Simon Smith is one of the founders of Westmount Real Estate. He has over 30 years’ experience of all sectors within the UK property market and has held senior positions at two of the sectors leading specialist property companies. Prior to Westmount Simon was Managing Director of Redevco UK & Nordics for 5 years, responsible for over £900m of assets. Redevco is a well-known private property company. During his tenure over £400m of assets were traded and Redevco consistently outperformed its IPD benchmark.
Simon has also worked at PRUPIM (now M&G) and Chartwell Land where he was responsible for a number of developments and also sat on the Board of St Edward Homes.
Whilst at Chartwell Land, Simon ran the £700m portfolio sale to Pillar Properties and was also involved in the demerger from Kingfisher and listing of Kesa Electricals onto the London Stock Exchange. He started his career in 1990 at Grimley JR Eve (now GVA) gaining experience in planning and valuation. Simon received a BSC (Honours) degree in Land Management from the University of Reading and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.