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Position:
Managing
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Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
(1984)
Member of Independant Appeals Board, College of Estate
Management
Editor and principal author, Reading Development and Investment
Review
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Brief Career History:
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1989
To Date
Hicks Baker
Managing Partner
with particular responsibility for property development
and corporate relocation.
1986 – 1989
Hogg Robinson
Director of Hogg Robinson Property Services
Limited and Chairman of the Commercial and Industrial
Board of Management. Hogg Robinson had eight commercial
property offices in London and the Home Counties and
a staff of 70.
1979 – 1986
Howard Son & Gooch
Equity Partner, with responsibility for commercial
property matters. Chartered Surveyor practice with ten
offices in the Home Counties and a staff of 70.
1972 - 1979
Howard Son & Gooch
Associate Partner, with general practice responsibilities
focussed particularly on development and commercial
property matters.
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1989
to Date
Responsible as Managing Partner for the financial
and administrative management of the practice of five
partners and eight personnel. Professional responsibilities
include advising upon commercial development and strategic
property consultancy, property acquisition and corporate
relocation. Other
responsibilities include the regular preparation and
implementation of marketing reports and budgets, the
preparation of formal valuations of capital and rental
value for taxation, capital gains, insurance, balance
sheet and company take-over purposes. Property range
includes office and industrial buildings, retail premises,
schools, hotels, garage premises and development land.
In the latter case, computer models are regularly used
in the preparation of residual valuations and feasibility
studies.
1986
to 1989
Overall responsibility for the financial and
administrative management of the commercial and industrial
division of Hogg Robinson. Professional responsibilities
were maintained in the areas of property development,
valuation and landlord and tenant matters.
1972 – 1986
Responsibilities involved the day to day running
of a commercial department in all its aspects, including
valuation, sales and lettings, rating and survey work,
planning and development advice. In particular, much
time was spent on landlord and tenant matters, including
the preparation of submissions and proofs of evidence
for arbitrations and as an independent expert and appearances
in the County Court as an Expert Witness.
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| Publications Research
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Reading
Development and Investment Review
Editor and principal author of publication produced
jointly with Reading Borough Council and the University
of Reading
Editions - 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002. Reading
Property Conference
Principal organiser, with Reading Borough Council
1997, 2000 and 2003.
Berkshire
Property for Business
A study of rental growth over 10 and 15 years in the
three principal commercial sectors in 2001
Lectures
Occasional visiting lecturer in commercial development
to year 1 students at University of Reading.
Regular
Contributions to:
Property Week; Estates Gazette; Berkshire Economic Initiative;
The Times; Parliamentary Brief; Business Magazine.
Web Sites
Responsible for creation and development of web sites
to host quality property information:
‘readingcommercialproperty.co.uk’
‘thamesvalleycommercialproperty.co.uk’
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Tennis,
Sailing, Skiing, Golf, Music, Hill walking |
