Chris Lovell BSc. Est. Man. MRICS is a Chartered Surveyor and a Registered Valuer. He has been a qualified member of the General Practice division of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) since 1986 having attained his degree at Southbank University (then a Polytechnic!). He gained experience in London with Jones Lang Wootton (latterly Jones Lang La Salle) and King & Co (latterly King Sturge); both firms have now, incidentally, merged. He gained experience in several areas including Auctions, Property Management, Investment and Valuation, both in the UK and in Europe.

He returned to the Island in 1989 to join the family firm which was started by his Great Grandfather in 1879. He has over 20 years experience in the property market in Guernsey and, as a Company Director, he advises many private individuals, Companies and Corporates in Valuation, Investment and Agency roles. He regularly provides Bank valuations and acts as an “Expert” in property matters and is the Chairman of the Local Branch of the RICS. He fronts the Residential Team at Lovells and is ably assisted by Fran Bourget who is an Associate of the firm.

In his spare time he served as Constable of the Parish of St Saviour, a 3 year post; he enjoys boating (whenever the time and weather permits) and making shavings & saw dust from lumps of wood – otherwise known as woodworking! He and his wife can often be seen on the cliffs walking one of their many dogs.

Howard is the Commercial Director and heads up the firm’s agency and professional functions. He has been a qualified member of the General Practice division of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) since 1992. His main functions all involve valuation, be it for lending or accounting purposes, or for prospective sales, lettings, acquisition and development work. He is also one of the island’s few qualified rent review specialists.

He studied Urban Estate Surveying at Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham and graduated in 1989, starting his working life with Edward Erdman (now Colliers CRE) in London, moving to Jones Lang LaSalle in 1993, then transferring to the firm’s Leeds office in 1997. All told, he has worked in the commercial property field for 23 years.

Howard has lived in Guernsey for 12 years, having moved back to the Island with his wife in 1999, to join the rest of his family who arrived here in 1985.
 

Mike is our Director of Property Management. He was born and raised in Guernsey with a local family history dating back a number of generations. Mike is married to his wife, Lisa, and they have two young children.

Mike’s experience in the property/building industry dates back over 20 years when he started out as an apprentice electrician with Guernsey Electricity. Following completion of his apprenticeship he moved into an administrative role quoting and designing electrical installations and providing tariff and consumption advice to consumers.

After nine years with Guernsey Electricity, he was offered a position as department manager within one of the islands leading mechanical and electrical contractors where he remained until joining Lovells in 2001, as an Assistant Property Manager.
 

Tony is one of our Property Managers. He first joined us during 2007/2008 and experienced both the residential and commercial sectors. Following time away living in Austria and Holland, Tony rejoined the team in 2010 in the role of a Commercial Property Manager, alongside and assisting Mike Collins.

Tony was educated at Haute Capelles and The Grammar School. After his ‘O’ levels, Tony spent 14 years in the Finance Industry. Taking 6 months off to spend the winter of ‘98 in Canada, Tony became a snowboarding instructor and enjoyed 8 seasons of instructing, in Austria, over the next 10 years. In his free time, Tony likes to keep fit all year round whether running, going to the gym or playing softball and volleyball.
 

In October 1998 Chantal took up a two week temporary placement as a Secretary for the Property Management and Commercial Department at Lovells. 13 years later she is still here!

During her time at Lovells Chantal has worked in both the Lettings and Sales Departments and has therefore gained a broad knowledge of all property matters.

Chantal has now turned full circle and since October 2009 has been working back in the Management Department as a Residential Property Manager but she also assists the Lettings Manager as and when required.

Prior to joining Lovells Chantal worked in the finance industry for a number of years although property has always been in her blood as she comes from a family of building contractors and has also renovated a couple of her own properties in the past.
 

Jemma is one of our Assistant Property Managers, working alongside Tony Fulgoni. She was born locally and educated at The Ladies’ College before undertaking a Bsc (Hons) degree in Building Surveying. Jemma’s degree course included a one year work placement in Boston, USA, where she was employed as assistant Construction Project Manager.

Further to her degree, Jemma worked in both Australia and New Zealand for a total of two and a half years where she was assistant Construction Project Manager for a varierty of commercial projects.

In 2007, Jemma moved back to the Island where she worked at a local Property Development company for three years undertaking the role of Residential Property Manager for numerous residential property developments in Guernsey.
 

Mandy is one of our Assistant Property Managers, working alongside Mike Collins.

Prior to joining Lovells, Mandy worked in numerous property-related businesses including architects/surveyors, developers, builder’s merchants and estate agents. She joined Lovells in 2007 initially as an Open Market Negotiator but due to the need to bolster our management capabilities, she recently moved upstairs into Property Management.

She was born and bred in Guernsey and educated at The Grammar School for Girls and College of Further Education. During the weekends in the summer months, you can find Mandy serving specialised “Mr. Softees” in her ice-cream van down at Havelet Bay!
 

Maureen is our Senior Secretary and started her secretarial career in the finance industry, moving after a number of years to the Environment Department, then known as the IDC for a short spell, before moving to Lovells where she has been for the last 25 years.

Although she works predominantly in the Commercial Management Department, she has also covered in the Residential Sales and Lettings Departments when necessary.

Maureen thrives on a challenge and certainly gets that in management where each day presents different challenges. Out of hours she enjoys live theatre, doing all sorts of craft work and holidays with her son and his partner in the UK and further afield.
 

Gill Queripel is our Accounts Administrator and has been with Lovells for over 25 years, providing essential accounting support to the Board of Directors, as well as all the various departments of the firm as a whole.

Gill also has a great involvement in service charge administration and rent collection for our managed client portfolio.

In her spare time, Gill runs the Nerine Netball Club and is considered to be one of the most successful coaches in Guernsey. She also coaches the England Mixed Nets team and had the fantastic opportunity of coaching the mens and mixed netball teams at the Indoor Netball Tri Series in South Africa a short while back, which included some Guernsey players.