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 already 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

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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.

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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.

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A graduate of Cambridge University, Ian has over 25 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.

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Norman qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1972 and was elected a Fellow in November 1983. He has been involved with the valuation of licensed properties since 1972. He joined Scottish & Newcastle in 1972 as an Estates Manager and was also Property Director of Drybrough & Co Ltd (the Scottish Brewing Division of Grand Metropolitan) covering the whole of Scotland and North East England. He joined Christie + Co in 1987 in the Edinburgh Office to set up the Valuations Division and was appointed a Director in June 1994.

Norman is a member of the Panel of Arbiters and Experts appointed by the Chairman of the RICS in Scotland to handle referrals on rent reviews, with a particular specialisation in public houses, restaurants, nightclubs, hotels and leisure businesses. He has acted as Expert Witness in matters of dispute, which have been adjudicated in the Court of Session in Scotland and the High Courts In England.

Norman is considered to be the most experienced Chartered Surveyor specialising in the leisure industry in Scotland.

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Simon is a Director and the Head of Consultancy at Christie + Co. Based in London, Simon heads a team of 12 professional hotel valuers and consultants, who are based at offices in London, Barcelona, Munich and Paris.

He joined the firm in October 2004, having spent eleven years in hotel consultancy, as a Director and Consultant with two of the leading London-based hotel consultancy practices. Prior to this, Simon worked for nine years in various operational and head office management roles with Hyatt International.

Simon holds a BSc (Hons) Degree in Hotel and Catering Administration from the University of Surrey. He has authored several articles on hotel development, valuation and investment, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on hotel investment and asset management.

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Jake joined the Christie + Co London Office in July 2005 as a Senior Consultant, having worked for PKF Accountants and Business Advisors over the previous five years. He was made an Associate Director in December 2006. 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 joining Christie + Co, 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.

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Kimmo joined Christie + Co in January 2005 and he was made an Associate Director in December 2006. Prior to joining Christie + Co, he spent three years with three of the UK’s most important hotel lending banks in London as an Associate Director and Relationship Manager. Before gaining his banking experience, Kimmo spent almost 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 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 Finland.

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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. 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 a range of hotel feasibility studies and advisory projects throughout Europe.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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 17 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.

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Jeremy has more than 20 years’ experience in the hotel and hospitality sectors. He originally joined Christie + Co in 1984 and was responsible for managing 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 has since been 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 works with many of Christie + Co’s corporate hotel clients including Queens Moat House hotels, the Hilton Hotels Corporation, Rocco Forte Hotels, Thistle, Whitbread, Intercontinental Hotels Group and Jarvis Hotels. Recent achievements include 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.

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Tony joined Christie + Co in August 1988 in the Nottingham Office having previously worked for a national firm of estate agents. In 1996 he moved to manage our Winchester Office and then to our Bristol Office in 1999. In December 2002 he was made a director of the company. In June 2004 he was appointed National Trade Sector Head of our retail business with a brief to expand our retail markets. Tony has a degree in Urban Estate Surveying.

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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 in each of the last two years.

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Telephone: 0113 389 2714

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Telephone: 020 7227 0751

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