AGENCY
Richard Lockhart
Partner
Richard spent the first 5 years of his career in City Agency before transferring to the West End. He has now been at COH for over 20 years advising clients all over Central London on both leasing and acquisitions. In an ideal world Richard would spend his spare time golfing, skiing and sampling red wine, but 4 children keep him on the straight and narrow, most of the time.
07780 661 096
richard@coh.eu
AGENCY
Nick Sinclair
Partner
Nick commenced his career in 2002 and has been at COH since 2006, focusing on all aspects of Central London offices. Nick is a long suffering supporter of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
07970 511 730
nick@coh.eu
INVESTMENT
Peter Dewar
Partner
Peter has in excess of 20 years’ experience, working on Central London investments and developments, as well as advising on income strip and annuity style transactions. Peter lives in Northamptonshire (with a few nights in London) with his wife, three children and three dogs.
07957 422 394
peter@coh.eu
AGENCY
Phil Frenay
Partner
Phil is Crossland Otter Hunt ‘man and boy’ and focuses on office acquisitions and leasing work. The one thing that rivals Phil’s love for property is his love of all sport, both participating in and spectating. Thankfully his skills as an agent far surpass his abilities on the sports field.
07818 566 174
phil@coh.eu
AGENCY
Jessica Flather
Associate Partner
With a decade of experience working in the Central London office market, Jess provides strategic leasing and occupational advice to a wide range of clients, from start ups to institutional organisations. She is passionate about design, wellbeing and has a keen eye for detail.
Alongside traditional leasing, Jess also specialises in flexible leasing brokerage within the serviced office sector and has acquired space on behalf of a number of clients over recent years.
Outside of work, Jess enjoys staying active by exploring the Suffolk countryside with her young family and friends. As a busy working mother, she squeezes in a reformer Pilates class where she can and likes to wind down with a spicy margarita when time allows.
07787 296201
jessica@coh.eu
INVESTMENT
Gregor Wallace
Partner
Gregor has specialised in Central London investment advisory since 2002, focusing primarily on office and retail investments. Additionally, he has provided advice on various residential assets. He has guided numerous family offices and private investors on acquisitions and ongoing strategies.
Outside of work, he is an avid motorsport fan, a reasonably good badminton player, and a terrible skier.
07525 595 526
gregor@coh.eu
AGENCY
Charlotte Steele
Surveyor
Charlotte has worked in the Central London Market since 2021. She graduated from the University of St Andrews in 2020 with a degree in Geography. She then completed her Master’s at the University of Reading, before joining Crossland Otter Hunt. Outside of work, Charlotte enjoys both playing and watching sports, being outdoors, and travelling.
07503 625 481
charlotte@coh.eu
AGENCY / LEASE ADVISORY
Bryan Pontifex
Partner
Bryan was a founding partner in Crossland Otter Hunt, having started his career at Healey and Baker with whom he spent a period of time working in New York. Away from the office, you’ll find Bryan golfing, taking the dog on holiday or skiing, but only the first two in Scotland.
07801 928 777
bryan@coh.eu
INVESTMENT
Oscar Holmes
Surveyor
Oscar has worked in the Central London Market since 2021 and has recently joined the investment team at Crossland Otter Hunt. He has a Real Estate degree from Oxford Brookes and is a qualified Chartered Surveyor. Outside of work, Oscar aims to spend as much time as humanly possible skiing.
07748 702 505
oscar@coh.eu
LEASE ADVISORY
Jon Staniforth
Surveyor
Jon concentrates on rent review and lease renewal work and in addition he is an accredited Arbitrator. Jon still helps with the running of his cricket team and plays the occasional game, making sure there are two young fielders either side of him to do all the work! Otherwise golf and gardening occupy the weekends.
07776 687 270
jon@coh.eu
Finance
Deborah Richmond
Finance
Debbie is in charge of Finance and Administration at COH, based in our Sheffield Office. Outside of work Debbie enjoys watching F1, walking and sampling real ale at local pubs.
0114 296 0099
AGENCY
Mathis Piquiot
SURVEYOR
Mathis has recently joined Crossland Otter Hunt. He graduated from the University of Durham in 2023 with a degree in Anthropology. Afterwards he did a Master’s in real estate at the University of Reading graduating in the summer of 2024. Outside of work he believes he is a racket sport person. However, he can only play squash adequately.
07856 686 966
mathis@coh.eu
Lease Advisory/Agency
Emma Byrne
Partner
Emma has played an active role in the Central London Office Market for over 15 years since joining CBRE in 2008. She specialises in all matters relating to Lease Advisory and provides disposal and acquisition advice to a wide range of clients.
Although a Devon girl at heart, she now enjoys living in the Essex Countryside spending her weekends on the sidelines cheering on her son’s sporting endeavours.
07715516788
emmab@coh.eu
Agency
Mike MacKeith
Partner
Mike has worked in the West End for many years, including stints at Savills and Colliers, mainly advising on marketing and disposal of offices but with some regular acquisition work. He acts for a number of private family offices, property companies and Estates.
When not working, he plays golf and tennis badly and spends time and money keeping his Triumph Stag on the road.
07831361722
mike@coh.eu
MARKETING
Ciara Henry
Marketing Manager
Ciara recently joined Crossland Otter Hunt, taking over the Marketing and Admin. She graduated from the University of Galway in 2023 with a degree in Film and Digital Media.
After university, she split her time between her hometown in the West of Ireland and her seasonal work in Sunny Spain, before somehow managing to settle on England.
0207 4081114
Ciara@coh.eu