The Team

David Jones
Managing Director, MRTPI, MRICS
David is Managing Director and brings more than 30 years experience, allied to an enviable reputation for getting results. As well as leading the business into its next phase of growth, David now spends most of his time dealing with larger or more contentious projects and has particular strength in the residential, education and leisure sectors.

Ian Eggleton
Director of Building & Access Consultancy Dip Surv., MRICS, NRAC Consultant
Ian joined Evans Jones as an apprentice in 1993 and has never escaped! Ian now leads the Building Surveying and Disabled Access Consultancy teams and spreads his time between larger refurbishment projects and surveys, expert witness work and larger Disabled Access projects in London and across the UK. Reflecting our client base, Ian spends the bulk of his time working in the Education, Hotel and Leisure sectors, but has a wealth of experience across all sectors.

Stephen Gwizdala
Head of building consultancy
Stephen is Head of Building Consultancy with 30 years experience in the construction industry. He has worked in contracting, surveying and managing real estate matters for a wide variety of clients. In the last 22 years he has focussed on traditional Building Surveying disciplines including: specification and contract administration, dilapidations for both landlords and tenants, reinstatement cost assessments, party wall matters, planned maintenance and development monitoring. Prior to his role as Building Surveyor he worked on infrastructure, engineering and surveying projects in Hong Kong, Gibraltar, Canada and the United States, and extensively throughout the UK.

Bella Chambers
Head of Business Development and Operations
Bella is our Head of Business Development and Operations, ensuring that we have the processes and infrastructure in place to provide a first class, consistent service to our clients. Also ensuring we have an optimal working environment for colleagues. Bella brings more than a decade of experience managing relationships with both clients and suppliers alike.

Adam White
Principal Planner, MA MRTPI
Adam is a Chartered Town Planner with over 16 years' experience working in both the private and public sector. Throughout his career he has developed a wide knowledge base and skill set dealing with complex and often contentious applications. With a focus on providing sound advice to clients and delivering real results, Adam has lead on a variety of development projects including large-scale housing schemes, retail development and major infrastructure projects.

Anthony Cogan
Planner, BSC (Hons), MSC MRTPI
Anthony joined our Planning team, after completing a masters in Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Birmingham. Anthony supports the Planning team in all aspects of their work, including planning applications, planning appeals and other planning services.

James Wilkins
Senior Building Surveyor BSc (Hons), MRICS
James is a Chartered Building Surveyor and Project Manager, with wide-ranging experience working across a wide variety of disciplines, including Project Management, Contract Administration, Disabled Access Consultancy, Party Wall Consultancy, Residential and Commercial Surveys. James spends the majority of his time on new build and refurbishment projects working across the UK, predominantly in the Hotel, Industrial and Education sectors.

Peter Ralph
Graduate Building Surveyor BSc (Hons)
Peter joined Evans Jones as Graduate Surveyor, after completing a degree in Building Surveying at the University of Reading.
Peter currently works across the UK, supporting the Building Surveying team in all areas of their work, including Commercial Surveys and Project Management for residential and commercial sectors.
He is currently working towards chartered status with RICS.

Wendy Ryder
Office Manager
Wendy joined Evans Jones back in 1982 as an Office Junior and is still here! Wendy covers reception and deals with all the day to day clerical issues within the office including typing up most of our Surveys, Reports, Audits and issuing invoices.

Francesca Ford
Sales Operations Apprentice
Francesca is with Evans Jones studying a Level 3 apprenticeship in Business Administration.
Francesca is supporting on Sales, Operations and Marketing across the business, whilst completing her studies over an 18-24 month period.