Our People

Chartered Building Surveyor and Head of Project and Building Consultancy at Cavendish Maxwell. Kamraan has surveyed and reported on all types of assets including luxury residences, mixed-use towers, commercial buildings, hotels/resorts, malls, industrial, agricultural and major retail assets. He has developed the ability to understand buildings from all asset classes given his 15 years’ experience across construction and real estate including building surveying, project management, team management, property management and valuation.

A Fellow of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers, a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a graduate of the University of Reading, he trained as a residential and commercial building surveyor and valuer. His track record includes building pathology, defect analysis, costings, condition reports, building surveys, homebuyer reports, material impact on value, technical due diligence, life cycle costing, maintenance, acquisition, disposal, suitability for loan security and project management.

Kamraan has extensive international experience advising major top tier international clients including multinational and local banks, developers, royal families and holding groups. Current and previous clients include HSBC, Standard Chartered, DIB, ENBD, Arabtec, Majid al Futtaim Group & Omniyat.

He has built up a sound technical knowledge of commercial and residential construction and has spearheaded numerous mandates to assist clients better understand their assets in relation to life cycle cost analysis, complete building maintenance, technical due diligence, feasibility studies, reinstatement cost and refurbishment.

Kamraan is an RICS accredited APC assessor and works with his team to ensure that high quality training and guidance is given to ensure consistent high standards for Cavendish Maxwell and surveying profession in the UAE.

Abhishek has over 11 years of experience out of which 8 have been in the Middle East. He specializes in sourcing, structuring and executing complex institutional grade real estate transactions across a multitude of asset classes – both core and alternate. Abhishek has structured multiple transactions in the region across commercial, industrial, education and healthcare asset classes. He also has experience in deploying private and institutional capital in cross-border transactions.

Abhishek has strong relationships with institutional investors, private family offices, asset managers, and large occupiers across the region having advised them on their real estate strategy for the region.

Abhishek is a Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst (CAIA) specializing in real estate, private equity and alternative investments. He also holds a Certificate in Hotel Investments and Asset Management from Cornell University and is a certified Financial Modelling and Valuation Analyst (FMVA). Abhishek holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from K.J. Somaiya, Mumbai.

Daniel Harrison has been with Cavendish Maxwell since September 2010, gaining nine years of experience in the Commercial Valuation team. He is an expert RERA-registered valuer and an accomplished chartered surveyor in the MENA region, offering expertise to varied clients on all aspects of valuations across specialty asset classes.

His team is responsible for all valuations relating to assets positioned in specialist sectors, including hotels, hospitality and leisure, education, medical facilities, exhibition halls, district cooling plants, retail, restaurants and nightclubs.

Daniel has overseen and provided considered advice on over 200 operational hotels in the UAE, offering focussed competitor profiling and operational performance analysis to clients. His core disciplines incorporate extensive yield profiling and value analysis with detailed financial modelling and accurate forecasting, helping unlock an asset’s true market value.

Daniel is a RICS-accredited valuer and alongside providing expert valuations services is responsible for ensuring the creation and delivery of the highest quality reports in accordance with RICS Red Book and International Valuation Standard Council (IVSC) standards.

Tim joined Cavendish Maxwell from Deloitte Real Estate in London and has a broad experience of valuation in the residential sector, plus a diverse range of commercial properties including mixed use development sites, office, industrial and retail.

Tim has provided valuations for accounting, loan security and for business restructuring purposes for a number of key clients including the Bank of England, Public Health England, Glaxo Smith Kline and a number of London Boroughs.

Tim is a Partner in the Commercial Valuation department and responsible for valuations of a number of property types and brings a strong understanding of the RICS.

Tim undertakes broad range of valuations across Dubai, the northern Emirates and Abu Dhabi covering all asset types including office, warehousing, retail, residential in addition to development plots. Tim is responsible for overseeing all industrial valuations across the UAE and have also undertaken industrial valuations in Bahrain and mixed use development projects in Iraq.

In 2017 Tim was seconded to Oman for 7 months to help establish the new Cavendish Maxwell office in Muscat. His responsibilities included empanelment with the banks and business development within the country in addition to ensuring a level of service consistent with the UAE brand. In addition to Industrial valuations, Tim currently assists on overseeing the Abu Dhabi office, covering all assets classes with a strong track record of portfolio valuations for major banks and developers.

Himanshu is a chartered surveyor and RICS registered valuer, with over 20 years’ experience in plant and machinery valuation. His experience spans a diverse mix of industries in over 30 countries and he has worked with some of the largest FTSE-100 clients during his time with PwC in London.

Himanshu has played a significant role in developing plant and machinery valuation advisory practices in India and the UK, ensuring best practices and international valuation standards are achieved.

Himanshu is a mechanical engineering graduate with an RICS-accredited master’s degree in plant and machinery valuation and he has a business management qualification from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM-C).

Jessica Taylor joined Cavendish Maxwell in 2016. As HR Director, Jessica is responsible for the development and execution of all HR strategies, policies, services and programmes. She brings to the HR team over 10 years of extensive people-management skills and hands-on experience leading HR initiatives.

Jessica's expertise is founded on understanding and translating business objectives into meaningful strategies and policies that engage and motivate employees and create a positive work environment. Placing immense importance on employee engagement, Jessica believes in the principle that people tend to support what they help to create.

Prior to her role at Cavendish Maxwell, Jessica held various positions within private and public sector companies in the UK. Her meticulous approach, passion to understand what motivates people, and her support in helping them achieve their full potential has inspired positive change in the organisations where she has worked.

Her key areas of expertise includes policy design, employee engagement, compensation, performance management, recruiting, compliance reporting, HR workflow development, training and development, and benefits administration.

Paul has 20 years of experience in valuation and consultancy services and has worked in leading international practices across the UAE, Oman, Europe and the UK.

His professional knowledge encompasses all property asset classes including large, complex master plan developments of mixed-use properties in office, retail, industrial, leisure, hospitality and residential sectors. Paul is professionally qualified to value minerals, waste and recycling properties as well as environmental land considerations.

Paul’s client portfolio includes international and local banks, lending institutions, developers, investors, owner occupiers as well as accountants, legal firms and insolvency practitioners. As joint head of the Commercial Valuation department he is responsible for valuations of all property types. He ensures quality assurance and provides timely RICS Red Book/International Valuation Standard Council (IVSC) standard reports.

Chris joined us from Abu Dhabi Finance where he was the CEO for over ten years. He is a senior financial services and real estate executive with 25 years of experience in retail, corporate, and SME banking, including 14 years in the UAE financial services sector.

Chris has held management responsibility for sales, business development, marketing, finance, client care, operations, risk, legal, audit, HR, IT, change management, and governance. He is an advisor and partner to several FinTech and PropTech companies in the region and is a regular attendee at board and audit committee meetings.

Chris is a Chartered Accountant with experience working for blue chip multinational banks, local (UAE) and international banking sector, possessing diverse industry experience across the manufacturing, tourism and leisure, insurance, and financial services sector. Chris has led major projects including Oracle Financials implementations, acquiring and merging companies, financial due diligence, Basel II, Core Banking system implementation, FSA Treating Customers Fairly, Treasury Systems, and company re-branding. Chris is Vice President for INSEAD National Alumni Association for the UAE.

Khalil Al Zadjali has served as the Head of Cavendish Maxwell in Oman since 2017. He has a BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) in business and finance from the UK and brings over 14 years of experience in valuations across the Sultanate in commercial, residential and investment properties. Khalil’s expertise has helped cement relationships with government agencies and high-profile clients in Oman and the wider GCC.

Prior to his role at Cavendish Maxwell, he led the Valuations team at Hamptons International, using his in-depth industry knowledge to accurately value various real estate assets. Khalil retained a substantial number of clients in the move to Cavendish Maxwell, and his strong, long-lasting relationships with all major banks in Oman have been invaluable to the growth of the company’s presence in the Sultanate.

Jay is from the UK and moved to Dubai in May 2008 before setting up Cavendish Maxwell with a business partner 5 months later. Following on from this in 2014, Jay set up the real estate intelligence platform, Property Monitor.

Jay holds a BA honours degree in economics and accountancy and a master’s degree in estate management. He spent 6 years in the City of London with Sanwa International and JP Morgan before embarking on a career in property and subsequently qualifying as a chartered surveyor in 2006.

Jay’s real estate experience covers valuation, landlord and tenant, property management, commercial agency, fund management and investment. Jay is a creative business thinker and the driving force behind Cavendish Maxwell’s emergence from a niche valuation company into a larger multidiscipline surveying practice. The flame of ambition still burns very bright he says, as the next few years will demonstrate.

Away from work Jay is an Arsenal season ticket holder, Ironman triathlete, white collar boxer and keen cyclist who cycled half the Tour de France route in July 2017 averaging 200km a day.

Julian joined Cavendish Maxwell as Chief Economist in January 2019. Coming from an old real estate family in Ireland, his career as an economist began with a first-class honours degree in philosophy, politics and economics at the age of 19, following which Julian was an analyst with the UK Government. He later helped develop and launch the UK’s residential forecasting service with the firms that merged to become Global Insight. Julian subsequently developed derivatives in the City of London and established real estate futures contracts for what is now the International Commodity Exchange. He also ran a property development and management firm, before eventually serving as an international consultant and trainer to governments, central banks and notable firms including AXA, Citibank, DBS, Deloitte and Thomson Reuters.

Julian fills his work-free time with academic pursuits; he holds several postgraduate degrees, including a PhD in International Risk Management Policy, and also the Licensed Conveyancer qualification. Julian has published many business and academic texts and articles, and is also a keen walker – especially fond of the Scottish Highlands.

James joined Cavendish Maxwell in March 2014. He has more than 16 years of experience in valuing a diverse range of properties including residential apartments and villas, commercial properties, trading properties, and development sites including large mixed-use developments in both, the UK and Middle East.

James has gained a wealth of valuation experience having led related activities on a diverse range of regional and international properties. He specialises in advising lending institutions and conducting valuations for property funds, corporate entities and for IPO purposes. His client portfolio includes international and local banks, lending institutions, developers, investors, owner occupiers as well as accountants, legal firms and insolvency practitioners.

James is joint head of the Commercial Valuation department and is responsible for valuations of all property types. He also champions quality assurance and project excellence to provide high-quality and timely reports in accordance with RICS Red Book/International Valuation Standard Council (IVSC) standards.

Sofia is a qualified surveyor with over 12 years’ international experience in the UK, Middle East and Australia. Sofia was previously with CBRE, Stockland Property Group as well as Legal and General, in Sydney and London, where she focused on property valuation, advisory and investment management.

Sofia is responsible for banks as well as private and institutional clients, overseeing valuations throughout the UAE and the wider region. Some of her current clients include Aldar, Meraas, Dubai Properties, Emirates NBD, Mashreq Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, SAMBA, HSBC and Standard Chartered, among others.