Tim Hyatt: 'Now is a great time to be an independent, debt-free property consultancy with no external shareholders to answer to'
Knight Frank’s head of resi updates PrimeResi on the firm's progress against its three-year plan, and the key focuses for the next 12 months...
As Head of UK Residential, Tim looks after a network of 58 offices and 1,300 people. Tim joined Knight Frank in 2003 as a Partner in charge of UK Lettings and Property Management Business, after 12 years at Foxtons. Since 2012, Tim has set up a Corporate Relocation department, Investment and Management department, Overseas Investors services and a Business Generation team. He was appointed as a Proprietary Partner in 2009 and became Head of London Residential in 2019. Tim is also a Board Director of both the CLEA (Central London Estate Agents) and of LonRes.
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