Charterhouse Senior Management Team

Michael Holt, CEO

BSc MRICS

Michael graduated from the College of Estate Management at Reading University and subsequently undertook a degree in Land Management. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Michael founded Charterhouse Standard Holdings in 1994.

Previously, Michael was a Chartered Surveyor at Jones Lang Lasalle, the world’s leading real estate services and money management firm. Here he honed his skills in property and financials and began his career building companies that specialise in every aspect of property, developing the Charterhouse Group of Companies including SYH Charterhouse, Charterhouse Retirement Solutions, and Charterhouse Joint Ventures.

Chris Old, Director

BSc PGDipSurveying

Chris graduated from Southampton University with a degree in Management Sciences, and subsequently obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Surveying from The University of Reading. Since graduating Chris has negotiated the purchase of a large number of residential investments and development sites throughout London and the South East. His particular areas of expertise include active asset management both in terms of income generation and maximising on any potential planning gain. He has held several project management roles in one off bespoke projects.

Dougas Simpson, Project Management

BEng Hons, PGDipSurveying

Douglas is a graduate of the University of Southampton (BEng Honours in Aerospace Engineering) and the University of Reading (PG diploma in Surveying). Post graduation, Douglas initially worked as a Quantity Surveyor on a number of key projects for Berkeley Homes in Portsmouth. Since 2007 he has undertaken projects on behalf of Gardiner & Theobald LLP Construction Management in London as an Associate Director. Examples of the breadth of projects led and managed by Douglas below;

Project Kimberley, Bedfordshire – £22M
New build 20,000 sq ft commercial centre comprising office space, meeting rooms, gymnasium, crèche, restaurant and café. The external works included 11 acres of hard and soft landscaping including a geothermal ground loop installation below the car park. The building was awarded a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating and recognized industry awards for its construction.

York House, Wimbledon – £2M
New build 5,000 sqft private house with basement swimming pool and cinema room.

East Side Plaza, Portsmouth – £50M
New build development comprising three residential apartment blocks including a 28 storey tower built over ground floor commercial space and a two level basement car park, 315 No. apartments and seven commercial units.

Ariadne II, Portsmouth – £20M
New build six-storey residential development comprising 174 No. apartments, 117 No. of which were affordable housing units.

Vulcan Building, Portsmouth – £8M
Grade II refurbishment of an historic naval armoury building into 28 No. luxury apartments and an art museum.

Robin Bretherick, Town Planning Consultant

FRICS DipTP MRTPI

Robin is a highly experienced Planning Consultant specialising in planning applications and appeals, and advising on development feasibility and related matters. With over 40 years’ experience, he cut his teeth working at the coal face for London planning authorities, dealing with applications of all types and, later, leading a team of planners managing all aspects of development control. He also gained valuable experience servicing Planning Committees and appearing at Public Inquiries, Hearings and other appeal forums, working with and against many of the top planning Barristers.

Robin was the founding partner in his planning consultancy practice, Robin Bretherick Associates, and has now practiced in the private sector for over 20 years, achieving considerable success for a variety of clients.

Jonathan Lermit, Financial Consultant

MA (Oxon), ACA

Jonathan graduated from Keble College, Oxford having read Modern History and then trained with Moore Stephens, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1982. His work there included a range of businesses of varying size and activity. Since 1985 Jonathan has worked as a Financial Consultant working alongside a number of organisations involving various projects, from accounting systems and financial reporting to investigations and strategic consultancy. Jonathan has been part of the management team at Charterhouse for the past five years leading work around financial structures, strategies, budgets and reporting.