Meet the Team

Richard is currently in his mid-forties, and lives near Pershore. After his engineering degree at Imperial College London, he changed to a commercial track and joined the graduate management training scheme with Lloyds Bank. This prepared him for the move to the family business where he became director and company secretary.

Weaver PLC is a substantial 'regional' building contractor specialising in commercial construction. In 2007 the family and directors sold the company to a multinational, which gave Richard the opportunity for a short 'sabbatical'. He is now returning to an area of work close to his experience, yet new enough to provide excitement and challenge. He is among the first to qualify under the new accreditation procedures.

His technical background and his commercial experience commend Richard to this emerging new profession.

Richard became a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1988 after qualifying as an associate member in 1972. He has worked in private practice with international agents DTZ Debenham Tie Lueng and in Birmingham, London and Worcester offices for most of his career. He has been largely engaged in valuation of major commercial and industrial property for loan security purposes in compliance with RICS Red Book standards and ISO 9000 procedures. Other work has included, agency, rent reviews and, in a 12 month secondment, with the Government Office, the appraisal of revenue and capital ERDF grant applications of major West Midland projects.

He has also worked 'clientside' as property advisor to commercial concerns including a 3-year post as Group Property Manager to a Plc responsible for the total management of company assets in office and industrial investment categories. Their operational portfolios, in rapid expansion across the U.K., have included diverse assets such as prime investment property, heavy engineering concerns, shipyards, landfill sites and quarries.