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Pinel promoted to senior vice president at William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance, LLC

According to Chris Raveis, executive vice president and managing partner of William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance, LLC, Alain Pinel has been promoted to senior vice president and general sales manager of the 18 Mass. sales offices. In his new position, Pinel will be directly responsible for all sales offices in Mass. as well as for growing the William Raveis network of offices. A real estate veteran for 32 years, Pinel is eager to commence his new role at William Raveis. "Since Pinel's arrival to the company one year ago, he has demonstrated his value in supporting our Massachusetts team. He is a talented and accomplished individual who exhibits a level of experience and expertise that I respect. His knowledge and integrity will play a major role in the continuation of our growth in the state in the years to come. We are quite fortunate to have him in our family of companies," said Raveis. Prior to his five years at Imminence, Pinel held the position of senior vice president of Coldwell Banker where he was in charge of the "San Francisco, Peninsula, and Silicon Valley" Region comprised, on average, of 24 offices and over 1,500 sales associates. During his tenure as executive vice president and general manager of Fox and Carskadon, then the largest residential real estate organization in the California Bay area, the company tripled its volume of sales and emerged as one of the top residential real estate firms in the country.
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