Spruce Development is committed to bringing fresh new ideas to property development. We constantly challenge established development practices, seeking ways to save time, money or preferably both. We always respect the vast wealth of knowledge and experience that has gone into making the United Kingdom property market the envy of the world. We will only change what we can improve.

SEVEN is the first private members club in the CIS. It has been designed to satisfy that need for a third space in your life between work and home; a place where you do not need to share your time with anyone else - unless you want to; a place where everyone knows your name.SEVEN delivers a luxurious venue based on Ritz-Carlton Hotel's facilities, unrivalled in Almaty, where members and their guests can meet with an exclusive, limited number of social, political and industrial… Show more SEVEN is the first private members club in the CIS. It has been designed to satisfy that need for a third space in your life between work and home; a place where you do not need to share your time with anyone else - unless you want to; a place where everyone knows your name.SEVEN delivers a luxurious venue based on Ritz-Carlton Hotel's facilities, unrivalled in Almaty, where members and their guests can meet with an exclusive, limited number of social, political and industrial contemporaries who share similar views, similar desires and similar ambitions. SEVEN organises regular events both in and out of the club where members can experience the world’s most luxurious goods and services and gain a deeper insight into what makes these products the best of their kind and why. Through affiliations with key fellow member’s clubs across the globe, SEVEN allows its members to take advantage of equally sumptuous havens - and well connected social and business networks - in major cities around the world, alongside a range of exclusive benefits.Above all, SEVEN will be a highly personal, unique experience for each club member, with a team on board to help tailor SEVEN to their individual needs and help them get the most out of their membership, both in Almaty and across the world. Show less

Review investments at concept and development stage. Establish start up operational teams and oversee handover and operation. Generate major new strategic projects and ensure group synergies are recognised and exploited. Explore exit opportunities and strategies. Relationship management.

Responsible for the performance and operation of all assets from the wide ranging portfolio of hotels, offices, shopping centres, schools, ski resorts and logistics parks. Relationship management.

Tasked with the development of an Energy division within the group. Ensure efficiency and sustainability is a strong consideration in the projects at design and construction stages.

Haileybury Almaty is the pre-eminent school in Central Asia. Duties include chairing tri-annual governors' meetings where the performance of the school is reviewed and strategic decisions taken. Report to the shareholders of the school. After stepping down as Chairman due to workload I remain as governor for both Haileybury Almaty and Astana schools.