Team

Prof. John Nolan is the President of the Construction Industry Council, a past President of the Institution of Structural Engineers and a Fellow of both that Institution and the Institution of Civil Engineers. He is a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Innovation at the University of Birmingham and he is a Chartered Engineer with over forty years experience in the construction industry. He has been responsible for projects in excess of £300 million.

Steve has over 40 years experience of working in the construction industry for both national and regional contractors where he has held senior positions. Trained as a Quantity Surveyor before then taking Regional Director roles in business development, Steve has spent the last 8 years with Winvic Construction Ltd managing the development of retail projects and developing its medium and high rise residential construction portfolio before joining Godwin Developments as Construction Director.

Michael is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and has 30 years of experience in the property sector of which over 20 years has been based in the West Midlands primarily in the residential and retail sectors.  Michael has extensive experience in the residential and mixed-use sectors, specialising in high profile agency and development consultancy. Michael formerly worked for the Governments Valuation Office, DTZ, GVA Grimley for 10 years as Partner in charge of Residential/Mixed Use Development up until his appointment at King Sturge in 2007 as Partner of the Central Region and was responsible for residential development for both Jones Lang LaSalle’s Birmingham and Nottingham offices.

Ken is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and has been in the construction industry for over 40 years. He was a Senior Partner in Gleeds International Management and Construction Consultancy and he worked on commercial and residential property projects totaling in excess of £100 billion. His expertise is extensive including project, contract and cost management services, and funding.

Jon has 40 years’ experience in local government, the public and voluntary sector. Jon served 32 years at Nottingham City Council, 16 of which as Council Leader responsible for community safety, property and finance management, transport, neighbourhood and city centre regeneration and economic development.

Prior to becoming Council Leader, Jon completed an MBA (Public Services at INLOGOV) and worked as an Urban Regeneration Consultant and Housing Development Officer. 

Jon has chaired Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Police Authority, served on East Midlands Regional Development Agency, Nottingham Primary Care Trust, D2N2 LEP, The East Midlands HS2 Program Board and for over 20 years chaired the Renewal Trust, a local community development trust.

Richard is a dual qualified planner and urban designer with over 25 years’ experience in planning consultancy, working for both public and private sector clients across the UK. Along with his own consultancies, he was previously the Director of Planning for Capita. Richard is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). His experience is extensive and varied across all development sectors from regeneration, large scale master planning, retail, housing, PRS, leisure and strategic land. In addition, Richard deals with complex projects for the NHS, MoD and Educational Institutions. He has managed consultancy teams in London, the South East and the Midlands. He also guest lectures in both planning and urban design at Universities in Sheffield, Nottingham, Loughborough and London.

Richard has over 35 years experience in construction and property development. Trained as a Quantity Surveyor working for contractors in various sectors, he progressed to hold the main board position at William Davis Ltd for 14 years, leading the residential contracting division. Richard works on the Godwin Advisory Board as well as establishing and managing the delivery process and team.

With over 20 years property experience, James has worked in Asset and Investment Management for some of the top real estate companies including JLL and LaSalle Investment Management where he has gained a wide range of experience across the Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Leisure sectors. Following work as an Acquisition and Asset Manager sourcing and delivering value-add opportunities across the UK, James is now focusing on the rapidly growing PRS and BTR market.

Krassi Stoyanova has over 20 years of experience in strategic and tactical marketing and communications for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets. She joined Godwin having previously built a successful track record with international engineering and metals corporates such as GFG Alliance, Liberty House Group, Caparo Industries and GEA. Krassi previously managed marketing teams across global geographies and has a deep understanding of brand and marketing strategy, external and internal communications and campaign management. She holds an MBA from the University of Birmingham and a BA Hons in Marketing and Management.

Matt has over 8 years of experience in the Construction Industry having worked in Quantity Surveying and Project Management. He has delivered projects of between £10m to £60m ranging from high-end residential, commercial/office, industrial and town regeneration schemes. Matt will continue to deliver high-quality developments for Godwin Developments within a range of markets.

Gurdeep has over 10 years experience within the construction and property development industry, initially training as a Quantity Surveyor, with experience in various sectors including Education, Sport, Commercial and Retail working for both public and private sector clients. Latterly, Gurdeep has worked as a Development Manager at a private equity firm delivering residential led developments.

Shivani joins Godwin with over 6 years experience in the property development industry having previously worked at Kier Group in their Living sector, delivering a number of high turnover developments ranging from 20 to 700 units, managing showhome and sales offices and focusing mainly on lead generation and CRM management. She has a strong background in marketing and communications which ranges from on-line and off-line disciplines from digital, traditional and CRM management. She holds a BA (Hons) Media and Journalism degree. 

Ketan has 7 years experience of working within the property industry. Joining Godwin as a Development Assistant, he has a demonstrated history of working in the real estate industry. Skilled in Lettings, Property Management, Retail and Event Management. Strong education professional with a BSc (Hons) in Property Investment and Finance, which is RICS Accredited.

Tom joins the London office as Land Manager. He previously worked as a project manager for TowerEight working on hotel and student accommodation schemes. Prior to this he spent 7 years as a professional rugby player, playing for London Irish in the Premiership, European competition and London Scottish championship. Tom is currently studying an MBA in Construction and Real Estate at University College of Estate Management which is RICS accredited.

Josh graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Civil Engineering. During his placement year he worked for Byrne Bros and had the opportunity to work on the Angel Court renovation and the impressive Chelsea Barracks development. Josh will continue to build on his technical knowledge and support Godwin Developments deliver high quality developments within a range of markets.

Nikesh began his career in the property industry working at a planning and development consultancy, predominantly completing viability appraisals and reports on behalf of developers and local authorities. He has a strong educational background with a BA (Hons) in Business Economics and MSc Real Estate, which is RICS Accredited.

Joining Godwin as a Development Assistant, Nikesh is excited to develop his skills and knowledge and pursue his career within property.

Claudine has four years’ experience within the property development industry, she has worked on the delivery of residential led developments and provided support for Senior Directors and delivery teams across the full spectrum of development. As a graduate surveyor she has supported public sector clients and Housing Associations throughout the UK, advising and guiding on s.106 and affordable housing, scheme design and quality as well as market sales analysis. Claudine has a strong educational background and an MSc in Real Estate Management (Distinction) and is currently working towards full membership of the RICS.

Gabrielle has experience within the property, construction and engineering industries having worked in New Zealand, Australia and the UK. Previous to joining Godwin Developments as Development Assistant, she worked for London developer Ballymore, on Europe’s biggest residential site. Gabrielle has previously worked for top Real Estate firm JLL as part of their residential research team. She also has experience in new homes, having previously worked for New Zealand’s largest house builder Mike Greer.

Henry is the founder of Bluewater Capital & Compliance. Henry’s 17 year investment banking career spans across the world’s leading international financial centres in the UK, Singapore, Australia and United States. He is an expert in Fintech (Financial Technology) and the distribution of execution and clearing services through emerging e-channels. At JPMorgan he pioneered the distribution of derivatives trading through their market leading platform eXtraTrade.  At Deutsche Bank he led a team responsible for advising and providing execution services across Rates, Credit, Futures & Options and FX to the world’s leading hedge funds.

Patrick has wide-ranging private and public fundraising experience across various sectors including alternative asset classes and for investment products. He has an extensive network of private and institutional investors who can also offer sector-specific expertise. Patrick’s professional background includes working in corporate finance as a stockbroker for Capel Cure Myers and Seymour Pierce Butterfield and practising as a corporate lawyer at Alsop Wilkinson, (subsequently DLA Piper LLP), and Lewis Silkin in London. Since 2009 he has worked independently as an investment consultant providing capital funding solutions for high growth companies.

Rob has over 25 years corporate finance experience within private equity, fundraising, acquisition finance and restructuring. His most recent roles include setting up and leading the Midlands office of NorthEdge Capital, a private equity business, and co-heading the creation of the Housing Growth Partnership, a £100m equity fund for small and medium sized housebuilders. He has also held senior positions at Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, EY and Deloitte.

David qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young and has both public company and private company fund raising experience, including advising on more than 15 IPO’s across a variety of sectors. David’s professional background includes working as a corporate financier for stockbrokers Williams de Broe, Seymour Pierce and XCAP Securities, where he was Head of Corporate Finance. David has first-hand regulatory experience as a public company regulatory adviser for the UK Listing Authority. He was also the CEO of AIM listed VANE Minerals PLC (with operations in the USA, Mexico and the UK) and has been the finance director for various UK based companies.

Stan has over 20 years lending experience in the real estate market having previously been employed by a number of lenders including Barclays Bank, Bank of Ireland and West deutsche Immobilien Bank. He has been directly involved in developments in the hotel, student accommodation, commercial and residential sectors including build to rent. He worked for Consensus Business Group, a family office, for four years where he arranged and restructured long term debt packages and at Alpha Real Capital for five years arranging debt for its commercial property funds management business. Stan holds a BSc in Economics from Warwick University and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

Rupy has over 10 years experience in the marketing field, having worked across a number of sectors, namely Retail, Education and Childcare. Previously having worked on key field marketing accounts for some of the UK’s leading brands such as Asda, Sainsbury’s, WH Smiths and Lidl. More recently Rupy has been involved in managing an events schedule for an Educational charity delivering and marketing in excess of 78 events per year. Rupy is responsible for the operational functions that sit around the Godwin Capital and Godwin Finance brands.

Abdul has over 15 years experience working as a freelance finance professional. A qualified accountant specialising in financial modelling, his clients have included blue chip companies to startups seeking to create dynamic and robust models for forecasting, business development, and attracting investment.

Cecil has over 30 years’ experience in financial services, including banking, insurance and investments. With extensive experience in intermediary sales to professional advisors in a direct and B2B environment. After spending many years in various roles with Santander and AXA, prior to joining Godwin in July 2020, Cecil’s most recent role was as Senior Business Development Manager for HSBC overseeing a new product launch into the UK intermediary space.

Rizwan has a BSC Real Estate degree and has worked in the property and investment sector for over 9 years, specialising in raising funding for new projects and start-up businesses. Rizwan previously worked as a Property Consultant where he introduced numerous investors, including hedge funds, to large residential development projects and various property investments.

Tia has over 3 years’ experience within the finance industry including duties such as administration in Debt Recovery, Insurance Claims and Credit Checking. She is excited to develop her knowledge and pursue her career within Accounting/Finance.

Sonia graduated in 2017 with a Commercial Photography degree and decided on a career change into the Finance Industry.  She has had 2 years’ experience within the industry. Working at Santander as a PPI Case Handler and at Leicester City Council as a Finance Assistant, within the Housing Finance team. Sonia has gained a Business and Administration Diploma while working at Leicester City Council. She looks forward to developing and gaining further skills within the finance team at Godwin Group.

Harrison has over 6 years’ experience in Account Management and Recruitment, with experience providing support to some of Australia’s largest recruitment agencies and to some of the UK’s largest automotive manufacturers. The knowledge and skills gained in these roles, along with his degree in English and Psychology, will hold him in good stead to make an impact in this new and exciting industry.

Louis has over 6 years of experience in Sales and Marketing. He has managed various marketing campaigns across a number of different channels, including traditional and online. He previously worked in the Accounting and Finance and Insurance sectors. Louis joins Godwin Capital as a Marketing Executive and is looking forward to the challenge in a different industry.

Nikki graduated in 2014 with a Business & Management Degree. She has held diverse roles over the past 5 years working in customer services, sales support, and more recently as a Consultancy Coordinator for the audit team at Ricoh UK. Nikki looks forward to developing her career with Godwin.

Keeley has over 20 years experience offering direct support to Chief Executives, Managing Directors and senior management teams in a variety of business sectors including; manufacturing, retail and marketing services. Before joining Godwin Developments Keeley worked as Personal Assistant to the Regional Managing Director of Trinity Mirror plc.

With a background in Administration and Customer Service, Natasha joins Godwin as Office Manager. Natasha has experience in the Construction sector having previously worked at consultancy firm Robin Low Francis (RLF) as their receptionist. She is looking forward to broadening her skills and working in an industry she feels passionate about.

Ray has over 30 years experience of working in finance-related positions, beginning back in 1988 when he got his first role in a private accountancy practice in Derby. He worked in all area of practice from sole trader accounts to multimillion pound corporate audit assignments. After 17 years working in practice, he made the move into the world of professional football finance, spending over 10 years in senior positions at Nottingham Forest, Barnsley & Derby County Football Clubs. Ray, moved away from football in 2015 and joined Godwin after holding a similar position within the Redrow plc group of companies.

Rob has 15 years’ experience working in Accountancy, starting in private Accountancy practices across Derby, Ashbourne and Norwich. Rob completed his Accountancy apprenticeship in 2009.

After spending 8 years in practice Rob transitioned into senior positions in the property industry. Carrying out various corporate restructuring, and financial management over the years. Rob joined Godwin Group in April 2019.

Helen is a Chartered Accountant and has over 4 years of finance experience starting from the finance department at a private hotel chain. She then spent over 3 years working in practice at BDO LLP with audit clients, ranging from manufacturing to construction with exposure to listed and privately owned companies. She completed her ACA training with the firm in 2019. Helen joined Godwin Group in January 2020.

Greg has over 6 years of finance experience, commencing at Nottingham Forest where he worked in numerous roles over the course of his 15 years at the company. As well as dealing with financial matters for Godwin he also manages the administration of the investor application process.

Megan has more than two years’ experience in accounting. Starting her career in the motor industry for a luxury vehicle brand after completing her apprenticeship, Megan learned the basics in a Purchase Ledger role gradually taking on more responsibility filling the Accounts Assistant role. Megan has sound knowledge in reconciling and creating accounts, making payments, credit control and updating ledgers. Megan is looking forward to growing her skills further and developing her accountancy knowledge in the property industry with Godwin.