People - Meet the Team
Jonathan Wallach BSc (Hons) MSt (Cantab) FRICS FRGS Founder and Director
Jonathan has over 25 years real estate experience. Between leaving school and starting at University Jonathan installed fire doors and completed carpentry and joinery projects.
He then started at Robinson Low Francis, undertaking Project Management and Quantity Surveying whilst reading Estate Management part time and gaining a first class honours degree.
Jonathan then qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1996 at Colliers Edman Lewis and spent 4 years in property valuation, management and leasing, where he helped find and secure offices for Microsoft, Koch Industries and GUS, as well as specific occupier projects such as ‘working out’ leasehold liabilities for British Telecom. He then spent 2 years at Weatherall Green and Smith (now BNP Paribas Real Estate UK), where his West End leasing clients included, Clerical Medical, The Wolfson Foundation, The National Gallery and Josiah Wedgwood.
Whilst at WGS Jonathan also secured investments for their ‘in-house’ British Gas fund. This was followed by a spell at LaSalle Investment Management, where he worked for funds such as Mars, Unilever, CIN, USS and British Railways, identifying suitable opportunities to achieve their return criteria. One of the specific projects Jonathan worked on whilst at LIM was the ‘work out’ and sale of a Government leasehold liability portfolio.
He was approached by Gerald Eve and joined in April 2002 to Head up West End Investment, before founding Everton Phillips LLP, Property Investment Consultants, in 2005. Jonathan then gained a Masters in Real Estate from the University of Cambridge. He became a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2024.
Jonathan passed both the practical and theory elements of the accredited FDM Fire Door inspection course in 2025 gaining the GQA qualification. The FDM course was fully endorsed by Dame Judith Hackitt in May 2025.
Jonathan is a Court Assistant to the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Bernard Hornung Technical Director
After 15 years in the Irish Guards, in which he attained the rank of Major after Officers Training at Sandhurst, Bernard has spent since 1991 in the Real Estate business, where his wide experience includes working in overseas markets such as Spain and Portugal.
His roles have included: Sales Director, Commercial Director, and Joint Managing Partner in different Property Development Companies, and he has been responsible for leading commercial activities, managing property portfolios, developing business models, and designing innovative sales and marketing techniques.
Bernard has dedicated the last 4 years to working in the fire door industry specialising in air permeability and scientifically testing fire doors and compartmentation.
Paul Shadbolt CertFDI DipFD Consultant
After 42 years manufacturing bespoke fire doors for major London landmarks such as One Hyde Park and The Shard, Paul retrained as a specialist Fire Door Inspector, qualifying under the BWF’s FDIS scheme. He then founded an independent firm providing niche inspections of complex, non-standard fire doors to determine both statutory and code compliance and checks component compatibility (intrusively if required), certification evidence, and installation quality.
Thomas Thompson BSc MSc Assistant Fire Door Inspector
Following his graduation from the University of Nottingham with a 2:1 in Biology, Tom served in the military as an officer in the Welsh Guards for six years. During his military career he completed two operational tours of Afghanistan and achieved the rank of Captain.
On leaving the Army, he joined JP Morgan as part of the military internship scheme. He worked in the Sales, Strategy and Planning team for UK funds. He was responsible for analyzing and developing the activities and methodologies used by the Sales team.
Tom has completed an MSc in Real Estate from the University of Estate Management (UCEM).
James Wallach BA (Hons), NVQ Level 2 Assistant Fire Door Inspector
James has seven years of professional experience in construction and carpentry, and holds an NVQ Level 2 in structural carpentry.