I have been Managing Director of Coram James Ltd (Art & Antique valuers) since 2010 and have grown the business into a successful and established valuation company approved by all major firms of insurers and lawyers. I am a quaflified Chartered Surveyor and member of RICS (Art and Antique faculty). I am also an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a long-term member of various professional bodies including NAVA, SOFAA and LAPADA.

I was the senior valuer responsible for carrying out valuations of art, antiques and jewellery for insurance and probate purposes.

I was responsible for assessing the condition of fine art and antiques involved in insurance claims.

I worked in the 19th century European furniture department and assisted the director with cataloguing and valuing European furniture and decorative art.

Trainee cataloguer and valuer