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Andreu, Marta – Location Manager, Barcelona
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Marta joined Christie + Co as the Location Manager of the Barcelona Office in 2007, after 2 years working for the firm as an outside consultant. She has international consulting experience in sectors such as finance, investment, marketing and communication, having worked and resided in Europe and the United States. Marta holds a degree in Economics with a Masters in International Trade and Marketing.
Astruc, Valérie - Associate Director, France
Valérie joined the Marseilles office of Christie + Co in September 2006 and was appointed as Location Manager in January 2008. She previously worked for 6 years as Office Manager for VVF Vacances in Marseilles. Prior to this, she spent 5 years working for Mer Montagne Vacances - a company specialising in club-hotels - where she was responsible for dealing with foreign tour operators, French Companies and town halls. She is a graduate from Marseilles’ Euromed Business School and has extensive experience in tourism, hotel property and sales development.
Beike, Markus – Managing Director, Germany
Markus is the Managing Director for Christie + Co in Germany. Based in Berlin, he is responsible for the offices in Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich and Hamburg. He joined the company in 2003, and has an extensive and long-standing experience of hotel consultancy work and transaction assignments. Markus has previously been employed by a range of international hotel companies including Steigenberger and Kempinski, as well as Deutsche Bank and Arthur Andersen.
Markus Beike holds a certificate as a qualified hotelier from the German Chamber of Commerce, Hotelfachmann (IHK), a graduate business diploma, Diplombetriebswirt (FH), and a special degree in property business (EBS). He is also a qualified Chartered Surveyor and member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Bond, Darren - Director and Head of Valuation Services
Darren joined Christie + Co’s Birmingham office as a valuer in 2001 and moved to Leeds in 2004 as Valuation Services Manager. He went on to be appointed as the Location Manager of the Leeds office in 2005 before making the move to London in 2007 to take up the position of national head of Valuation Services.
During his time at Christie + Co, he has worked on a variety of valuation projects on a local, regional and national scale, gaining substantial experience across all six of our trading sectors. Darren studied for a degree in Urban Land Economics in Sheffield and is an RICS qualified Chartered Surveyor.
Bonnejean, Carine - Associate Director
Carine joined the Christie + Co London Office as a Senior Consultant in May 2005, having worked for a private equity fund as a portfolio management analyst. She was made an Associate Director in December 2006 and specialises in producing high quality, intelligent documentation to support Christie + Co’s Corporate and International Agency and Advisory work. Prior to this, she spent four years working as a Consultant and Senior Consultant with HVS International in London. She has extensive experience of conducting hotel feasibility studies and advisory projects throughout Europe, and has led several detailed research and analytical studies offering strategic advice across many sectors and markets.
Carine holds an MBA in International Hotel Management from IMHI – a joint programme between Cornell University, Ithaca, and ESSEC business school, Paris. She also has a BSc (Hons) degree in Hotel Management..
Bowyer, Daniel – Associate Director, Corporate Retail
Daniel graduated with a BSc (Hons) degree in Urban Estate Management and started his career in the telecomms industry as an acquisition surveyor. He joined Christie + Co in 2004, working in the retail department at the Winchester office. He moved into the corporate retail team in 2006 to complement the corporate acquisition and disposal service across the south of England.
Bruckmeier, Armin MRICS - Director Head of Advisory & Valuation Services, Germany
Armin is based in Christie + Co's Munich Office. Having joined the company as a Senior Consultant in January 2004 he is now a Director & Head of Advisory and Valuation Services. Prior to this he worked for PKF hotel experts. He has gained extensive experience of hotel feasibility, valuation studies and strategic consultancy work, having worked on a wide range of hotels, serviced apartments, time-share and other leisure properties throughout Europe. More recently, he has worked alongside his UK colleagues on a number of care home valuations.
Armin holds a Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) degree in Economics, specialising in Hotel and Restaurant Administration from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich. Furthermore, he holds a special degree in Real Estate (Immobilienökonom IRE/BS), which is comparable to a Master of Science in Real Estate. Armin has authored several articles on hotel valuation and other hotel related topics.
Byrne, Lorna – Corporate Communications Director
Lorna joined Christie + Co in August 2005, having previously worked in the housebuilding, water and construction industries. She has more than 20 years’ marketing communications and media relations experience — working both in-house and in consultancy roles. Lorna’s media experience includes the management of a busy press office and the completion of a number of live radio and television interviews, which tackled a range of difficult subjects. Lorna is a full member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Cashmore, Jeremy - Director, Corporate Care
Jeremy started his career with Christie + Co as part of Birmingham’s Valuation Services team. He was appointed Director in December 2006 and in June 2007 he joined our national Corporate Care team. Jeremy holds a BSc (Hons) in Valuation and Estates Management and became RICS qualified in 1996. Over the past ten years, he has been involved in a number of healthcare projects across the UK, providing professional advice to owner occupiers and corporate operators as well as the principal lending institutions. He has a vast amount of experience and has provided advisory services across a range of care sectors, including elderly care, specialist young adult and children’s homes, independent hospitals, children’s day care, schools, doctors’ surgeries and dental practices.
Chaplin, Simon - Director
Simon originally joined Christie + Co in 1983 at our Ipswich Office and then moved to the Bristol Office when it opened. Simon left Christie + Co to expand his working knowledge in both London and the Midlands and rejoined the company in 1996, initially in the London Office covering pub sales in the capital and the South East. He moved to the Maidstone Office in 1998 to assist in its opening and has been involved in the sale of many pubs and restaurants in the South East since then.
Simon was made a Director of Christie + Co in 2005 and moved to the Corporate Division to develop our coverage of the southern area. With over 20 years' experience in the public houses sector, Simon has a long pedigree in the marketplace. Recent projects include new lettings campaigns for Charles Wells and Hall & Woodhouse.
Chess, Robert - Director
Robert Chess has more than 20 years’ experience dealing with hotels and leisure property. He is a member of the President’s Panel of the RICS Dispute Resolution Service and a Fellow of the RICS (FRICS). Having gained experience in the corporate sector working for the Imperial Group and Grand Metropolitan, Robert has worked in private practice for more than 20 years.
Working as a specialist within the hotel sector, he is primarily experienced in the professional and consultancy side of the business, having undertaken numerous valuations, rent reviews and general advisory projects in the UK and across Europe including projects in France, Spain, Germany, Austria and Hong Kong.
Recognised as one of the industry’s leading specialists, Robert has given evidence in Court on a number of occasions and has also given evidence at planning inquiries.
Creamore, David – Director, London Hotels
David joined Christie + Co in 2000, after 12 successful years working in the property sector in London, operating across a broad spectrum of the market.
Starting in the licensed department in our Maidstone Office in 2000, David relocated to the London Office the following year to work in our Corporate Hotels Team.
In 2005, he was promoted to oversee all Corporate Hotel activity across the capital and Greater London. David has been involved in a wide range of transactions including the sale of upmarket boutique property the Draycott Hotel, and Victorian townhouse The Averard. He was also part of Christie + Co’s Hotel team which oversaw the successful £417 million sale of the Hilton Metropole Hotels in London and Birmingham.
Darbon, Steve – Director
Steve has been involved with the property market since 1999 and is an active member of the Restaurant Property Advisors Society. He joined Christie + Co’s London office in February 2001, as a member of the Restaurants team.
Steve was appointed Associate Director in 2005 and was instrumental in establishing Christie + Co’s South London activities and operations. He was appointed a Director of Christie + Co in 2007 and now focuses on the acquisition and disposal of restaurants in Greater London at a corporate, regional and local level.
Day, Chris – Managing Director
Chris Day joined Christie + Co in 1985 and, having worked in the Manchester, Birmingham and London Offices, was appointed Managing Director in 1993. He has overall responsibility for all Christie + Co's specialist transactional and advisory activities. Chris has overseen the successful expansion of Christie + Co into a truly pan European firm, which currently has 15 offices in the UK and 11 International offices.
Based in the London office, Chris has particular responsibility for our international operations and he travels regularly. He specialises in the sale and valuation of hotels, public houses and restaurants and has led teams handling numerous disposal and valuation assignments for many high profile clients.
Chris commenced his career in the property profession in 1975, qualifying as a Chartered Surveyor in 1980. In recent years he was Chairman of the Central London Branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and was also a member of the Surveyors Panel advising the British Association of Hotel Accountants on the measurement of the Tangible Fixed Assets for the Hotel industry.
de Bouttemont, Yves - Location Manager, Rennes
After graduating from a French business school, Yves spent five years gaining extensive experience in the tourism and property markets. He joined Christie + Co to work from the Paris office in June 2005 and has been integral in the development our client base in the west of France. His successes in the region include the sale of Hôtel de Bretagne in Questembert, the Comfort Hotel Evreux, Campanile Saumur and Abbaye de Beaugency.
In January 2008, Christie + Co opened its third French office, in Rennes, and Yves was appointed as the Location Manager to oversee all of the company’s activity in the west of the country.
Donaldson, Courteney – Director
Courteney graduated from the University of Central England in Birmingham with a BSc (Hons) in Estate Management and joined Christie + Co's Manchester Office in 1999. She qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in October 2004, was made an Associate Director in July 2005, and joined the Corporate Healthcare team in September 2005. Whilst acting for many of the major children's day care providers, Courteney has also provided consultative and valuation advice to companies that have developed single settings and groups under the Government’s Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative. Courteney makes regular contributions to sector publications and is frequently invited to speak at conferences and seminars. She was appointed Director in 2006 and has a national remit and responsibility for developing Christie + Co's childcare business.
Doyle, Maureen - Hotel Consultant
Maureen Doyle joined Christie + Co’s Corporate Hotels group as a Hotel Consultant in February 2007. Prior to joining Christie + Co, Maureen worked for two years as a hospitality consultant at one of Ireland’s leading accountancy firms, in their Corporate Finance and Hotel Consultancy division. She has operational experience in the hotel industry both in Ireland and Internationally. Her consultancy experience includes many feasibility studies, market studies and advisory projects. Maureen holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Hospitality Management from Trinity College Dublin, and an MBS (Hons) in Travel and Tourism Management from the Michael Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin.
Dubois, Maxime - Head of Corporate Hotels, France
Maxime joined Christie + Co France in April 2006. He previously worked as a consultant in an international advisory firm, based in Paris, where he conducted market and feasibility studies for hospitality operations, as well as appraisals around Europe and Africa. Maxime holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Hospitality) degree (Hons.) from the Hotel Management School Les Roches of Crans-Montana (Switzerland). He is fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish and has a good working knowledge of German.
Based in the Paris office, Maxime has worked on several corporate hotel projects on behalf of institutional and private investors. He contributed to several advisory and brokerage assignments for clients such as the LFPI Group, Starman, InterContinental Hotels Group, Accor Hospitality and Gecina.
Egberts, Jake - Associate Director
Jake joined the Christie + Co London Office in July 2005 as a Senior Consultant, having worked for PKF Accountants and Business Advisors for the previous five years. His consultancy experience includes assignments throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Far East encompassing market demand, feasibility studies, hotel valuations, strategic reviews and operational audits. Prior to his consultancy career, Jake fulfilled a number of operational managerial roles for, among others, Hilton International and Radisson SAS.
Jake completed a BA Hotel Management degree at Hotelschool Maastricht in The Netherlands.
Evans, Tony - Director and Head of Retail
Tony has a degree in Urban Estate Surveying and joined Christie + Co’s Nottingham office in August 1988, having previously worked for a national firm of estate agents. He spent periods managing, the Bristol and Winchester offices during the late ‘90s and was made a director of the company in December 2002.
In June 2004 Tony was appointed Head of Retail, with a brief to expand Christie + Co’s retail sector activity. Under Tony’s leadership, the retail team has successfully expanded in line with the company’s increasing brokerage and advisory activity. Today, Christie + Co has an established reputation within the retail industry and works on a wide variety of projects in the convenience, CTN, off licence, forecourt, post office and pharmacy sectors.
Ferguson, Stuart - Director
Stuart joined Christie + Co in 1988 from Barclays Bank and opened and managed the new Glasgow Office in 1989. After successfully establishing the office he moved over to a similar role in Edinburgh in 1995 and at the start of 2005 assumed management responsibility for the Agency and Valuation divisions of both Scottish offices.
Stuart has an overview of all our sectors with agency experience particularly in Hotels and Care. Stuart was also seconded to our Paris Office for 8 months during 2002/2003. He has a wide range of experience and more recently acted on a number of Corporate Hotel assignments including WA Shearings. Within Scotland, clients have included Milton Hotels. Stuart was also instrumental in the deal where Swallow bought 20 hotels from NBTG in 2005 – one of the biggest ever Scottish Hotel transactions.
Fitzgerald, Barry - Negotiator
Barry joined the Corporate Restaurants team, as a Negotiator, in 2007 after working for over nine years in residential estate agency across London and the South East.
Gast, Pia - Communications Director, Germany
Pia joined Christie + Co in March 2001. She is responsible for internal and external communications in Germany, including press and media relations, organising events and exhibitions and co-ordinating all kinds of print and online marketing for all five German offices. Pia was instrumental in setting up and continuously developing the German versions of the Christie websites and helps to enhance brand awareness and improve the Christie image in Germany. She is fluent in German, English and Italian.
Pia Gast is a translator/interpreter for English and a Fachwirtin Public Relations (IHK) – a Bachelor of Public Relations from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce.
Hill, Jeremy – Director and Head of Hotels
Jeremy has more than 20 years’ experience in the hotel and hospitality sectors. He originally joined Christie + Co in 1984 and managed the Birmingham office for a number of years before he moved to London in 1998.
Jeremy was responsible for establishing Christie + Co’s first European offices in Paris, Frankfurt and Barcelona. He was subsequently instrumental in launching Christie + Co’s International Hotel Advisory Services operation to complement the activities of the agency, valuation and investment services teams.
Operating from Christie + Co’s London office, Jeremy is now responsible for all the company’s hotel sector activities. Over the past 10 years he has worked throughout Europe and also undertaken disposal work farther afield, selling properties in South Africa and Jamaica.
Jeremy has worked with many of the biggest names in the hotel industry, on portfolios ranging in value from £1m to £1bn. He oversees hundreds of brokerage and advisory assignments each year for clients that include the Hilton Hotels Corporation, Rocco Forte Hotels, LRG Acquisition, Westmont Hospitality Group, Goldman Sachs, Thistle, Whitbread, InterContinental Hotels Group and Jarvis Hotels. His numerous achievements have included the successful £417 million sale of the Hilton Metropole Hotels in London and Birmingham and the £32.5 million sale of the St David’s Hotel in Cardiff.
.Hodges, Michael – Director
Michael Hodges joined Christie + Co in 2002 to work from our Bristol office. He relocated to Milton Keynes in 2004 where he was appointed Valuation Services Manager and subsequently Location Manager. He was appointed Director of Christie + Co in 2005 and joined the Corporate Care team in 2007.
Michael is a qualified Chartered Surveyor with 12 years’ experience within Christie + Co’s specialist sectors. He has had extensive exposure to the care sector, providing valuation advice in connection with substantial national and regional portfolios in addition to single asset properties. His market knowledge spans elderly and specialist care, as well as children’s homes, day nurseries and schools. He also has significant experience as an expert witness where he has appeared in both High Court and Public Inquiry settings. Most recently, Michael has successfully developed Christie + Co’s care business in Germany, where he led the team which advised HgCapital on its successful acquisition of Casa Reha in late 2007. Based in London, Michael works with leading investors and financial institutions, whilst travelling regularly and working closely with the German team.
Hughes, Simon – UK Managing Director
Having started his career in the hotel industry, Simon Hughes moved into the property sector more than 20 years ago and joined Christie + Co in 1987. Originally employed as a hotel sector specialist, Simon has worked with a broad range of clients over the years — from independent hotel owners through to some of the most recognisable operators, including Hilton, Whitbread and Marston Hotels. Initially based in the Nottingham office, Simon subsequently spent periods working in the Glasgow, Bristol and London offices, where he developed a full understanding of Christie + Co’s service offerings and a broad knowledge of all our specialist sectors.
Having successfully managed the London operation for a number of years, he was appointed UK Managing Director in 2005. Simon now has overall responsibility for Christie + Co’s full range of agency and advisory services activity across the network of 15 regional offices. He is also responsible for directing the activities of Christie + Co’s sister company Christie Finance.
Simon continues to take an active role in client projects, most recently focusing on the development of business in the retail sector, where he has been instrumental in Christie + Co’s expansion into the forecourt and pharmacy markets.
Jenkins, Anthony - Associate Director, Corporate Pubs
Anthony initially worked for Christie + Co in the early 1990s based in our Birmingham office and dealing with pubs in the West Midlands on behalf of private clients. He rejoined the company in 2006 after dealing with licensed property with another firm of surveyors as well as a short spell in the wines and spirits industry.
Anthony now works closely with our Nottingham, Milton Keynes, Ipswich and Enfield offices where he is responsible for managing relationships with Christie + Co’s corporate clients. In addition Anthony has been responsible for the acquisition and disposal programmes for a number of national and regional pub companies including Pubfolio, Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises, the EIS backed Close Imperial Pub Company, the East Anglian Brewer Adnams and the high street bar and restaurant operator Regent Inns.
Recent successes include the acquisition of 3 quality freehouses in Essex for in excess of £3.5m for the Close Imperial Pub Co, the acquisition of the Progressive Pub Company in the North West and 4 Adnams pubs in East Anglia for Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises and 5 disposals for Regent Inns which included Churchill’s Café Bar in Southend on Sea which sold off an asking price of £1.65m.
Jones, Jeremy - Director of Corporate Hotels
Since joining Christie + Co in 1995, Jeremy has been based in our London Office. Having worked in the Central London hotel market for his first 3 years, Jeremy then joined the established Corporate Hotels Team. Since then, he has been responsible for national and international private client transactions and group assignments on both single asset and portfolio sales.
His caseload over the years has featured work for most of the leading hotel groups including Whitbread, Hilton, Intercontinental Hotels and active investors such as Goldman Sachs, Realstar and Westmont Hospitality.
Jeremy believes that the challenges over the current period will throw up many opportunities for both buyers and sellers and wishes it be known that he and the team have never been busier!
Knights, Julian - Corporate Care
Julian joined Christie + Co in January 2008. After qualifying from university with a BSc (Hons), he took the decision to move into the property market. Julian went on to work for an independent property developer based in Farnham, Surrey, where he was largely responsible for site acquisition in the healthcare and hotel sectors. He is now working as part of Christie + Co’s corporate care team, from the head office in London. His main focus is on strengthening relationships with a number of major care owners and operators in the South of England.
Kraneis, Philipp - Director and Head of Investment, Germany
Philipp was appointed by Christie + Co in 1999 and was one of the very first people to join the German operation. He previously worked for Kempinski and has been in the real estate business for more than 10 years. Over the past few years, Philipp has worked with many of Christie + Co’s corporate hotel clients in Germany. These include Queens Moat Houses, ACHAT, Westmont, ACCOR and Golden Tulip. He specialises in working with closed end funds and has handled several transactions withing the last few years. These include Renaissance Karlsruhe, Mercure Hotel Korntal-Münchingen, Grand Mirage Hotel in Neuss, Queens Hotel Niefern-Pforzheim and the Quality Hotel in Wetzlar.
Lamson, Thomas – Managing Director, France
Thomas has been the Managing Director of Christie + Co in France for over two years. He originally joined Christie + Co’s Paris Office as a Senior Consultant in September, 2004.
Thomas previously worked at CB Richard Ellis Hotels in France, performing valuation studies and hotel transaction assignments throughout Continental Europe. Prior to this, he managed the International Department of MKG Consulting in Paris, working on assignments in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the French West Indies.
Thomas has advised on many large French portfolio transactions including Marmotte Hotels, Bonsai Hotels, Hôtels Les Jardins de Paris, as well as many upscale individual assets such as Sofitel Nice Centre, Hôtel La Tremoille in Paris and the Columbus Hotel in Monaco.
Thomas holds a BSc Degree in Hospitality Management from the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, and is fluent in English, French and Spanish.
Lunn, Richard – Director and Head of Care
Richard joined Christie + Co in 1989 from a major retirement housing developer. He has specialised in healthcare throughout his career and has worked throughout the company’s network, with periods managing the Winchester, Bristol and Birmingham Offices. Richard was made an Associate Director in 1996 and a Director in 1998, becoming responsible for the care sector in 1999. Working with our local agency teams, Richard has developed relationships with the top corporate healthcare operators and financiers, selling over 50% of all individually transacted care homes in the UK for each of the last two years.
Martin, Ian - Director
A graduate of Cambridge University, Ian has over 30 years’ experience of the hotel property market with Christie + Co. During this time he established the London Valuation Division, born from agency experience in the London hotel market, and was instrumental in developing the Professional Services Division across our UK network of offices, latterly assisting with our fledgling offices in Europe. He is currently spearheading our corporate hotel valuation work in London, embracing substantial individual hotel assets and cross border portfolios in the UK, Europe, North Africa and the USA.
Meredith, Sebastian - Associate Director, Corporate Hotels
Sebastian Meredith joined Christie + Co’s London Office as a graduate surveyor in September 2003, having graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a degree in Urban Land Economics. Prior to joining Christie + Co he worked for GVA Grimley for a year as part of his studies. He completed his professional qualification and become a fully qualified member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, whilst working in Christie + Co's Valuation Services team.He originally worked in both the Valuation Services and Hotel Advisory departments before joining the Corporate Hotels team in 2005. Sebastian was made an Associate Director in December 2006 and he works on many of Christie + Co's major corporate hotel projects for leading clients.
Moffitt, Noel - Director
Noel, a Chartered Surveyor, has been Involved in the valuation and agency of licensed premises since 1996, initially in our Birmingham Office. He re-joined Christie + Co in 2002, working in the northern area, responsible for our corporate pub work out of our Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham and Birmingham Offices.
Noel’s primary roles have focused on the strategic reviews of portfolios for the likes of Marston's, Unique, Whitbread and S&N Retail. He is also actively involved in assisting clients who own sites which are suitable for conversion or redevelopment for higher alternative use.
Noel is also instrumental in the daily management and regular portfolio reviews of group disposals for Enterprise Inns, Admiral Taverns and Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries.
Morgan, Neil - Director and Head of Public Houses and Restaurants
Neil has been involved in the property market since 1982 and joined Christie + Co in 1994. Developing specific experience in the pub, restaurant, leisure and development sectors, Neil also spent five years running the Winchester office, before moving to London in April 2004 to head up the Corporate Pubs team. He now has national responsibility for Christie + Co’s activities in both the pub and restaurant sectors.
Over the past five years, Neil has been responsible for the acquisition and expansion of a number of small private/regional pub companies. He has also project managed a number of major pub company disposals and acquisitions throughout the UK and assisted in key strategic estate reviews.
Neil was instrumental in managing and concluding one of Christie + Co’s most high profile campaigns when, in August 2007, the company successfully completed the letting of 637 pubs for Punch Taverns, just 15 months after receiving the instruction to do so.
Owens, Stephen - Head of Rent Reviews
Stephen Owens joined Christie + Co in January 2008 as Head of Rent Reviews, based at the Leeds office. Stephen joined from a national specialist firm of licensed property surveyors where he was Divisional Director based at the Leeds office, responsible for professional valuation matters. Stephen has over 25 years experience in the licensed property sector, including working for Yates Group PLC as Head of Acquisitions and Property, together with various estate management and acquisition roles with Joshua Tetley & Son, Allied Domecq Retailing and John Smiths Tadcaster Brewery. Stephen is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and on the RICS Panel of Arbitrators and Panel of Independent Experts, who are called upon to resolve rent review disputes.
Parrish, Jonathan - Director and Head of Corporate Investment & Development
Jonathan was appointed at the beginning of 2008 to head up the London based Investment team which as also advises on development projects, after joining Christie + Co in 2006 as a member of the Corporate Hotels agency team with responsibility for transactions in the north west, midlands and northern home counties. He has a wealth of hotel agency and consultancy knowledge, having worked in the sector for 25 years, with extensive experience in the investment and development disciplines; site sales and acquisitions, operator appointments and developer/operator/investor structures covering leases and management agreements.
Prior to joining Christie + Co, he was a Director of Hotels & Leisure Agency at Lambert Smith Hampton, where Jonathan had a national remit and covered hotel sales and development work, advising on leases, brands and management contracts for clients that included Peel Holdings, West Properties, Langtree Group plc, Gladman and Muse. Other roles included an Associate Directorship at Druce Hotels & Leisure. Transactions handled by Jonathan in the past include sales and acquisitions for Whitbread Hotels, QMH, Macdonald Hotels, Jarvis Hotels and Paten Hotels.
Patrick, Jon - Director and Head of Leisure & Development
Jon joined Christie + Co in 1984 and has extensive experience of the sale and valuation of leisure businesses, together with the development of leisure and hospitality property involving both solus and mixed-use schemes. He has worked in our Leeds, Newcastle and London Offices, being instrumental in the development of our corporate pubs business in the early 1990s. In 1995 Jon established Christie + Co’s Leisure and Development business working throughout the UK with numerous operators, developers and investors including the likes of Academy Leisure, Aprirose, BDL Hotels, Berkeley Group, Candu, Clermont Leisure, CTP St James, Esporta, Harrison Developments, Jurys Doyle Hotels, Kew Green Hotels, McAleer & Rushe, Moto Hospitality, Muse Developments, Neptune Developments, Nexum, Opus Land, Oxford Hotels, Regent Inns, Rushbond, St Modwen, Starboard Hotels, and Urban Splash.
Petar, Ross - Valuer
Ross Petar is a Chartered Surveyor who joined Christie & Co's Corporate Hotels Group as a Hotel Valuer in January 2008. Prior to joining Christie & Co, Ross worked for a firm of Chartered Surveyors for over 3 years specialising in the leisure and hospitality sector. Ross holds a BA (Hons) degree in International Business Studies from Leeds Metropolitan University and a MA in Property, Valuation & Law at City University Cass Business School.
Pezigot, Vincent - Senior Consultant, Paris
Vincent Pezigot is 28 years old, he holds two masters degrees in Political Sciences at the Strasbourg Political Institute and Strategic Marketing at the Audencia Nantes Management School. Prior to Christie + Co, Vincent worked for 3 years in MKG Consulting, leading feasibility and valuation studies in Europe and North Africa. He also worked in Sofitel/Accor as a pricing and distribution analyst. Vincent is fluent in English and has a strong knowledge of German.
Pirila, Hannu - Consultant
Hannu joined Christie + Co’s Helsinki office in April 2008, having previously worked in a variety of managerial positions in the hotel and restaurant industry for the last 15 years. He also has three years’ experience as an Independent Consultant to the hotel, restaurant and service sectors. Hannu holds both an eMBA and a BSc in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the Haaga Institute Polytechnic, Finland.
Ranera, Inmaculada – Managing Director, Spain
Inmaculada is the Director for Christie + Co in Spain and Portugal. Based in our Barcelona Office, Inmaculada has been the Director of Christie + Co’s Spanish operations since they were inaugurated in 2000. She has more than 10 years’ experience in the real estate sector, and five years’ in the hotel sector. Previous experience has included working for the Catalonia Development Agency, responsible for attracting foreign investment to the region. She has also managed the ‘Site Selection Division’ of the property company, King Sturge.
Richards, Freddie - Corporate Care Valuations
After graduating from Northumbria University in 2002 with a BSc (Hons) degree in Estate Management, Freddie worked for a firm of General Practice Surveyors in London. He gained extensive experience in valuations, rent reviews, lease renewals, property management, lettings and sales. In November 2005, he joined Christie + Co’s Epsom office, where he valued businesses across all six of the company’s trading sectors. Freddie qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in spring 2006 and transferred to our Corporate Healthcare team in January 2008. He now works with some of the sector’s leading care operators, valuing and advising on a range of portfolios including elderly care, specialist care, learning disabilities, schools and children’s day nurseries.
Robb, Martin – Director
Martin has been a Chartered Surveyor since 1993 and has specialised in the healthcare sector since 1997. He joined Christie + Co in 2002 and has overall responsibility for valuations in the healthcare sector. Major clients include ABN Amro, Four Seasons Health Care and the Quercus Healthcare Property Partnership. Martin provides advice relating to various types of property including children's day nurseries, private hospitals, elderly care units and specialist units for the handicapped, including some providing an educational element. Prior to specialising in the sector, Martin practiced in the commercial property sector both in the UK and in Australia.
Rodell, Steve – Head of Bank Support & Business Recovery
Steve has extensive hospitality sector experience and has worked in the business property field since graduating with a degree in Estate Surveying in 1995. He joined Christie + Co at the beginning of 2008, having previously spent 12 years with a well-established London-based property agent. Steve became a professional member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1999 and has worked on a multitude of property transactions throughout the UK.
Originally recruited to the Corporate Hotels Team, Steve now heads up Christie + Co's dedicated Bank Support and Business Recovery Unit and is responsible for coordinating the entire Christie + Co resource with the requirements of clients, banks and insolvency practitioners.
Roger, Stephanie - Communication and Press Officer
Prior Christie + Co, Stephanie worked two years in a real estate agency in Nantes during her studies. Today, she is in charge of communication and press for Christie + Co in France. Stephanie originally joined Christie + Co’s Rennes Office as a Sales Assistant in March 2008.
Rugg, David - Chairman
David joined Christie + Co in 1972 and was Managing Director prior to the formation of Christie Group in 1985 when he was appointed Group Managing Director and later Chief Executive. David is Chairman of Christie + Co and has many years’ experience in the sale and valuation of businesses. In particular, he has extensive experience of the hotel sector worldwide.
Scholl, Torsten - Director and Location Manager, Hamburg
Torsten Scholl started his career with Christie + Co in 2004 and is based in our Berlin office. He was integral in the development of our business in northern and eastern Germany, establishing an experienced team of specialists with an unrivalled knowledge of their local market. In 2007 he was responsible for setting up a Hamburg office, where he spends some of his time. Torsten has completed a number of notable transactions, including the sale of the Le Méridien Hotel in Hamburg-Stillhorn to the Israeli company, Fattal Hotels. In the recent past, Torsten Scholl has been involved in a number of healthcare projects in Germany. He also holds a graduate business diploma — Diplom-Betriebsökonom (BI) and is certified as property consultant by the German Chamber of Commerce — Immobilien Consultant (IHK).
Schürken, Guido - Associate Director and Location Manager, Dusseldorf
Guido Schürken joined Christie + Co in 2004. Responsible for the opening and establishment of our Dusseldorf office, Guido’s main task is the opening of new markets in North-Rhine-Westphalia. Guido was previously employed as property consultant for a property firm in North-Rhine-Westphalia, he is a graduate surveyor (Diplom-Sachverständiger (DIA) and certified as a property expert by the German Chamber of Commerce.
Scriven, Andreas - Head of Consultancy
Andreas Scriven is Head of Hotel Consultancy for Christie + Co’s Corporate and International Advisory team. He is responsible for the day-to-day operation, as well as the development and advancement of Christie + Co’s London-based Hotel Consultancy team.
Andreas joined Christie + Co in April 2008 from Deloitte, where he spent six years working in the UK and the USA across the company’s Consultancy and Corporate Finance divisions. Prior to joining Deloitte, Andreas spent two years based in Los Angeles as part of Arthur Andersen’s Hotel Business Consultancy team.
He is a graduate of the renowned Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and speaks fluent German and Swiss-German.
Sheldon, Brian - Director
Brian joined Christie + Co in September 1991 having previously gained considerable experience in both the Property and Banking Sectors. He has been based at the Glasgow Office for approximately 18 years, concentrating primarily on projects within the Licensed Sectors — namely Bars, Restaurants and Hotels. Brian was made a Director of Christie + Co in December 2002 and was recently appointed Agency Director for Scotland. Working across Christie + Co’s offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Brian oversees the Agency activity throughout all sectors, with particular emphasis on the development of our licensed business.
Shepherd, Allen - Director
Allen joined Christie + Co in 1999, having previously worked for two specialist business sales agencies in the north of England. He has more than 16 years’ business sales experience and was invited to join the Corporate Retail Department in January 2005, where he soon became a Director. Based in our Leeds office, Allen is strategically located to offer advice to multiple and corporate operators across the north of England. He is also Christie + Co’s petrol filling stations specialist, dealing with the sale and acquisition of forecourt sites throughout the country for corporate, multiple and independent clients. Working with the local offices, he has enjoyed considerable success in this growing area of business.
Shorthouse, James - Director
James heads up Christie + Co’s Pubs, Bars, Restaurants & Corporate Valuations Team, specialising in the valuation and portfolios and high value single assets. He joined the company in 1991 and moved to the London office in 1999.
James’s pub clients include Marston’s, Enterprise, Punch and Regent Inns and within the Restaurant sector he acts for Tragus, Living Ventures and Paramount. As well as advising operators which means he frequently works with major banks, Private Equity and Venture Capitalists including Duke Street Capital, aAIM, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays.
Stansmore, Martin - Negotiator, Corporate Pubs
Martin joined Christie + Co’s Corporate Pub Team in January 2008.
Martin works closely with the locally based pub colleagues in the Christie + Co Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle offices. Martin is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with the local Christie + Co offices and the regional and national pub companies operating across the North East and North West.
Before joining Christie + Co, Martin worked for Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises as an Acquisitions Manager, prior to which he was employed by a leading firm of specialist licensed surveyors and valuer’s. Martin is also an experienced agent and has worked on a variety of major letting campaigns and disposals projects on a local, regional and national scale.
Stevens, Simon – Director
Simon joined Christie + Co in 2004 with over 25 years' specialist knowledge in the UK hotel sector. His career started in 1982 in the South West, subsequently joining Savills and latterly became a Partner at Knight Frank, where he headed up their hotel business in the North of England.
Simon represents Christie + Co’s London Corporate Hotels Team although predominantly based out of the Winchester Office, providing greater coverage to both private and corporate clients throughout Southern England. He works closely with our regional hotel teams within our Exeter, Bristol, Winchester, Maidstone and Milton Keynes offices. Simon’s client base include a number of private groups & investors, corporate owners and operators including; Andrew Brownsword Hotels, Brend Hotels, Crest Hotels, Jarvis Hotel, Hallmark Hotels, Legacy Hotels, Lester Hotels and Swire Hotels.
Tarrida-Soler, Carla - Consultant
Carla Tarrida joined Christie + Co’s Corporate Hotels group as a Hotel Consultant in January 2009. Prior to joining Christie + Co, Carla worked for a year and a half as an analyst in the Pan-EMEA valuation and advisory department of a global hotel advisory firm. Her consultancy and valuation experience includes assignments in the United Kingdom, Spain, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Germany and France.
Carla holds a BSc degree in Hospitality Management from Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne in Switzerland.
Taylor, Peter - Director
Peter qualified as an Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1975 and has specialised in licensed property since 1977. He originally joined Christie + Co in 1996 based at the Milton Keynes Office, having previously worked for companies such as Allied Breweries, Grand Metropolitan Estates and Erdman Lewis. Peter re-joined Christie + Co in 2004 to be based in our London Office undertaking valuations, rent reviews and lease renewals, principally on behalf of corporate clients in connection with public houses, restaurants and hotels. In 1995, Peter was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. In 2001, Peter attained a Post Graduate Diploma in Arbitration from the College of Estate Management and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Panel of Arbitrators and Panel of Independent Expert and is appointed in these capacities to resolve rent review disputes.
Virtanen, Kimmo - Director of Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic States
Kimmo joined Christie + Co in January 2005 to work from London as part of our International Advisory Team. He was appointed an Associate Director in March 2007 and, in April 2008, returned to his native Helsinki, to take on the position of Director of Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic States. He previously spent three years working in London as an Associate Director and Relationship Manager with three of the UK’s most important hotel lending banks and five years as a consultant and senior consultant with HVS International in London. He has extensive experience of conducting a range of hotel market and feasibility studies and advisory projects, including hotel valuations throughout Europe.
Kimmo holds an MSc Diploma in Property Investments from City University in London and an MBA in Hotel Management from Michigan State University (East Lansing, US). He also has a BSc in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management from Haaga Institute Polytechnic, Finland.
Wallace, Katie - Negotiator
Katie Wallace has more than eight years’ experience in the property sector. She joined Christie + Co in July 2006 to work as a negotiator in the London bars and restaurants team. Working closely with her colleagues in Corporate Pubs and Restaurants, Katie primarily focuses on independent pub, bar and restaurant clients in Central London.
Williamson, Matthew - Associate Director
Matthew joined Christie + Co in 2005 and was made an Associate Director in 2008. Prior to joining the company, Matthew worked for Boots the Chemists, Lloyds TSB and Somerfield in their property departments, where he dealt with valuations, acquisitions, landlord & tenant and estate management issues. Matthew is responsible for Christie + Co’s Corporate Retail Valuation and Advisory Services.
Wingett, Mark - Head of Media Relations
Mark joined us in February 2008 after seven years as a trade journalist.
He started his journalistic career in 2001 as a trainee reporter with William Reed Publishing on its Crawley-based Convenience Store Magazine. Mark spent five years on the leading magazine in its sector moving from Reporter to Senior Reporter and then to Deputy News Editor.
During his time on the magazine he was named Newcomer of the Year at the annual Food and Drink Writers’ Awards sponsored by Britvic.
In 2006, Mark moved to William Reed Business Intelligence to become News Editor across its three leading trade titles – M&C Report, Hotel Report and Leisure Report – where he oversaw the news content for each title and the running of M&C Online and Hotel Report Online.
Wright, Gavin - Director
Gavin joined Christie + Co’s Birmingham office in June 2000 and was made a Director in 2006. He assumes responsibility for managing and developing relationships with the company’s corporate clients in the Midlands and the North West of England. Gavin has considerable hotel sector experience and has negotiated many individual hotel transactions on behalf of independent clients in the Midlands region. He has also worked on UK portfolio disposal projects and was involved in the sale of the Thistle Birmingham Edgbaston, which formed part of a portfolio of eight properties acquired by Menzies Hotels.
Wynne, Bernard - Associate Director, Corporate Healthcare
Bernard has over 14 years’ experience in the property sector with a focus on commercial agency and professional advisory services. He is a qualified Chartered Surveyor and has a BSc (Hons) degree in Estates Management. He is also a fluent French speaker. Since joining Christie + Co, he has been working from the Winchester office, identifying land and development opportunities within the healthcare sector across the South East, as well as advising on the sale of corporate businesses as going concerns throughout Greater London.
Young, Kerr - Bank Support and Business Recovery
Following 12 months working with the International Hotel Advisory Services team, supporting a wide range of consultancy and valuation assignments, Kerr joined our Investment and Development team based in London. Prior to working for Christie + Co he spent 18 months working for a hotel management, development and investment company.
Kerr studied at St Andrews University, where he graduated with a BSc (Hons) degree in Management and a Master of Letters in Management, Economics and International Relations.
Kerr has undertaken a number of high profile assignments for our corporate clients including, Hilton, Menzies Hotels, InterContinental Hotel Group, Apollo Real Estate Advisors, Moorfield Real Estate, LRG Acquisitions and MSREF.
