Thomas Bolton

Director, Head of Strategic Projects @Savills

United Arab Emirates, SA

Negotiated, secured and delivered an exclusive sales management contract with TECOM Group worth circa in fees. • Recruited, created and managed a new Strategic Projects department consisting of 12 full-time staff capable of delivering a turnkey service to developers. Creating and managing departmental budgets, carrying out appraisals and reporting directly to regional CEO. • Implemented bespoke CRM system, fully customised to fit the wide-ranging requirements of turnkey services offered. System able to monitor sales inventory, lead management, receipt and track payments, workflows, document creation and customer communication.• Subsequent business development wins includes the exclusive sales contract and delivering full turnkey services for Bahwan Tower by Utmost Properties, contract value circa Al Andulas Apartments by Jumeirah Golf Estates and Community Management mandate for Villa Lantana worth over a two year period.• Delivered residential valuations in accordance with the RICS Valuation Standards throughout the UAE for secured lending institutions such as HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Emirates NBD and Barclays.• Commercial valuations throughout the Middle East spanning retail, industrial and office sectors including the valuation of a portfolio of 10 shopping centres throughout Saudi Arabia.• Preparing feasibility and pricing studies for international developers and advising on mixed use developments including the iconic Hard Rock Café site on Sheikh Zayed Road and IKEA in Bahrain.

Birmingham City University

PgDip, Real Estate Management

Loughborough University

BSc Hons, Ergonomics