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West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Senior operational role to lead the Estates function for Wireless Infrastructure Group as the company embarks on an ambitious growth phase following an investment of £575m in the company by Brookfield Infrastructure in December 2019. Key objective is to prime the Group’s property estate to support provision of high capacity, 5G-ready infrastructure. Remit.

Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Strategic role to develop and implement estates management strategy and policies for Cornerstone (a joint venture between Vodafone and Telefonica pooling network infrastructure in the UK). Provide property management and asset management services to ensure the cost effective use of the site portfolio whilst maintaining and enhancing the overall quality of.

Winchester, England, United Kingdom

Strategic, operational and financial accountability for Arqiva's 9,000 properties with an opex budget of £100m.Achievements:Strategy> Resourced a trebling of demand for Property Services over 12 months to deliver 6,000 transactions p.a., through creation of a scalable organisation, rapid recruitment and procuring multiple outsource providers. > Pioneered.

Warwick, England, United Kingdom

Estates Management and Property programme delivery accountability across Arqiva’s operational and corporate property estate in the UK and overseas, leading a team of c50 with rent and business rates opex of £70m.Key Achievements:> Led the team who delivered 100% town planning and property consent success rate on 1,154 sites to re-engineer the UK’s.

Warwick

Led a cross-functional team delivering property solutions for customers to drive new revenue for Arqiva’s £10m p.a. Corporate Accounts site share product.Key Achievement:Turned around product performance by improving customer satisfaction from 71% to 85%, delivering 95% of offer letters within 3 business days and consistently achieving project margins.

Warwick, England, United Kingdom

Led team of 30 responsible for gaining all necessary property consents across National Grid Wireless's operational asset base in the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, to facilitate the deployment of networks for customers.Amongst the top 100 leaders in the company selected to attend Crown Castle’s week-long Global Leaders Forum in New York.

Bristol

Led team of 20 responsible for gaining all necessary property consents across Crown Castle's operational asset base in the South and West of England, and South Wales, to facilitate the deployment of networks for customers.

Paris, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Rome

Investment Surveyor acting as lead property advisor across 20 transactions within small multi-disciplined team established following creation of $2Bn investment vehicle, Crown Castle Europe, backed by US private equity.Key Achievement:Led property due diligence of $450m deal to acquire communications infrastructure from Italian state broadcaster, RAI, by.

Warwick

Joined as acquisition surveyor, promoted to portfolio manager with overall responsibility for newly acquired portfolio of 821 sites from T-Mobile.

Glasgow

Employed by James Barr Chartered Surveyors, recently merged with Bilfinger GVA and seconded to Vodafone working in a multi-disciplined team to acquire 100's of sites for their 2G network throughout Scotland. Asset valuation of East of Scotland Water, United Distillers and Clyde Port Authority portfolio, providing a breadth of experience. Achieved MRICS.

Glasgow

Summer work experience. Scottish NHS Estate Valuation. Survey and measurement. Depreciated Replacement Cost valuation.

Glasgow

Sandwich Year placement in Glasgow City Council's Estates Department, Property Development section, where duties included the marketing and disposal of surplus council assets such as land, houses, shops, offices and industrial units.

Bsc (Hons) Land Economics With European Property Studies, Property, 2:1

High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates, 5 Scottish Higher Grades; 2 A'S, 2 B'S, 1 C