Roger Southam

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Roger Southam FRICS (born 29 June 1962) is a British chartered surveyor [1] and managing agent. He appears on property and consumer TV programmes as well as in national newspapers.

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Career

Southam graduated from Trent Polytechnic with a bachelor's degree in Urban Estate Surveying in 1984. [1] Having worked as an asset manager and senior development surveyor, Southam established his own company, Chainbow, in 1989, becoming chairman and chief executive. [2] Chainbow was founded as a property investment company, specialising in shopping centre and mixed-use asset management. In 2006, it moved into residential block management. [3]

In 2016, Southam was appointed a director in Savills Property Management team, after the company purchased Chainbow. [2]

Professional experience

Southam has been or is a panellist for leading organisations’ advisory boards and committees including:

In 1992 Southam became a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman and subsequently Master of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors. [1]

He is a former chairman of the Chartered Surveyors' Training Trust, the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors' Apprenticeship Scheme, which provides opportunities for 16 to 24-year-olds to form a career in the property industry (appointed 2005). [1]

Lobbying for leaseholder reform

Southam is known as a consumer and leaseholder advocate through industry and Government campaigns to license managing agents and to make them more accountable, thereby protecting the rights of homeowners and leaseholders.[ citation needed ]

Before the 2010 UK election, Southam's campaign ran alongside the work of groups such as the Campaign Against Retired Leaseholder Exploitation (CARLEX), Property Standards Board (PBS) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).[ citation needed ]

He was appointed as non-executive chair of the government-funded Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) in December 2014. [5] Since then his suitability for the role has been questioned, for example see Private Eye No 1448, 27 July 2017, page 37 "Going Southam". [6]

In February 2017, Justin Madders MP (Labour, Ellesmere Port and Neston) questioned Mr Southam's suitability in parliament for the role. [7]

In October 2017, Sir Peter Bottomley (Conservative, Worthing West) asked Housing Minister Alok Sharma: "Will the Minister please give serious consideration to whether the chairman of LEASE—the leasehold advisory service—can properly remain in his role, or whether it would be better to let him retire and have him replaced?" [8]

Media

Southam has been a regular columnist for London newspaper The Docklands and industry publication Shopping Centre.[ citation needed ] He has also made guest appearances on Channel Four’s Property Ladder, ITV's Tonight with Trevor McDonald , BBC News (TV), ITN and Sky News as well as BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours. Southam provides weekly comment on his own blog [9] as well as on Property Week’s blogs.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lang, Andrew. "The Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors". www.surveyorslivery.org.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Savills strengthens UK management team with strategic acquisition" . Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Savills acquires block management company Chainbow". Property Industry Eye. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Administrative Burdens Advisory Board (ABAB) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Roger Southam new LEASE chair". www.leaseholdknowledge.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "LEASE chair Roger Southam in Private Eye (again) - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership". www.leaseholdknowledge.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "MP Justin Madders questions role of Roger Southam as LEASE chair - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership". www.leaseholdknowledge.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Dudley Joiner and Barry Weir named in Commons … and Roger Southam invited to retire - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership". www.leaseholdknowledge.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  9. ↑ Redwire. "Roger Southam | Blog". www.rogersoutham.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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