Expert Financial Consultants
Knight Frank Finance offers more than just advice on the latest business or property
finance options. Our team of professional financial consultants has unparalleled
insight and understanding of the whole of the financial market gained from 150 years
of combined experience.
Based at our global headquarters in London the team is led by Simon Gammon. Simon
and his team of consultants have exceptional skills and are able to advise on a
broad spectrum of financial solutions from high value single loans to the financial
management of property portfolios.
Each month, we will profile a selection of the Knight Frank Finance team:
Simon Gammon
Simon is Managing Partner of Knight Frank Finance, and has over 15 years experience
specialising in advising ultra high net worth individuals on raising finance. To
date Simon has arranged some of the largest mortgages ever taken in the UK. Simon
started his career with Prudential, where he joined their High Net Worth division,
advising their best clients on all matters of personal finance. In 1998 Simon joined
Savills Private Finance and went on to become a Director of the business. Eight
years later, Simon was asked to join Knight Frank and establish Knight Frank Finance
LLP.
As head of the business, Simon is responsible for the areas of the firm’s growth
and continued development. He is a well known contributor in the press, including
the Financial Times, Times, Sunday Times and New York Herald Tribune. Simon was
also listed in the 2010 Dow Jones Financial News Top 40 Wealth Managers in Europe.
Peter MacAllan
Peter originally worked in retail banking for seven years, specialising in a range
of financial services including: residential debt for owner occupiers, investors
and developers; commercial investment and development; structuring transactions
to include advice on senior, mezzanine and equity, as well as offshore structuring.
A highly successful broker, Peter led a team of brokers at Savills Private Finance
from 2001 to 2007, when he left to join Knight Frank for the launch of Knight Frank
Finance.
Peter’s track record is impressive; his largest scheme to date was an advisory role
on a commercial investment portfolio valued at £430m. Peter specialises in High
value Residential Development Finance.
Max Adams
Max began his career in the Royal Navy. Serving for five years, Max gained strong
communication skills and a variety of disciplines associated with time spent in
the armed forces. Max joined the financial services industry working in Alexander
Hall’s Mayfair office, where he was responsible for providing property finance solutions
for high net worth individuals. In his three years at Alexander Hall, Max achieved
both Management and Associate Director Status in a company record time.
Max joined Knight Frank Finance in September 2009 and is responsible for a diverse
range of high net worth clients. A lot of the solutions Max provides are bespoke
to the individual and more often than not from the private bank market.
Paul Stockwell
Paul has worked in financial services for over 13 years and was key a member at
Savills Private Finance before he left to lead Knight Frank Finance’s rural property
offering. Paul covers all areas of high value financing focusing on Country Houses,
Estates and Agricultural Property.
Working closely with Knight Frank’s Country House, Equestrian, and Farm and Estates
team, Paul has worked with many high net worth individuals and families and understands
the place of property finance advice within the context of overall wealth management.