Team

Nick qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1992 and was elected a Fellow of the RICS in 1999. Having built up his own Company from 1994 to 2008 specialising in estate management work, he then sold to a PLC.

He joined SHW as a consultant in October 2011, with a remit to aid the Company’s expansion into multi-tenure, mixed use management across London and the South of England and into the Midlands. He has a specific focus on large, complex schemes including private estates and regeneration projects.

Over the last two decades in Property management Nick has acted for different regions of practically every national house builder and developer.

Nick has previously worked on numerous schemes with mixed tenure, freehold and leasehold, purpose built houses and converted listed buildings. This has ranged from a Victorian mental hospital with grounds in Cornwall, and a former Royal Marines barracks in Portsmouth. He was instrumental in creating the service charge structure and estate management procedures for a national award winning scheme in Essex which comprises some 2500 properties and a range of community facilities. The largest scheme that he is currently working on will comprise approximately 1500 houses and apartments, retail and leisure facility as well as marine related industries.

Sandra Thomas has been working within the property management sector for over 14 years; Sandra heads up Finance department for Alexander Faulkner Partnership.

Previously, Sandi worked at Countrywide Estate Management where she was Head of Client Accounts, responsible for the delivery of property management services for client accounting functions for the Portsmouth, Chiswick and Eastbourne regions overseeing a number of offices and staff. She has In-depth knowledge of Residential Management Companies Corporate responsibilities, relevant legislation, legal and statutory requirements. Prior to this, Sandra was Head of Corporate Accounts and is a Fellow Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians, she is also a Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management.

In Sandra’s previous role she was responsible incorporating a new Company Secretariat software system where she introduced PTP Share Register, which allowed her previous employer to become the Corporate Company Secretary which had over 100 clients.

She liaises with the Accounts department, Property Managers and external Auditors when properties change hands, the Company Membership needs updating, she also ensures that the correct shareholding is noted in the year-end company accounts. Sandra also submits Annual Returns by web filing

Luciana is an Associate Director and Head of Property Management, based in our Cobham office.

She has considerable experience in all aspects of residential property management including operational set up of portfolio instructions and management of multi-occupied buildings, specialising in very large, complex schemes.

Luciana is involved in client relationship and strategic support, she has recently worked on the integration of new company acquisitions and property management teams. Alongside Senior Management, she is responsible for ensuring the services and standards across AFP’s business are in line with our company values.

Prior to joining Alexander Faulkner Partnership in 2017, Luciana was an Associate at Stiles Harold Williams in London.

Emma Davey qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 2014 and has a degree in Building Surveying.  Emma is also a Member of the Institute of Residential Property Managers.  Emma has worked in the industry for over 25 years, gaining a vast array of skills.

From our office in Battle, Emma Davey covers our portfolio parts of Surrey, East & West Sussex and Kent.

Emma pride’s herself on being able to deliver actions not excuses and promptly.  She takes time to listen to our clients to establish what they need from a property management service so that we can deliver, ensuring communication with the residents at all times.

Being very passionate about her role, you will often see Emma checking repairs or just walking the site to carry out an inspection and reporting back any areas of concern.

Emma looks after your investment as if it were her own.  She want to ensure the environment in which you live is safe, secure; a home you can be proud of.

Aaron Quainton is involved with the calculation of the Service Charge Budget, along with the Management Strategy, and is the main point of contact with the Client during the build of each phase.

Aaron has 4 years’ experience working in the Property Management sector, firstly as Senior Property Manager for large, mixed use schemes, Customer Care Manager and more recently moving across to New Business Manager to specialise in the creation and implementation of service charge strategies and budgets for new developments.

Kate Britton has 12 years experience in leasehold and estate management and has been a Member of the IRPM since 2017.

Kate works from and runs our Western Super Mare, Somerset office. Amongst her portfolio Kate manages a Grade II listed building in the centre of Bristol consisting of 85 apartments and a large commercial unit. Kate has extensive experience in managing freehold estates and mixed tenure schemes and has managed many handovers from developer directors to owner directors.

Kate prides herself in building and maintaining a high standard of relationships with all of her clients including all owners and directors and considers regular communication the keystone to our service delivery.