Athole McKillop

BScFor MICFor MRICS

Partner | Rural, Forestry, Energy

Athole is a former director of Land Factor which he joined in 1986. Following the merger with Galbraith in 2019 Athole is a Partner, Chartered Forester and Head of Forestry for the firm based in our Edinburgh and Penrith Offices. Working throughout Northern England and Scotland, he carries out forestry and rural land management as well as purchase and sales of woodland and forest properties, valuations and forestry project co-ordination. He also has interests in renewables and minerals.

Ben Dobson

Associate | Commercial

Ben joined Galbraith in 2019 as an Associate in the Commercial Agency Team. He has over 10 years’ worth of experience the UK commercial market and has worked with a range of institutional and private clients across Scotland and the UK. Ben specialises in both occupier and landlord acquisitions and disposals on both a leasehold and heritable basis. Ben has a strong track record advising on commercial development in multiple sectors, across the country.

Gareth Taylor

MRICS

Associate | Rural, Energy, Valuations

Gareth joined Galbraith in 2012 and is part of the Rural and Energy Team based in Edinburgh. He undertakes a wide-range of renewable, rural consultancy and valuation work across Scotland and is a Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers as well as a RICS Registered Valuer.

George Bouwens

BSc (Hons) MRICS

Building Surveying

George joined Galbraith in 2017 and is based in the Edinburgh office.  Previously he ran his own practice in Kenya focusing on the educational sector and private residential projects and worked for Knight Frank in Hungerford prior to this.

Iain Russell

BLE FRICS

Chairman | Rural, Valuations

Iain Russell is Chairman of Galbraith. Based in our Edinburgh office Iain provides wide-ranging consultancy, management and valuation advice throughout our business and specialises in advising clients including estates, farms, private companies and individuals on a broad range of strategic issues.

James Galbraith

MRICS

Consultant Partner | Rural, Valuations

James has practiced in Edinburgh for most of his career advising clients on all aspects of rural estate management, residential property and commercial property investment. Specialist areas in which he practices include agricultural holdings law, the valuation of rural property, forestry, inheritance tax planning and portfolio property investment. He is a partner in a family farming business in the Scottish Borders and is responsible for the firm's Borders offices.

James Towers

BSc (Hons) MRICS

Building Surveying

James joined Galbraith in June 2016 and is based in our Edinburgh office. He undertakes various commercial and rural projects throughout Scotland as well as a full range of professional building surveying services.

Jamie Addison-Scott

BSc (Hons) MSc MRICS

Commercial, Investment

Jamie joined Galbraith in 2016 and is part of the commercial investment team. He is involved in all areas of commercial investment within the retail, office and industrial sectors. He acts for a broad range of private and institutional clients throughout Scotland. He passed the Investment Management Certificate in 2017 and became of member of the RICS in 2018.

Jamie Thain

BLE MRICS

Partner | Commercial, Investment

Jamie joined Galbraith in 2017 and is a partner in the Commercial Investment Team.  He has an in depth knowledge of the UK commercial property investment market and has  been involved in numerous significant transactions throughout his career. He has a strong track record as a multi-sector advisor, dealing with individual assets and portfolios throughout the UK.

Jay Skinner

BSc (Hons) MRTPI

Planning

Jay joined Galbraith in 2018 and is based in our Edinburgh office. He brings with him previous experience of public sector planning having dealt with a diverse range of rural, commercial and residential projects. Jay will provide guidance and advice to a range of clients as well as support the growth of the firm’s planning services.

Jennifer Jeffrey

BA (Hons) MRICS FAAV

Rural, Valuations

Jennifer joined the Edinburgh office in 2016 after graduating from Scotland's Rural College with a First Class Honours Degree in Rural Business Management. She qualified as a Chartered Rural Surveyor in October 2018. She is involved in a wide range of valuation and professional consultancy across the Scottish Borders and Lothians as well as assisting with estate management.

Joanne Plant

MA MRTPI

Planning

Joanne joined Galbraith in April 2018 and is based in our Edinburgh office. She brings over 15 years of planning consultancy experience to Galbraith where she is responsible for providing guidance and advice to a range of clients as well as supporting the growth of the firm’s planning services.

Martin Cassels

BSc (Hons) MRICS

Chief Executive | Building Surveying

Martin is Chief Executive of Galbraith. He joined the firm in 2008 and now has over 20 years experience of both residential and commercial sectors of building surveying. Martin previously worked with CB Richard Ellis and Kilmartin Property Group. He was partner in charge of Building Surveying at Galbraith providing the full range of building surveying services including project management, development monitoring and professional building surveying services for a wide range of clients until taking over as Chief Executive in April 2020.

Mike Thompson

BSc (Hons) MRICS

Senior Associate | Rural, Valuations

Mike is based in our Edinburgh office and is mainly involved in estate management throughout East Lothian, the Borders and Lanarkshire. Mike is a farmer's son and has been with Galbraith for in excess of 30 years.

Nicola MacGruer

MRICS

Commercial

Nicola joined Galbraith in 2017 and is based in our Edinburgh office. Nicola works within the commercial team specialising in rating for commercial properties and also providing planning guidance and advice to a range of clients.

Pamela Gray

MA Dip.LE FRICS

Partner | Commercial, Valuations

Pamela is the Partner in charge of Commercial Property Asset Management, based in our Edinburgh office and working for clients throughout the UK. She specialises in the full range of Asset Management and Consultancy services across all the commercial sectors.

Pam Over

BSc (Hons) MRICS

Partner | Commercial, Building Surveying, Valuations

Pam is a Partner and a member of the firm's Commercial team. Based in the Edinburgh office she has over 30 years' experience of commercial property specialising in asset management and development for a wide range of clients. She has the breadth of experience to take projects from conception through to completion.

Peter Scott Aiton

MRICS

Partner | Building Surveying

Peter joined Galbraith in 2010 when he returned to Scotland after working for GVA Grimley in London. He is Head of Building Surveying and predominantly undertakes commercial projects and professional work throughout Scotland and England. Peter has a working knowledge of rural property through his family farm in the Borders. Peter also covers some rural and residential Building Surveying work.

Rebecca March

Sales

Rebecca is based in the Edinburgh office specialising in the sale and valuation for all types of rural and equestrian property.

Richard Higgins

BA Dip.LE FRICS

Partner | Energy, Commercial, Valuations

Richard heads up the firms Commercial division and works between our Edinburgh and Stirling offices. He and his team provide a range of consultancy, investment, agency and professional services to a wide ranging client base throughout Scotland and the UK. In addition Richard provides planning and consultancy advice on a number of large electricity transmission and renewable infrastructure projects.

Tom Tongs

BSc (Hons)

Building Surveying

Tom joined Galbraith in April 2019 as a graduate Building Surveyor in the Edinburgh office. Previously he spent 9 years in the Army as a Royal Engineer Officer involved in construction and operations management with experience working in Africa and the Middle East.

Will Sandwell

BA(Hons) MSc MRICS

Partner | Commercial, Investment

Will joined Galbraith in 2017 and is a Partner in the commercial investment team. He has 13 years experience advising institutional investors, banks, property companies and private investors across a range of property assets. Will is one of the most active investment agents within the Scottish industrial market and advises a number of companies on their UK property strategies.