Hammond Phillips is a highly regarded specialist retail consultancy offering a complete range of property and related services to retailers, landlords and developers. I became an equity partner in 1986 and following restructuring and incorporation in 1997, joint managing director.

Notable Achievements

Account creation and implementation. Marketing and promoting company services via major presentations to retailers, landlords, institutions, trade conferences and the press resulting in significant increase in market share, and achieving top ten status within the profession in 1989

Corporate planning, Partnership restructuring (incorporation)

Head of retail department. Building a team of 12 motivated staff who became some of the most successful and influential in the profession

Became the most active retail shopping centre development and letting specialists operating in the West End. Involved in many high profile developments around the country including one of the most exciting of it’s time, The Galleries in Bristol

Working with and promoting a large number of new wave retailers and UK entrants including the likes of Karen Millen, Hobbs, Torq, Mexx, Dash, Beatties Toys

New concept business plan development and venture capital sourcing

Extensive due diligence activities in support of clients successful bid for Magnet and attempted takeover of Clarks. Entailed total review and assessment of the portfolios, valuation, rental growth projections and compilation of major reports and formal presentations of findings to City backers

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