Hotels
Jeremy Hill - 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.
emailAndreu, Marta – Location Manager, Barcelona
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 Master in International Trade and Marketing.
Astruc, Valérie – Associate Director, France
Valérie joined Christie + Co Marseilles office of Christie + Co in September 2006 and was appointed as Location Manager in January 2008, having working for 6 years as Office Manager for VVF Vacances in Marseilles. Prior to this, she spent 5 years working in charge of a portfolio dealing with foreign Tour Operators, French Companies and town halls for Mer Montagne Vacances, a company specialized in club-hotels. She is a graduate in Marseilles’ Euromed Business School and has long standing experience in tourism, negotiation in hotel sector and sales development.
Beike, Markus MRICS – Managing Director, Germany
Markus Beike has headed up the development of Christie + Co’s German operations as Managing Director since 2003. Key achievements since his appointment have included the opening of new offices such as Berlin and Munich, the development of an advisory and valuations team, and the completion of more than 150 hotel transactions during the past three years.
Markus started his professional career 25 years ago with an apprenticeship as a qualified hotelier at Steigenberger. Subsequently, he was employed as an assistant to the executive board at Kempinski and worked as a analyst in the credit risk management of Deutsche Bank. Before joining Christie + Co, Markus Beike held the position of a manager in the corporate finance team at Arthur Andersen. Markus 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 Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Markus also regularly lectures at Technische Universität Berlin, Universität Wuppertal and Maastricht Hotel School.
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 MRICS 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.
Bruckmeier, Armin MRICS – Director Head of Advisory & Valuation Services, Germany
Armin Bruckmeier joined Christie + Co in 2004 and is based in its Munich Office. As a Director and Head of Advisory & Valuation Services, he is responsible for the development of the German advisory and valuations department. Prior to joining Christie + Co, he worked for several years at PKF International, the business advisory firm.
Armin has an extensive knowledge of different hotel types as well as non-hotel accommodation. His current role includes the creation of feasibility studies and valuation reports, verifying operating contracts, strategic consulting for both existing properties (single assets and portfolios), as well as overseeing development projects throughout Germany and Europe. He also worked on a number of care and restaurant-related projects.
Armin holds a Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) degree in Economics, specialising in Tourism, from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich. He also holds a special degree in Real Estate (Immobilienökonom IREBS) and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Armin has authored several articles on hotel valuation and other hotel-related topics.
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.
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.
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. His successes in the region include the sale of the Ibis Quiberon, hotel F1 Saint Malo, La Reposée and Le Logde La Valette in Rennes.
Doyle, Maureen - Associate Director, 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. Prior to this she worked 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
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 has completed a BA Hotel Management degree at Hotelschool Maastricht in The Netherlands.
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.
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.
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 has been responsible for some of the highest profile hotel deals in 2009/10 his latest being the sale of the Park Inn Hyde Park London in July 2010 for a reported “offers around £35M”.
Kraneis, Philipp - Director and Head of Investment, Germany
Philipp Kraneis was one of the very first people to join Christie + Co´s German team in 1999. As Head of Investment Germany, he is responsible for corporate transactions across the country. He also oversees the transaction departments in Frankfurt and Munich.
Philipp specialises in working with open- and closed-end funds, multiple ownership structures and NPL transactions. During his time with Christie + Co, he has successfully negotiated more than 130 freehold and leasehold hotel deals. Highlights include the sale of several hotel portfolios operated under various brands and the successful disposal of the Maritim Hotel in Hamburg, one of the largest single-asset deals completed in Germany in recent years. Philipp has worked in the property sector for over 14 years, holding various positions in the hotel sector with a number of well-known companies, such as Kempinski, where he worked before joining Christie + Co. Philipp Kraneis was appointed Director in 2006.
Lamson, Thomas – Managing Director, France
Thomas has been the Managing Director of Christie + Co in France since 2006. 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.
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 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.
Parrish, Jonathan - Director and Head of Investment
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, Berkeley Group, Esporta, Fitness4Less, FX Leisure, GL-14 Group, Genr8, Grantside Developments, Harrison Developments, Leeds City Council, Moto Hospitality, Neptune Developments, Nexum, Nuffield Health, Opus Land, Oxford Hospitality, Rushbond Group, St Modwen, Starboard Hotels and Tesco.
Petar, Ross - Associate Director, 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.
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 18 years’ experience in the real estate sector, and ten 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. Inma is also one of the founder members of the first cluster created in Spain in relation to Hotel innovation.
Rodell, Steve - Head of Bank Support and Business Recovery
Steve heads up Christie + Co's dedicated Bank Support and Business Recovery Unit and coordinates the entire Christie + Co resource in providing turnaround, restructuring and recovery advice to clients, banks and insolvency practitioners.
Steve is a Chartered Surveyor with 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, originally recruited to the Corporate Hotels Team.
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 Regional Manager, North Germany
Torsten Scholl started his career with Christie + Co in 2004 and is based in its Berlin office. He was integral in the development of Christie + Co’s business in northern and eastern Germany, establishing an experienced team of specialists with an unrivalled knowledge of their local market.
In 2007 he was made responsible for setting up the company’s Hamburg office. Torsten has completed a number of notable transactions during his time with the company, including the sale of the Le Méridien Hotel in Hamburg-Stillhorn to Fattal Hotels, and the sale of the Kempinski Hotel in Halle/Saale to Aurum AG, a company owned by the German entrepreneur Hans Rudolf Wöhrl, on behalf of an NPL servicer. Torsten has also been involved in a number of healthcare projects across the country.He holds a graduate business diploma — Diplom-Betriebsökonom (BI), a special degree in Real Estate Investment Banking — Real Estate M&A Advisor (ebs) and is certified as a property consultant by the German Chamber of Commerce — Immobilien Consultant (IHK).
Scriven, Andreas - Director, Head of Consultancy
Based in London, Andreas is the Head of Consultancy at Christie + Co, the UK’s leading specialist hotel and leisure property advisor. He has consultancy and M&A experience across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the USA.
Andreas joined the firm 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 was based in Los Angeles as part of Arthur Andersen’s Hotel Business Consultancy team. He has operational hotel experience in the USA, Switzerland and Hong Kong.
He is a graduate of Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and speaks fluent German and Swiss-German.
Stevens, Simon – Director
Simon joined Christie + Co in 2004 with extensive specialist knowledge of 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 Corporate Hotels Team providing “added value” to both private and corporate clients throughout Southern England. He works closely with our regional hotel teams in our Exeter, Bristol, Winchester, Maidstone and Milton Keynes offices. Simon’s client base includes a number of private groups & investors, corporate owners and operators including:- Andrew Brownsword Hotels, Brend Hotels, Bannatyne Hotels, Crest Hotels, Hallmark Hotels, Legacy Hotels, Lester Hotels and Swire Hotels.
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 Fellow 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.
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.
Virtanen, Kimmo - Director 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 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.
Young, Kerr - Associate Director, Investment and Development
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.
