Welcome from Andrew!

Andrew is President of the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation 2019/20. 

He runs his own consultancy and is a Chartered Surveyor. 

He attended Bootham School, York prior to studying Land and Property Valuation at Southampton Institute (now Solent University) where he was also Student Union President for two years. 

Andrew joined the Valuation Office Agency before joining GL Hearn as a graduate in 1995 eventually working across the years to become Head of Business Rates 2012-2017. 

He is a Past President of the Rating Surveyors’ Association (2012/13) and remains a committee member of the RSA. 

Andrew has been actively involved with business rates valuation and rate payment throughout his career. 

Andrew joined IRRV Council in 2015, served as Chair of both Law & Research and the Valuation Faculty Board, as well as representing the IRRV on the VOA Professional Bodies Liaison Group, the Valuation Tribunal Users Group and is also a member of the RICS Local Taxation Policy Group. 

He has also served as Chairman of Accessible Retail Ltd a trade and representative body for property professionals in the out of town sector. 

He has been a regular public speaker and facilitator for the IRRV, RSA and the International Property Tax Institute across the UK and internationally. 

Married to Helen with two children Sophia and Joshua outside work Andrew has enjoyed scuba diving, sailing and following his string of aptly named racehorses.