crabtree replaces Peter Lewin who is standing down as chairman, but will remain on the Board as a non executive director. Crabtree has a wide variety of business, community and charitable interests, predominantly in the West Midlands. Until 2003, he was senior partner of Wragge & Co, the Birmingham based national firm of solicitors and, until recently, he was chairman of both Metalrax Group and Claimar Care Group.