CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé

I am both a chartered building surveyor and a qualified project manager. In 2006 I formed a company to provide development project management services to my own residential development company and project consultancy services.

I have over 20 years experience in property development and construction and has developed a number of specialisms that include
• Due Diligence
• Employer’s Agent
• Housing and Mixed-Use
• Project Management
• Project Monitoring
• Urban Regeneration

I joined Watts and Partners in April 2001 as a salaried partner in the London based capital projects group. I have a proven track record in project delivery in the commercial and residential sectors and have a particularly strong accord with private and affordable housing.

I now act as an Associate Director of Watts’ subsidiary company, providing expertise and experience in development project management to the affordable and private sectors, providing a unique vehicle for delivering strategic advice to the private sector, government agencies, registered social landlords, and funds and investors.

My experience has lead to a clear understanding of the operation of funding and development agreements within the construction and development process, regularly acting for funds and investors; and developers and purchasers; as well as government agencies and registered social landlords.

I have a strong working knowledge of urban design originating in estate regeneration and expanding through urban renewal and regeneration projects. I am well versed in the commercial realities of balancing social, economic and environmental factors in complex multi-faceted projects. This is complemented by sound technical training, and an appreciation of life cycle analysis.

In 2006 I formedmy company to develop a newbuild scheme of 15 apartments for open market sale at Coopers Court, close to the new Ebbsfleet International Rail Station.

Prior to Watts, I was Project Director with HTA Architects responsible for design and programme management on housing projects including estate regeneration at Pollards Hill, an LSVT involving early partnering and a substantial community programme.

I started my career as a graduate with Building Performance Group, here I gained my Chartered status. At 27 I have worked my way up to Associate Director managing substantial defect and major repair programmes and large scale surveys.

Sample Projects:

Project Manager for RSL Consortium: Greenwich Peninsula

Client: L&Q and Moat Housing Associations.
Project Cost: £125 million
Service: Project Management and Employer’s Agent
Summary: Client’s Representative and project management of RSL component of large scale Urban Regeneration of the Greenwich Peninsula including first 1000 affordable units of 3,500. Strategic advice to long term regeneration and project advice on individual block developments.
Date: Due for completion 2015

Project Consultancy for Fund: Accordia, Cambridge

Client: Apollo Real Estate Investment Fund
Project Cost: £75 million
Service: Fund Monitoring and Strategic Advisor
Summary: Initial due diligence exercise acting on behalf of the joint venture fund of new build residential development of 380 units including 120 affordable. Ongoing monitoring and strategic project management advise including VE facilitator and project recovery.
Date: Date completed 2007

Strategic Consultancy: Modern methods of Construction study.

Client:: English Partnership
Project Cost: Not applicable
Service: Research and Strategic Consultancy.
Summary: Research and report into the capacity of the industry and advice on workable strategy for formulation of EP policy on the adoption of MMC. Advice on the construction industry supply chain’s capacity, the appetite for private sector investment and high level risk appraisal.
Date: Completed 2004

Project Management and Development Monitoring: Development Centre.

Client: DVLA Swansea.
Project Cost: £12 million
Service: Project Management and Development Monitoring
Summary: Negotiation and monitoring of developers base build scheme and project management of fit out. Three new office buildings including a 70,000 sq.ft Call centre, 30,000 sq.ft. Training Centre and 30,000 sq.ft Innovation Facility.
Date: Completed 2004

Project Delivery: Mixed Use Scheme.

Client: Presentation Housing Association.
Project Cost: £100 million
Service: Technical Adviser on Delivery to Project Director
Summary: Monitoring and operational handover of final delivery by Berkeley First mixed use scheme including 300 apartments for key workers, 890 prefabricated student units and an 18-storey academic campus building
Date: Completed 2006

Project Management and Contract Administration: Private London Estate.

Client: Portman Estate.
Project Cost: £30 million
Service: Project Management and Contract Administration
Summary: Project management of the first phase programme of the regeneration of a dilapidated central London Estate in Marylebone involving the refurbishment of 20 historic and listed buildings for commercial and residential use.
Date: Completed 2005

Project Management: Office Refurbishment.

Client: Taylor Woodrow Property Developments.
Project Cost: £6 million
Service: Project Management
Summary: Project management of £6 million refurbishment of an existing office building to BCO category A specification.
Date: Completed 2003

Stock Condition Survey Management: MOD Housing

Client: Ministry of Defence.
Project Cost: Not Applicable
Service: Project Management of Stock Condition Survey
Summary: Management of a 25 strong survey team in the stock condition survey of 6000 MOD homes in a 3 month period.
Date: Completed 1998.

PFI Bid Life Cycle Analysis: Kirklees Schools.

Client: Bovis.
Project Cost: £25 million
Service: Project Management of condition survey and works programme
Summary: Management of the survey of 9 schools for a PFI transfer to value engineer the life cycle works programme for current stock and major alterations.
Date: Completed 1999.

Qualifications

Elected Professional Member of
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1991

MBA Construction and Real Estate, The University of Reading 1997

Post Graduate Diploma Project Management, College of Estate Management 1996

BSc Building Surveying, Leicester Polytechnic 1988

Employment History