Christopher Howes

Sir Christopher Kingston Howes KCVO, CB, FRICS, FRIBA, DLitt, MPhil, BSc (born 30 January 1942) is a leading figure in the world of land and buildings with a career in the public, private and academic sectors.

Early life

The younger son of Leonard Howes OBE and Marion Howes (née Bussey), he was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and the University of London, where he graduated BSc in 1965. He is also a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1966 and also holds a M.Phil from the University of Reading, 1975.

Career

Howes's career has spanned the public and private sector:

1965-1967 Valuation and Planning Department, The Greater London Council.

1967-1978 Professional career in Norwich including Steward and Hon Surveyor the Dean and Chapter of Norwich Cathedral. Adviser to Local Authorities. Member Norwich Council, Magistrate Norfolk, Founder Member Theatre Royal Trust, Cotman Housing Association and Norwich Third World Centre.

He was Director of the Land and Property Division for the Department of the Environment from 1979 to 1989, Visiting Professor at University College London and Chairman of the World Land Policy Conference. OECD Urban Policy Group 1985.

1992-1999 Trustee HRH The Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture. 1995-1998 Member Secretary of State for the Environment's Thames Advisory Board. Member Court of Advisers,

For eleven years from 1989 he was Chief Executive of the Crown Estate in the United Kingdom, valued in 2006 at three billion pounds. It includes most of Central London, over half of all the United Kingdom's forests, hundreds of farms and other rural estates, and the whole of the British seabed between the coast and the twelve-mile international limit. In 2006, the annual income of the Crown Estate was around two hundred million pounds.

He is an adviser to Barclays Capital and a member of the Advisory Board of Barclays Private Bank. Member, Advisory Board of Delta LLP; member, Council of the Duchy of Cornwall; Director, Howard de Walden Estates.

Both before and since managing the Crown Estate, Howes has pursued a wide variety of business, academic, charitable and other interests (see below).

=Career outline

• 1965 to 1967: The Greater London Council
• 1967 to 1979: Professional practice in Norwich and London.
• 1979 to 1989: Director of Land and Property Division of the Department of the Environment
• 1982 to 1989: Second Commissioner of the Crown Estate
• 1989 to 2000: Chief Executive of the Crown Estate
• 1993 to 2005: Member of Council of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1998 to 2004: Non-executive director of the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
• 2005 to (2007): Non-executive Chairman of the Barclays Bank Property Finance Team
• Member of the Prince’s Council of the Duchy of Cornwall
• Director of the Howard de Walden Estate
• Director of the Colville Estate Ltd
• Director of the Compco PLC.

Academic appointments

• 1975: Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
• 1976-1981: part-time lecturer, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
• 1974–1980: Visiting Lecturer, University of Reading
• 1982: Visiting Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
• 1983: Visiting Lecturer, UCLA and University of Southern California
• 1984: Visiting professor, Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College, London
• 1985: Visiting Lecturer, Harvard University
• 1985: Visiting Lecturer, University of North Carolina and University of Miami
• Member of the Court of the University of East Anglia

Honours

• 1993: Companion of the Order of the Bath
• 1997: Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
• 1999: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
• 2000: Honorary DLitt of the University of East Anglia
• 2002: College of Estate Management Property Award
• 1995: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects

Publications

• Acquiring Office Space (1975) (joint author)
• Value Maps: aspects of land and property values (1979)
• Economic Regeneration (monograph, 1988)
• Urban Revitalization (monograph, 1988)
• Papers in learned journals

References

• HOWES, Sir Christopher (Kingston) from Who's Who online at xreferplus.com
• Christopher Howes at zoominfo.com
• Christopher Howes news
• Duchy of Cornwall
• Institute of Continuing Professional Development
• Norwich & Peterborough Building Society

External links

• Christopher Howes Pictures

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