A little bit about me:

An easy going and friendly northerner settled down south, originally from Preston with a stint studying in Manchester and then running a hotel bar in Austria (for the skiing not beer honestly!). I then settled in London and started at Dutch and Dutch as a fresh - faced graduate and am proud to have risen through the ranks to the Director of the Commercial department assisting David in the running of the commercial department.

What I like doing outside of work:

In my spare time I try and play as much sport as possible, dividing my time between golf and cricket in the summer and skiing and ski touring in the winter. The skiing in London isn’t the best although I am still waiting for the right conditions to ski the hill below Alexandra Palace, it will happen!

Outside of the sporting world I spend a lot of time exploring London’s Architecture and lively night life with friends. A new personal favourite is the abundance of available street food now on offer in London; I often spend a few hours deciding on what culinary treats to go for in Spitalfields or which London restaurant to sample. I also spend as much time as possible travelling which has taken me from the wildest parts of Southern Africa to the coldest places in Canada.

Why I enjoy working at Dutch & Dutch:

The benefit of working in such a widely specialised company on all aspects of commercial property is that no day is the same. You can be dealing with the Department of Works & Pension on mammoth 35,000 sq ft HQ buildings, or helping out small local breweries on their first tap room. Another personal benefit as a non-native Londoner is over the years I have built up a large knowledge of our patch (Northwest) and its incredibly diverse areas and people. This has led me to finding out about a wide range of world cultures and ways of life..

Proudest moment to date:

Work-wise, the letting of 32,000 sq ft of offices in Queens Park to the Department of Works & Pensions for a job centre at £1.4m a year, or the sale of the Old Torpedo Factory, a landmark Park Royal commercial building. The building had an interesting history originally build as a soap factory and later being used in the war effort to manufacture munitions and specifically Torpedo’s.  

Personally, Skiing Mont Blanc and the Hope Route Ski Tour or playing golf off a no longer possible handicap of 7.