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Julian Roche
MA (Oxon), MPhil, PhD
Chief Economist
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.
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Mike Kenyon
MRICS, AAPI, CPV (P&M), AAVA CPV
Partner, Head of Machinery and Business Assets
Mike has garnered decades of experience in niche sectors of machinery and equipment valuation in various countries around the world. He commenced his valuation career in 1973 as a cadet plant and machinery valuer at Henry Butcher and Company, London. Through this experience, Mike has gained practical expertise to meet a variety of valuation requirements for numerous commercial and industrial operations across the UK and Europe. In 1983, Mike joined Exeter Machine Tools as a specialist valuer of machinery and equipment that was outside the usual remit of instructions. During this time Mike was part of several large projects including the valuation and sale of equipment associated with watch-making and automotive gauges.
Mike worked in New Zealand from 1986 and was responsible for the South Island plant and machinery valuations undertaken for litigation, insurance reinstatement, financial reporting, loan security, taxation, and due diligence. In 1993, Mike moved to Australia where he undertook assignments for large companies and government organisations, carrying out major overseas instructions in Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, the United States and Thailand.
Mike has been in the UAE since 2013 and has conducted many types of machinery and fixed assets valuations in varying industrial and commercial businesses throughout the GCC, Mediterranean countries, Egypt, Mexico and Australia.
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Sarah-Jane Carter
BA (Hons) DipM
Head of Marketing
Sarah-Jane joined Cavendish Maxwell in January 2020 as Head of Marketing and is responsible for the development of the marketing strategy and execution across the Middle East region. An energetic and results driven marketer, Sarah-Jane possesses a wealth of multi-channel marketing experience, within both B2B and B2C environments which she has gained over a 25 year career. Prior to joining Cavendish Maxwell, Sarah-Jane held senior marketing positions for major developers in Dubai including Emaar, Dubai Properties and Dubai Sports City. She also worked for IWG as the Regional Marketing Director responsible for the MEA and APAC regions. Before relocating to the UAE in 2005, Sarah-Jane held various management roles in public and private sector companies in the UK including ten years at Royal Mail and seven years at the Bank of America.
Sarah-Jane is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and has a BA(Hons) Degree in Business and Marketing
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