Emma Woolven

Area Director - South

Emma joined Aitchison Raffety as Area Director – South in October 2023.

Emma has extensive experience and local knowledge of London and south regions, having worked on one of the market leading retail valuation teams at JLL. 

With over 10 years of Valuation experience, Emma will play a key role in the next chapter of the recently expanded team here at Aitchison Raffety.  

 

Gemma Hembrow

Marketing Manager

Gemma joined Aitchison Raffety as Marketing Manager in January 2023. Gemma leads our group marketing, to develop our marketing strategy and works closely with each division to deliver marketing activity to support their growth and promote our people and services and telling our brand story.

Gemma is an experienced marketing manager, and has enjoyed a varied marketing career across many different industries over and has extensive experience in leading teams, and has a particular interest in digital and social media.

Gill Crowther

People Director

Gill joined Aitchison Raffety in January 2022 and has almost 30 years’ experience in HR in a variety of industries, companies and as a consultant.

As a fellow of the CIPD, Gill is a strategic HR leader with a passion for bringing out the best in Leaders and Managers and helping organisations meet their strategic goals through their people.

Ian Roobottom

Property Management Surveyor

Liv Keeler

Surveyor

Lottie Bonney

Finance and Operations Director

Lottie joined Aitchison Raffety in June 2020 and was appointed to the Executive Board in October 2020.  She is responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of the company and works closely with the Managing Director to achieve the company’s operational and people strategies.

Lottie plays a key role in our financial management and planning and leads initiatives to improve efficiency and productivity alongside Aitchison Raffety’s ambitious growth strategy.

Lottie brings to Aitchison Raffety a wealth of commercial finance experience spanning almost 20 years having previously worked with consultancies including Page Group, United Outcomes and Practicus Ltd.

Qualifications: ACMA CGMA

Mariyam Anwar

HR Manager

Nicole Tucker

Surveyor

Nicole joined Aitchison Raffety in 2002 and is a surveyor within the valuation team, responsible for undertaking valuations on commercial properties and specialising in GP surgeries.

Recognised for her knowledge of healthcare property and extensive experience in the industry, Nicole undertakes a range of valuations for a variety of purposes including secured lending, partnership, portfolio and court purposes for a range of clients from individual property owners and investors, to large portfolio holders.

Specialist Area: GP survey valuations

Qualifications: BSc (Hons) MRICS RICS Registered Valuer

 

Sian Edwards

Associate Director

Siân is an Associate Director Surveyor at Aitchison Raffety, preparing residential surveys and valuations for solicitors, banks and financial organisations in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, and Surrey. Siân also specialises in Leasehold Reform work including lease extensions and collective enfranchisements acting for both leaseholders and freeholders.

Tom Littler

Associate Director

Tom is part of the Valuation team at Aitchison Raffety and is responsible for undertaking a wide range of valuations for both secured lending and accounts purposes. He provides ‘Red Book’ valuations to an extensive range of lenders covering all principal commercial property types and the appraisal of sites being redeveloped for both commercial and residential purposes. He has extensive experience of bespoke valuation packages and assists in providing training to graduates enrolled in the Assessment of Professional Competence.

Tom has been a qualified Chartered Surveyor for 25 years and has extensive experience with a range of commercial practices. He has worked both in the Home Counties and for over 10 years in central London. He has concentrated on valuation work for most of his career with Countrywide Commercial, DTZ (now Cushman & Wakefield) and for the past five years Aitchison Raffety. At DTZ, Tom worked closely with major pension funds including Legal & General and Aviva as well as undertaking high value and complex valuation appraisals for many of the major UK banks. Since joining Aitchison Raffety, he has focused on secured lending work and undertakes valuations of properties for a range of the major banks and private clients, with a value between £500,000 and £30 million.

Specialist Areas:

• ‘Red Book’ commercial valuations of both vacant and investment property.
• ‘Red Book’ valuations of commercial and residential development sites.
• Accounts valuations for public bodies and pension trustees.

Qualifications: BSc (Hons) MRICS

Tony Lamb

Director, Head of IT