Our theory is that whichever agent you choose, it's their people who'll decide the result you get and make or break the experience you have. So we think very carefully about who works for us and we've created a culture that puts getting 'better results' for our clients, at the top of everybody's agenda.

In practice, our people go to great lengths to get better results. But they're also personable, pleasant to deal with, well-informed and highly professional.

Marsh & Parsons employs over 200 people across our network of 15 offices in central, west and south west London. You can meet the managers of our offices here, but here's a bit about our Directors...

Peter Rollings, Chief Executive

Email: prollings@marshandparsons.co.uk

Described by The Negotiator Magazine as being a strong contender for Britain’s most successful estate agent, Peter Rollings was one of the key players in the expansion of Foxtons throughout the eighties and nineties. He started his career in the Lane Fox country house department in 1982, staying three years before moving to Foxtons where he rose to become managing director from 1997 to 2005. He left in 2005 to purchase long-established central London agents Marsh & Parsons. He went on to buy south west London agency Vanstons and now runs a successful network of 15 offices in central, south and west London with a focus on sales, lettings, property management, new homes and Investment. With his in-depth knowledge of the London residential market he has become a regular media commentator on the residential property market.

Liza-Jane Kelly, Sales Director

Email: ljkelly@marshandparsons.co.uk

Originally from Dublin, Liza-Jane Kelly has over 15 years experience of working in the property market. Starting in 1993 with Ireland’s largest estate agent, Sherry FitzGerald, Liza-Jane moved over to London in 1999 to join Hamptons International where having turned their Islington business into one of their top performing offices at the time, she went on to run their flagship branch in Knightsbridge. In 2005, Liza-Jane used her genuine passion for property and successful track record within central London, to become the Sales Director and equity partner of Marsh & Parsons. Joining Peter Rollings, Liza-Jane was an integral part in establishing what is now considered to be one of London’s most reputable Estate Agents.

 

Fergal Walshe, Chief Financial Officer

Email: fwalshe@marshandparsons.co.uk

Fergal Walshe qualified as a chartered accountant in 1998 after completing his training with Deloitte in Dublin. With a keen interest in the property market, Fergal joined Jones Lang LaSalle later becoming their Finance Director.  After completing his MBA, he made the decision in 2005 to move to London to work with West Properties, an award winning property investment and development company.  Several years later, and with a wife and young children, Fergal took the opportunity to become the Group Finance Director for Marsh & Parsons' parent company - The Sherry FitzGerald Group, Ireland’s largest and most recognisable estate agency and property services group. During his time with Sherry FitzGerald, Fergal faced the challenges of operating in a rapidly deteriorating Irish property market, as well as the impact of the global financial crisis on the London arm of the group.  More recently, Fergal played a key role in the change of ownership of Marsh & Parsons. Fergal moved back to London in January 2012 becoming Chief Financial Officer of Marsh & Parsons and a member of the board and will work closely with his fellow directors in Marsh & Parsons’ continuing growth within the capital.

Patrick Littlemore, Director of Lettings

Email: plittlemore@marshandparsons.co.uk

Patrick moved to London from Australia in 1999 to complete his postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Music. He started a job with Hamptons International and within a year was lettings manager of their Islington office. Patrick has created efficient and professional lettings teams all over London from Islington to Richmond and having been an area manager covering the Richmond, Wimbledon and Chiswick areas he left to join Marsh & Parsons to set up the new Chelsea lettings office. In September of 2006 Patrick took over the South & West lettings regions and established five new offices and lettings teams as part of Marsh & Parsons' rapid network expansion. He is now responsible for running the entire lettings department for Marsh & Parsons. Backed by his ARLA qualifications and understanding of the relevant legislation, he has always offered the market a 'Lettings Service' that achieves great results and establishes effective client/agent relationships.

Keith Gorny, Director

Email: kgorny@marshandparsons.co.uk

Keith Gorny started in Estate Agency shortly after graduating from Exeter University in 1993. Having spent a couple of years in Faron Sutaria’s successful Chiswick office he transferred to their Notting Hill operation where he oversaw house sales, spending several years developing their Notting Hill business. During this time Keith enjoyed the different challenges of working through the market’s tremendous capital growth of the late nineties, the dot com bust, the Russian Currency crisis and the transformation of Notting Hill into the world renowned location it is today. He later went on to set up and run a successful W2 office based in the new West End Quay development. Joining Marsh & Parsons in 2005, Keith became a Director and equity partner and is responsible for the success of what is now, both Notting Hill and Holland Park's largest and most successful Estate Agency branches.

Emilie Thysse, Training & Development Director

Email: ethysse@marshandparsons.co.uk

A Bristol University modern languages graduate, Emilie Thysse (neé Dawes) started her career in 2001 as a lettings negotiator for Foxtons under Peter Rollings directorship. She rose quickly through the ranks to become Lettings Valuer in Chiswick and soon after opened and established their new Richmond branch, which she successfully ran for over three years until leaving Foxtons in early 2005, to take over the Chelsea office of a top London Estate Agent. In October 2005, she was reunited with Peter Rollings, to run the Central London lettings & Corporate Services departments. Her in-depth knowledge of the business and vast sales experience has naturally led Emilie to taking on the role of Training & Development Director supporting the rapid growth and training needs of Marsh & Parsons.

Michael Baulk, Chairman

Email: mbaulk@marshandparsons.co.uk

Michael started with Leo Burnett as a trainee on Procter and Gamble. In 1971 he joined Ogilvy and Mather, becoming a Board Director in 1975, Deputy Managing Director in 1979 and Managing Director in 1980. Michael was appointed to the Worldwide Board of Ogilvy & Mather in 1983. Whilst at O&M his clients included American Express, Ford, Shell, Beecham, Unilever and Guinness. He joined Abbott Mead Vickers in September 1986 as Chief Executive and became Chairman and Group Chief Executive of AMV plc in January 1997. For the past 15 years AMV has been the No.1 advertising agency in the UK. Michael sat on both the Worldwide Board and the European Board of BBDO and was a non-executive Director of Debenhams and RHM. In February 2007, Michael became Chairman of The Mill Group – the world’s leading film visual effects company at the same time as becoming a non–executive Director and consultant to Marsh & Parsons Estate Agents advising on business strategy. He became Chairman of Marsh & Parsons in April 2011.