Management

Meet the leadership team dedicated to ensuring all the operations, services and standards across our UK business align with our company values.

UK Executive Committee

James Sparrow

Chief Executive Officer, Savills UK & EMEA

James became Chief Executive of Savills UK & EMEA in September 2018, having previously been Chief Executive of Savills UK since 1 May 2018.

Richard Rees

Managing Director

Richard originally joined Savills as a Graduate in 1989 and qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1991. He became a Director of Savills in 2000 at which time he was instrumental in setting up the firm's Bristol office.

Nicola McGinnis

Chief Financial Officer

Nicola joined Savills in 1997 as an accounts junior and progressed to finance director in 2007 for a subsidiary company. Nicola is now a divisional finance director for Savills UK.

James Gulliford

UK Managing Director – Markets

James is UK Managing Director – markets for the Savills UK business. He has sat on Savills UK Executive Board since 2018 and Savills EMEA Executive Board since inception.

Andrew Brentnall

Head of Residential Investment & Development, Operational Capital Markets

Andrew joined Savills in 2004 and has a national remit as a UK board director and is head of residential investment and development within the operational capital markets division.

Jonathan Henson

Head of Rural & Projects Division

Jonathan is an Executive Director of Savills UK and is head of the Rural and Projects Division and is based in Perth and London offices, having started his career with Savills in 1989..

Andrew Perratt

Head of UK Residential

Andrew is head of residential in Savills UK. He chairs Savills residential board and oversees Savills network of residential offices around the UK.

James Evans

Head of National Office Agency

James qualified as a chartered surveyor in 2001 and joined Savills in 2006. Initially focussing on working with landlords and developers in leasing office space throughout the north west, James' role now encompasses office leasing, acquisition and development work.

Nick Herward

Executive Director, Property Management

Nicholas is an executive director and head of property management for UK and Europe, based in our global HQ.

Nina Coulter

Head of London Residential Development Sales - Executive Director

Nina has been working in the London residential development team since 2006, specialising in the sales and marketing of new developments.

Philip Pearce

Chairman, Central London Agency

Philip has been working for Savills city agency team since 1988, having graduated with a degree in Land Economy from Cambridge University.

Simon Collett

Executive Director, Building & Project Consultancy

Simon is executive director on Savills UK board, and is head of division for building and project consultancy in the UK and Europe.

UK Board

Alan Spencer

Director, Head of UK Retail

Alan is responsible for leading the 90-strong UK retail team with offices in Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London and Manchester. 

Bryce Hurrell

UK Finance Director, Regional Management

Bryce has worked at Savills since 2001. He is a chartered accountant who sits on the UK Board.

Chanelle Gray

Head of Diversity & Inclusion

Chanelle joined Savills in March 2022 to lead on diversity and inclusion for the organisation. Chanelle specialises in diversity and inclusion, wellbeing and staff engagement.

David Jackson

Head of Planning and Savills Earth

David joined Savills in 1998 as a town planner in Savills Oxford office. David is now national head of planning as well as head of Savills Earth; our sustainability advisory service.

Eleanor Blenkinsop

Head of UK and European Bids

Ellie, a chartered Town Planner, has been at Savills since 2011 and leads the UK and Europe Bids team.

George Cardale

Head of UK Residential Development Sales

George has worked for Savills for over 22 years and is responsible for residential development sales across the UK.

Greg Smith

UK Finance Director, Development Division Management

Greg has worked at Savills since 2005. He is a UK finance director providing financial support to the UK business and in addition has responsibility for the UK IT function which includes innovation and technology.

Jonathan Gardiner

Strategic Development Leasing Advisory

Jon is an expert in office leasing and development having advised developer, investor and occupier clients at Savills for over 25 years.

Richard Binning

Director, Head of Rural Central

Richard runs the rural departments across the central/west region.

Katrina Mackay

Director, Property Management

Katrina has risen from graduate to a member of Savills UK Management board over her 17-year career with the firm.

Katrina White

Head of HR Operations

Katrina joined Savills in July 2015 as HR business partner for the professional services divisions nationwide.

Nick Harris

Head of UK and Cross Border Valuation

Nick joined Savills in 2007 to establish the cross-border valuation service line. He currently heads the UK and cross border valuation teams, and is a UK board director. 

Nick Penny

Head of Scotland, UK Investment

Nick has worked at Savills since 1997 and specialises in commercial Investment. He assumed the role of head of Scotland in January 2016.

Oliver Bamber

Director, Central London Investment

Oliver joined Savills in 2007 and is a UK board director for the central London & International division based at Margaret Street.

Patrick Eve

Head of Regional Development

Patrick is responsible for overseeing the day to day running of Savills 21 regional development teams, as well as providing clients with development consultancy and valuation advice. Patrick is based in Oxford but spends time in London and other regional offices.

Robert Godfrey

Head of Investment Strategy & Asset Management

Robert is the head of Investment Strategy & Asset Management.

Phillippa Dalby-Welsh

Director, Country House Department

As head of Savills Country Department, Phillippa leads a team of highly experienced country house agents, who provide expert property advice to clients and are responsible for selling some of the finest houses at the top end of the UK country market.

Ria Lillywhite

Divisional HR Director

Ria joined Savills in 2011 and is the divisional HR director for development services (development, planning & residential development sales) and Savills Earth.

Richard Merryweather

Joint Head of UK Investment

Richard joined Savills in 1999 and leads the national investment and business space investment teams.

Richard Sullivan

National Head of Industrial & Logistics

Richard is national head of industrial and logistics, a chartered surveyor starting his career in the 1990s and specialises in development and occupational agency advice.

Sian Tunney

Director, Licensed Leisure

Sian joined Savills in 2016, having specialised in the licensed leisure sector since the beginning of her career in 1988.

Steve Page

Director, Building & Project Consultancy

In 2003, Steve joined Savills and is now head of the specialist technical due diligence team, undertaking commercial acquisition and vendor surveys across the UK and Europe.

Tim Stoyle

Head of UK Hotels

Tim joined Savills in 1998. In 2018, Tim was made head of UK hotels and UK board director.

Victoria Bennett

Marketing Director, National Marketing

Victoria (Vix) is head of marketing for Savills UK, and responsible for setting the strategic brand direction for Savills globally. Vix has over 20 years experience amassed from roles within the automotive, financial services and real estate sectors.

Victoria Buchanan

Head of Group, UK and EMEA PR and Comms

Victoria has built up a team to provide a cross border B2B PR service for the company across Europe, also providing support to the US and Asia. Advising on corporate, M&A, restructure, leadership change, legal, crisis comms and strategic PR approach, the team hold relationships with international media across the world.