Christie + Co makes senior appointment to Corporate Pubs, Bars and Restaurants Team

22nd August 2011, 8:37am

Christie + Co has announced the appointment of Stephen Owens as head of the company’s Corporate Pubs, Bars and Restaurants Valuation and Advisory team.

The company said that his appointment comes at a time of virtually unparalleled advisory activity for the company.

Stephen joined Christie + Co in 2008 as head of Rent Reviews, based at the company's Leeds office, following a career of over 20 years in the licensed property sector where he worked for companies such as John Smiths, Allied Domecq, Tetley's and Yates Group.

Stephen is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS), an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is also on the RICS Panels of Arbitrators and Independent Experts.

Neil Morgan, director and head of Pubs at Christie + Co, said: "We're delighted to announce Stephen's appointment. We are enjoying one of our most successful periods ever in the pub, bar and restaurant sectors and Stephen is the ideal person to expand still further our flourishing advisory and valuation services business. He has already had a substantial input into a number of key national advisory projects on which we are currently engaged, and we look forward to him helping us to achieve even bigger and better things."

Stephen Owens added: "I'm both delighted and excited to be taking on this challenging position. We at Christie + Co enjoy an enviable reputation for the quality of our service to existing and ever-growing number of new clients. I look forward to consolidating and building upon that success working with operators, lenders and business-turnaround professionals."