Ian Burden (Open Networker)

Current

Property Consultant at Snodland Developments

Past

Surveyor - Office Agent at GVA Grimley (Bristol)
Farm Agent at Savills (L&P)
Senior Consultant at Idealpeople

Agent at Vickery Holman
Agent at Sun Microsystems
Recruitment Manager at MobileAge
Agent at Logistix Recruitment

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Education

University of Greenwich

Recommended

6 people have recommended Ian

Connections

348 connections

Industry

Real Estate

Websites

Wooden Spoon Charity

Ian Burden (Open Networker)’s Summary

I am actively looking to acquire investment and development properties on behalf of retained clients.

In addition, I provide acquisition advice to companies looking to acquire new leasehold office / retail / industrial space due to expansion / shrinkage in their existing accommodation.

With many contacts and experience of working in technology firms, I understand the needs of the IT and scientific community.

If you have any contacts looking for someone to provide independent acquisition advice, especially where I can use my technology background, please do contact me - ian.burden@snodlanddevelopment.co.uk.

Ian Burden (Open Networker)’s Specialties:

Strong business awareness, property and business issues, marketing exposure, science parks, business parks, South West innovation. Highly capable and able to put a new spin on your projects.

Ian Burden (Open Networker)’s Experience

Property Consultant

Snodland Developments

(Real Estate industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

Providing contract property services to established property firms whilst building my own client base providing property freehold and leasehold acquisition advice.
Surveyor - Office Agent

GVA Grimley (Bristol)

(Partnership; Real Estate industry)

October 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 3 months)

Providing full Agency services including acquisition and disposal within the office market from Swindon to Penzance on behalf of GVA's clients including BT Telereal, Virgin Media and Audit Commission.
Farm Agent

Savills (L&P)

(Public Company; SVS; Real Estate industry)

May 2007 — September 2007 (5 months)

Contract role providing full Agency service with regard to farm and land sales across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset with property values up to £2 million.
Senior Consultant

Idealpeople

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

April 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 2 months)

Building a new office from ground up.
Networking to help encourage South West growth.
Agent

Vickery Holman

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Real Estate industry)

2002 — 2006 (4 years )

Providing Property Management for a range of Investors of commercial properties valued at £1m+.
Commercial Agent carrying out the sale and letting of offices and industrial units across the South West.
Site finder for new developments and major capital investments.
Additional roles of staff recruitment and marketing / promotion for the company.
Agent

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

Working on site at Sun Microsystems recruiting for the Professional Services team prior to redundancy.
Managing Recruitment Agencies.
Direct advertising and recruitment.
Recruitment Manager

MobileAge

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year )

Mobile Commerce start-up working on SMS and WAP solutions.
Direct advertising and recruitment.
Setting up and running agency PSL.
Assisting with the sales team at exhibitions and major sales events.
Agent

Logistix Recruitment

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

1997 — 2000 (3 years )

IT Recruitment covering the whole of the UK and with clients ranging from telecommunications, to graphics and through to financial software houses.
Personally achieved PSL status for the company with FTSE 100 company and worked for International mobile communications companies such as Motorola.

Ian Burden (Open Networker)’s Education

University of Greenwich

Estate Management 1990 — 1995

Additional Information

Ian Burden (Open Networker)’s Websites:

Wooden Spoon Charity

Ian Burden (Open Networker)’s Interests:

Property deals across the UK and specifically the South West and helping charities, especially the Wooden Spoon.

Ian Burden (Open Networker)’s Groups:

For those Technology people who want to donate their time to good causes, please look at the IT4Communities website - http://www.it4communities.org.uk - do something useful with your time!!

Also attend the Bristol Enterprise Network events.