Euan Boyd – Principal

Euan’s focus is mainly on the investment and asset management sectors. Before joining Rockbourne in 2020, he gained five years’ experience at a large real estate recruitment firm based in the City of London, specialising in commercial real estate.

Prior to this, he studied Biology & Molecular Biology at Oxford Brookes and qualified as a commercial pilot.

John Guest – Director.

John joined Rockbourne in 2022 as a Director and to head up the Development side of the business, leading searches from Land Acquisition through Development and Project management and into Construction.

Prior to Rockbourne, John spent 15 years in search and has completed over 350 successful mandates. Outside of work, John spends his time at home in Surrey chasing his 2 boys around the house and if he has any time left he loves watching sport, especially F1, NFL, and Football (and is an avid Portsmouth fan for his sins!)

Growing up with a dad as an Architect and a mum in Social Housing some say that ending up in Property was his destiny!

Laura Godman-Dorington – Consultant

Laura specialises in Central London Real Estate, with a particular focus on Development hires. Prior to joining Rockbourne Laura worked as an Account Director within a Marketing and PR agency, where much of her responsibility was client satisfaction.

Laura graduated with a First Class honours degree in International Business Management. Laura enjoys building long-term partnerships with clients, ensuring they attract top-tier candidates and have the talent required to align business strategy and growth plans.

Steph Hughes – Senior Consultant

Steph focuses on the Central London real estate market. Before joining Rockbourne in 2021, she worked for Pocket Living and was assistant surveyor on Mostyn Estates, a family-run estate in Wales, where her work covered Commercial, Residential and Rural assets.

Ashwini Loke – Research Analyst

Ashwini has been responsible for mapping the property market and identifying top talent across multiple Asset Classes. She brings to the job an unrivalled attention to detail and a passion for real estate.

Will Page-Ratcliff – Director, Head of Asia-Pacific

Will rejoined Rockbourne in August 2022, having initially been the first hire into the London office back in 2019.

Having relocated to Australia, Will is the Head of Asia-Pacific and is responsible for Rockbourne APAC – Rockbourne’s first international market expansion.

With extensive experience recruiting Real Estate professionals in the UK & Asia-Pacific, Will now focuses on Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong, working with Real Estate Private Equity/Debt, Investment Management, and Asset Management firms.

Lochie Payne – Consultant

Graduating from Newcastle University with a 2.1 in Business Management. Lochie was drawn to Rockbourne because of the unique relationships held with clients and candidates alike.

Lochie’s focus is primarily within the Development space, working alongside John to complete mandates of varying seniority.

Matthew Watts – Managing Director

Matthew is responsible for directing the company and executing senior mandates. He founded Rockbourne in 2017 on the belief that recruitment should be done in a more human-centric and client-driven way.

This empathetic approach, along with a dose of grit and hard work, paid off, and today Rockbourne works with top industry names, and the business is just getting started.

Mimi Watts – Operations Manager

Mimi’s focus is account management, operations, and making sure everything runs smoothly
here at Rockbourne. Before joining the team, she worked in The Client Management team at Bark.com and in the social media and marketing sector.

She gained a Professional Business Diploma from The Oxford Media and Business School, graduating with distinction.

George Williams – Senior Consultant

George focuses on commercial real estate, private equity platforms, funds, investment management, and advisory firms. Before joining Rockbourne, he worked in Grant Mills Wood’s commercial agency team, specialising in the retail,
office, food, and beverage, and industrial sectors.

He gained an BSc in Real Estate from the University of Reading