About Rees Richards

Rees Richards & Partners was founded in Swansea, South Wales, in 1845. Today the firm employs 30 people at offices in that city, serving clients not just in Wales but across the UK.

Having its roots firmly embedded in Estate Management, Rees Richards & Partners now offers chartered surveying and property services across a range of disciplines including commercial development and corporate consultancy.

It has five discrete areas of expertise:

· Estate management
· Commercial property development
· Estate agency
· Agricultural property management and auctions
· Professional services

Our People

	Keith Richards FRICS - Senior Partner Keith Richards, a chartered surveyor, joined Rees Richards & Partners in the 1950s. He followed in the footsteps of his father Eddie Richards, from whom the firm takes part of its name.
	Ian Howell JP MRICS FAAV - Partner Ian Howell studied rural estate management at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. After spending two years with Savills at their Norwich office in East Anglia, specialising in farm management, he joined Rees Richards & Partners in 1987. He became a partner in 1991. A fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, he is past president of the South Wales branch and currently chairman of the CAAV Wales Group.
	Martyn Jenkins FAAV - Partner Martyn Jenkins trained as an auctioneer and valuer with a leading west Wales firm of agricultural valuers, later becoming a partner. After 30 years with that firm, he joined Rees Richards & Partners as a partner in 1997. He is a fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers.
	Nick James BSc. MRICS - Partner Nick James began his career with ‘Big Four’ accountancy practices in London. He subsequently joined DTZ in Cardiff as a trainee chartered surveyor, moving to Rees Richards & Partners after six years in 1995. He became a partner in 1999.
	Carey Knox NAEA - Manager Carey Knox, a Fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents, joined Rees Richards in 2002. She has worked in estate agency for 20 years and is the third generation of her family to be involved in the business – both her father and grandfather were auctioneers/estate agents. Her early career was in hotel and personnel management.