Directors & Operations Board

Board of Directors

Robert F M Adair MA, ACA, CTA, FGS Executive Chairman
Robert F M Adair

Robert founded Terrace Hill in 1986. After graduating in geology from Oxford University he qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co and then gained corporate finance experience in the City. He is executive chairman of Melrose Resources plc, a listed oil and gas company and non-executive chairman of Plexus Holdings plc, a company producing innovative wellheads for the oil industry also quoted on AIM. Robert is also a non-executive director of Chameleon Trust Plc, a quoted investment trust.

Philip Leech Group Chief Executive
Philip Leech

Philip, a chartered surveyor, worked for Strutt & Parker's investment agency team before joining Terrace Hill in 1993. He established and ran the North East office from 1994 before being appointed Group Managing Director in 2005.

Kelvin Hudson Non-executive Director
Kelvin Hudson

A chartered accountant and managing director of Saffery Champness Guernsey. Kelvin has worked in the fiduciary sector in Guernsey since 1995 and prior to that spent six years as finance director of Network Security (Holdings) Limited, a London group specialising in the detection and prevention of fraud. He is also a non-executive director of Melrose Resources plc.

Will Wyatt Non-executive Director
Will Wyatt

A director of Caledonia Investments plc, Will is also a non-executive director of Avanti Screenmedia Group, a specialist media and satellite company, Cobepa, a Belgian-based investment company, Melrose Resources plc and Chairman of the Advisery Board of TGE Holdings GmbH, a specialist gas engineering business. Prior to joining Caledonia Investments, Will was with Close Brothers Corporate Finance.

Robert Dyson Non-executive Director

Bob, a chartered surveyor, has over 30 years’ experience in the property and property-related industry, principally in the UK. He is chairman for the North West region of property advisers, Jones Lang LaSalle, having previously been executive chairman of Dunlop Haywards. Bob is regarded as one of the North West of England’s foremost property consultants and has played an instrumental role in some of the region’s highest profile projects including the Barbirolli Square office complex, Kingsway Business Park and Spinningfields.

Jon Austen BSc Hons & FCA Group Finance Director

Jon is a qualified chartered accountant who has been active in the property sector since 1989. He joined Terrace Hill in September 2008 from Goodman Property Investors where he was director responsible for product development. He was previously chief financial officer at Arlington Securities and before that Pricoa Property Investment Management.

There are currently no committees of the board.


Operations Board

Duncan McEwan

Duncan McEwan
Director, Retail Development

Adam Pratt

Adam Pratt
Director, South West Development

Eric Beaven

Eric Beaven
Director, Projects

Mandy Kelly

Mandy Kelly
Director, Residential and Group Company Secretary

Philip Littlehales

Philip Littlehales
Director, Investment

Robert Lane

Robert Lane
Director, London Development

Martin Vickerman

Martin Vickerman
Director, North East Development

Tom Walsh

Tom Walsh
Deputy Finance Director