Senior Team

Our people are the best in the business; professional and customer focused. Each is a specialist in their field and dedicated to client satisfaction.

Chairman & Executive Team

Darren Bond

Global Managing Director

Darren joined Christie & Co in 2001 and, having worked in the Birmingham, Leeds and London offices, was appointed Global Managing Director in 2020.

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Carine Bonnejean

Managing Director – Hotels

Carine leads the hotel specialist team at Christie & Co, including corporate agency and investment teams as well as our European advisory teams.

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Michael Hodges

Managing Director - Care Consultancy

Michael was appointed a Director of Christie & Co in 2005 and is a qualified Chartered Surveyor with 21 years experience in the healthcare sector, providing consultancy, valuation and leasing advice t

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Caroline Matthews

Marketing Director

Caroline joined Christie & Co in 2017 having spent over 20 years marketing professional services firms.

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Simon Hughes

Commercial Director

Simon, a dental sector specialist, helped set up our Medical team in 2013

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Paul Graham

Managing Director - Medical

Paul Graham joined Christie & Co’s Corporate Medical team in 2014. He was made Director in 2017 and was later appointed as Head of Dental. As of 2024 he is Managing Director of the Medical team.

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Richard Lunn

Managing Director - Care

Richard has a wealth of knowledge gained over 25 years' sector experience

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Tim Moxon

IT Director

Tim has a wealth of IT experience, developing our system over 30 years

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Steve Rodell

Managing Director - Retail & Leisure

Steve is a regular speaker at convenience and petrol retail events across the UK

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Courteney Donaldson

Managing Director - Childcare & Education

Courteney has a vast range of expertise in the childcare and education sectors

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Stephen Owens

Managing Director – Pubs & Restaurants

Stephen is responsible for Hospitality Valuation Services across the UK and Europe along with the Pubs & Restaurants brokerage and consultancy teams in the UK.

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Corporate Team

Tony Evans

Head of Pharmacy

​Tony joined Christie & Co in 1988 since when he has developed extensive brokerage experience across many of our corporate sectors.

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Simon Chaplin

Senior Director - Corporate Pubs and Restaurants

Simon has been in the industry selling pubs, bars and restaurants since 1983

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Neil Morgan

Senior Director Pubs & Restaurants

Neil has worked across multiple sectors in the property market since 1982

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Jon Patrick

Head of Leisure & Development

Jon has extensive experience in the sale and valuation of leisure businesses

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Stephen Jacobs

Director - Bank Support & Business Recovery

Stephen has been involved in the property market since 1999. He joined Christie & Co in 2007 and was made a Director in 2013.

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Joel Mannix

Head of Dental

Joel was appointed as the company’s Head of Dental in 2024, where he spearheads the brokerage side of the business, leading an award-winning UK-wide team of dental business advisors.

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UK Regional Team

Brian Sheldon

Regional Director – Hospitality Scotland, North West & Midlands

Brian is currently Regional Director within the Hospitality Sector looking after Scotland and The North West of England regions.

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David Lee

Regional Director - Hospitality North East & East Midlands

David heads up our regional division in the North, orchestrating day-to-day business operations across our offices to ensure quality of service, effectiveness and client care.

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Ed Bellfield

Regional Director - Hospitality South

Ed leads a team of experts in our Southern region providing local and national operators with market insight, brokerage advice and valuation services across the hospitality, healthcare and retail sect

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Nick Brown

Director & Head of Brokerage – Childcare & Education

Nick joined Christie & Co in 2014 and has been specialising in the Childcare & Education sector for over 20 years.

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Rob Kinsman

Regional Director

Rob manages the Bristol, Exeter and Cardiff offices overseeing the agency and valuation disciplines.

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Lee Howard

Regional Director

Having joined Christie & Co in 2001, Lee was appointed Director in 2006 and over the past 14 years has sold a large number of businesses across many of our varied sectors to show his talent for sales.

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Dave Morris

Regional Director - Retail Midlands & South West

Dave joined Christie & Co in 2012 and, having worked in the Bristol and Nottingham offices, was appointed Regional Director – Retail in January 2022.

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James Moore-Martin

Regional Director - Retail North & Scotland

James joined Christie & Co in 2014 and was appointed a Regional Retail Director for the North of England & Scotland in 2021.

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Mark Kaluza

Regional Director - Retail South & East

Mark joined Christie & Co in 2006 – and having worked in the Milton Keynes, Enfield, and London offices – was appointed Regional Retail Director for London and South East in 2021.

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You're always in good company

Christie & Co has provided valuable advice to clients within our specialist sectors for over 80 years; here's just a few that have shared the success.

We highly recommend Christie & Co to anyone thinking of selling a pharmacy. All queries were handled quickly and efficiently. It was a very stressful process, but it was managed brilliantly and continually gave us confidence and assurance that the share sale was progressing well, especially in the present times.

Mr Shah Seller Ashlex Ltd