Experience

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  British rail property board

  Jul 1988 - Aug 1989

  Assistant surveyor

  Placement year from university undertaking property management, valuation, rent reviews and lease renewals and agency. PC Skills Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista Microsoft Office Circle Visual Developer/Investor

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  Storey sons & parker

  Aug 1990 - Jul 1999

  Associate director

  Worked across a series of departments undertaking both professional and agency work. From 1995 became Head of Agency managing a team of 4 other surveyors. Responsible for the profitability and growth of the department being made up to an Associate in 1996.

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  Lambert smith hampton

  Aug 1999 - Mar 2007

  Director

  Recruited by LSH to turn around and grow the underperforming transactional side of the business as Head of Agency and Development in their Leeds office.Grew the agency team from 3 fee earners in 1999 to 14 by 2007 and likewise the office as a whole from 10 members of staff to 66.Increased office turnover by over 500% in the first four years of my tenureUndertook a wide variety of work including development and investment agency together with asset management and urban regeneration work.Built up long term trusted relationships with agents, developers, investors, architects, QS's, engineers, solicitors and accountants/management consultantsClient base consisted of SMEs to large public and private sector bodies including BBC, Yorkshire Forward, Nissan (UK), Peel Developments, UK Coal, AXA Show less

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  Srm holdings

  Apr 2007 - Oct 2008

  Commercial director

  Recruited by the Group's shareholders to expand the Group's commercial property activities, maximize returns and reduce it's reliance on residential investment and development.Responsible for expanding and managing the commercial acquisition and asset management teamsAgreed and implemented asset management strategies to maximize income and increase asset value over the Group's mixed use property portfolio which included prime city centre offices, under-utilised industrial sites and buildings, educational sites and mixed use developments.Full responsibility for P&L, expenditure, project management, lettings, sales, external appointmentsDirect involvement in bank funding and reporting Show less

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  Born (benyon) llp

  Jun 2007 - Nov 2008

  Partner

  Shareholder member in an SPV investment partnership formed to acquire under-performing industrial assets with latent development or asset management potential.Purchase of a multi let industrial estate which was subseqently sold to a food retailer.Negotiated purchase, secured senior debt and mezzanine funding, asset managed and negotiated sale

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  Middleham properties limited

  Nov 2008 - Sept 2018

  Owner/director

  Property Company

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  St james securities limited

  Feb 2010 - now

  Director

  Property DevelopersEstablished in 1982, St James Securities is one of Yorkshire's most prolific, well respected and multi award winning property developers.Notable schemes include:-£200M mixed use city centre regeneration at Becketwell, Derby145,000 sqft St James Retail Park, Norton, SheffieldM&S, Leeds Road, HarrogateMorrisons Foodstore, Ilkeston, DerbyshireBridgewater Place, LeedsRound Foundry, LeedsThe Light, LeedsSeacroft District Centre, LeedsSt Paul's Place, SheffieldWakefield WaterfrontCentenary Square, BradfordForster Square Retail Park, Bradford Show less