Smylie rises to Head of Professional Services
January 20, 2025
We are delighted to announce that Adam Smylie has been promoted to Head of Professional Services.
His new role will include oversight of the lease advisory department, working alongside Mark Hannam, partner and Head of Lease Advisory & Asset Management. The pair will work together to further improve market share in the sector.
Adam's love of commercial property began with a period of work experience with us when he was just 15. Having firmly picked his career path, Adam joined us as a graduate surveyor in 2013, and then trained at our Luton office, qualifying in 2016.
He began to specialise in valuation matters but retained some involvement in lease advisory work. He became Head of Valuation in 2021 and partner in February 2023.
Managing Partner Luke Tillison said: “It’s fantastic to see someone, whose first taste of a commercial property career was work experience at Kirkby Diamond, rise through the ranks to now lead the professional services team.
“Adam truly deserves his promotion and we are confident that in overseeing both valuation and lease advisory aspects of our business, while working closely with Mark Hannam, he will help to build business and push the team forward.”
Adam commented: “It’s been quite a journey to partner and now head of professional services and I am grateful to Kirkby Diamond for the opportunity to develop a successful career at the company where it all began all those years ago as a work experience schoolboy.
“I am looking forward to the new challenge to further build upon my skill sets and help support Kirkby Diamond in its continued growth. Since I joined the business in 2013 I’ve seen it go from strength to strength and during that time it has built a formidable team. I’m looking forward to being a part of its continued success.