Valuation & Advisory Services

Sara has experience in both client-side and advisory businesses, with a background in valuations, real estate finance, investment strategy, development, asset managment and transactions management.  She is a Chartered Surveyor and a Chartered Town Planner.

Prior to joining Colliers in 2016, Sara led the EMEA Credit Risk Review function at GE Capital's €12bn Real Estate business.  Sara’s real estate career began at DTZ, where she held roles within the Agency, Development, Valuations and Corporate Finance teams, following a research role in the corporate finance division at Barclays de Zoete Wedd (now Credit Suisse).

Sara has lived and worked in continental Europe and has expertise across all asset classes in European markets. 

Richard Barrett has worked in property since 1983 and joined the company in 1987, becoming a director in 1990. He specialises in the valuation sector with specific responsibility for investment valuations and covers the UK and Europe including Germany, the Netherlands and France. Richard values for a variety of lending institutions and also provides regular valuations for a number of property funds.

Richard also sits as an APC assessor for the RICS.

James has experience in valuing single trophy assets and large portfolios of commercial and residential investment and development properties across Europe and Africa.

Recently James has been acting for a number of financial institutions and private equity firms in coordinating performing, non-performing and commercial loan valuations across Europe. The portfolio lot sizes have ranged from €250 million to €1 billion.

Recently James has been very active in the Dutch and German real estate markets working closely with the Colliers network in these countries.

James also carries out annual and semiannual valuations for financial reporting purposes along with one off valuations for IPO listings.

James has specifically been playing a greater role in sourcing cross boarder business development opportunities and referrals for the immediate and wider Colliers business.

Joined Colliers in May 2016 as Joint Head of Portfolio Valuations within the Valuation & Advisory Services Team. I joined from Savills where I had spent 2 years carrying out a similar role . Prior to that, I was Head of Portfolio Valuations at GVA Grimley, a team that I had set up 10 years earlier. Started my career post university at Knight Frank where I completed my professional training and worked for 10 years.

Martyn is the Head of Valuations for the City Office, covering City Core, Midtown, Docklands, Southbank, Shoreditch, Clerkenwell and Aldgate markets.

Martyn provides valuation advice for a variety of purposes including Secured lending, valuations for Accounts and Financial Statements, acquisition and disposal.

He has over 15 years valuation experience and has a detailed knowledge and understanding of the central London markets.

Martyn joined Colliers in February 2018 from CBRE, where he spent 8 years within the Central London Valuation & Advisory team.  Whilst at CBRE he advised on some of the best buildings within the City to include 30 St Mary Axe, EC3; 20 Fenchurch Street, EC3; 10 Upper Bank Street, E14 and 1 & 5 Bank Street, E14.

Since joining Colliers the City Valuation & Advisory Team has valued a high proportion of transactions during 2018 and 2019.