The Bristol office of commercial property specialist Colliers International has strengthened its investment property management team with the appointment of two trainee surveyors.
The team now has seven members – its highest-ever level – following the arrival of graduate surveyor Evan Whitson and the promotion of Helen Margetson to assistant surveyor.
Team head Mike Bull said: “When I joined to head up the team in 2010 there were just three members. The growth since then is in response to the increasing volume of instructions from a wide variety of landlord clients as we build on our reputation for delivering a high standard of bespoke property and asset management.”
Evan is one of 24 graduates to be appointed under Colliers’ two-year graduate training programme, during which he will undertake the RICS APC (Assessment of Professional Competence) training curriculum. He previously worked in the firm’s London office under the summer internship programme.
Helen will combine her work as an assistant surveyor with a three-year distance study course before starting her APC in 2017.
The other members of the team are surveyors Amy Bracey and Emma Stanbridge, and facilities managers Sven Rickauer and James Oliver.
Head of Colliers’ Bristol office, Tim Davies, said: “Our priority is to provide a service tailored to the objectives of our clients, and the expansion of investment property management team will ensure we can respond to the requirements of new and existing clients while providing the highest quality of service.”
The investment property management team’s growth follows similar recent expansion of the Bristol office’s valuation and advisory, industrial & logistics and planning teams following record growth during the first quarter of 2016 and, prior to that, the expansion of its national offices team.
Pictured: Colliers International’s Bristol office head Tim Davies, centre, with the expanded investment property management team in Bristol. From left: Amy Bracey; James Oliver; Helen Margetson; Mike Bull; Evan Whitson; Emma Stanbridge and Sven Rickauer
