Directors

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, 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 Chief Executive in 2005.

Nick Gaskell has been a partner at Saffery Champness since 1981, where he specialises in corporate finance and floatations on UK listed markets and also advises private companies.

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.

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.