Marsh & Parsons employs over 150 people operating in 14 offices across central, west and south London. Here's a little bit about our Directors...

Peter Rollings, Managing Director

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 - creating a group with 14 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.

 

Eileen Schroeder, Finance Director

Email: eschroeder@marshandparsons.co.uk

Eileen Schroeder joined Ernst & Young in 1995 after graduating from Edinburgh University. Upon successfully qualifying as a Chartered Accountant Eileen left E&Y for a role as Financial Controller at InterX plc, a FTSE 250 software solutions company. In 2002 Eileen moved to the USA were she worked for Ernst & Young in Los Angeles and later Electronic Arts (EA). Eileen worked in international development and business process improvement for EA which gave her exposure to many different cultures and business practices servicing operations and new developments in China, Japan, Hong Kong, EMEA and the USA. Upon returning to the UK, Eileen joined Marsh & Parsons in 2007 and quickly used her wealth of experience to transform the financial and business processes to support the hugely successful sales and lettings operations. Eileen serves as Finance Director and along with the management team helps drive the strategy and growth of Marsh & Parsons.

 

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, Lettings Director (Central London)

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, joining the lettings arm of the business for Marsh & Parsons and continues to successfully run the Central London lettings & Corporate Services departments. With her wealth of experience in residential lettings and knowledge of the latest legislation and market trends, she is regularly quoted in the London and national press on topical lettings issues.

 

Patrick Littlemore, Lettings Director (South & West London)

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. 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.

 

Michael Baulk, Consultant

Michael started with Leo Burnett as a trainee at 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 ten 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.