KOSY LIVING - Key Persons
Adam is a fully qualified Town Planner with a degree in Town and Country Planning from one the UK's leading Universities in this field. Adam has 15 years experience working across all sectors, including within various Local Authority Departments, Planning Consultancy and client side roles. In his career as a planning consultant Adam rose to Associate Director level with a leading national multi-discipline consultancy, managing the interests of a range of clients primarily focused in London, the Home Counties and the South West of England. Adam has secured permissions relating to residential, commercial and industrial uses, and including complex employment, heritage, flooding and wider environmental considerations. Adam is a chartered member of the Royal Town Planning Institute, and has also assisted Planning Aid for London on a number of projects - a registered charity helping communities and people who cannot afford professional advice with planning matters.
Denizhan has over 20 years' experience and a strong passion for architecture and visualisation. A skilled professional with a degree in Architecture, Denizhan has managed a creative studio and produced work for architects, interior designers, property developers and real estate agencies for planning, design development and marketing purposes. Denizhan focuses on the 3D modelling, architectural visualisation, and concept design of our developments, delivering high quality CGI and animations to bring our buildings to life.
Eve is responsible for all our marketing and PR activities and is instrumental in the development, launch, promotion, and residential lettings of our properties. After obtaining a BA (Hons) Business and Marketing Degree in Glasgow, Eve worked at a university for two years in a marketing and advertising role before moving into the commercial property industry where she has been since 2016. Eve has worked with some big names within the RESI industry, built brands from scratch and led on various high-impact marketing campaigns from planning stages through to operational. She has brought her wealth of knowledge and experience in operations, sales, marketing, PR and communications to the team.
Job Titles:
- ARCHITECTURE
- Chartered Architect
Filip is a chartered architect in the UK and EU, secretary of RIBA for Southeast London, and CEO of Sustainable Design Solutions. He has spent most of his career creating a variety of residential, commercial, hospitality, educational and mixed-use projects from the initial design stage right through to completion both on his own and as a part of a team. Filip is a dynamic and ambitious architect with a proven track record of architectural projects in the UK and abroad.
Having previously worked as an English and History teacher, Fiona has worked alongside Paul Brundell for the past 20 years. Fiona has a master's degree in town planning and has worked for Brundell Property Group and Kosy Living from the outset. She is responsible for the land acquisition side of the company and completes the due diligence on all parcels of land. In addition, Fiona leads on all aspects of business research, including local area research, competitor and rent analysis. This crucial role ensures that all our schemes are in the best locations, we deliver buildings with attractive rents and experience good returns for the business.
Jose has worked in hospitality for most of his career starting with managing a restaurant and progressing to the hotel industry. These experiences and learnings led him to his previous role as multi-property Director of Finance for an International hotel group. His role was to manage all aspects of finance strategies whilst maximising profits. As part of the executive team, he was responsible for coordinating and delivering monthly reports to the corporate office. His role also included annual building of budgets & business plans, as well as the control of food and beverage costs in order to deliver maximum profits. Jose has since joined Kosy Living as our Finance Director.
Having originally trained as an architect, Mark worked in private practice as a project architect on a diverse range of projects from private and public housing through to hospitals and mixed-use commercial schemes. He then went on to work for a number of house-hold names in property development. During this time, he was responsible for the acquisition of sites across the UK, managing the process from site identification, planning, and land purchase through to overseeing the construction and delivery of the schemes. More recently, Mark was the Managing Director of Crosslane Residential Living where he was instrumental through a strategically led approach, in setting up the co living business, including product design, site acquisition and securing finance. Mark brings a wealth of knowledge and experience across multiple residential sectors to the team and is key in delivering future schemes.
Paul has been involved in the UK property industry for 27 years and built up a portfolio of student accommodation whilst he was still a student in the early 2000's. Paul has successfully developed many residential projects from the ground upwards, giving him an excellent knowledge in construction and real estate development. In 2014, Paul was appointed to set up a renewable energy company and acquired 20 development sites to be used solely for generating solar energy - a portfolio that grew to a value of £100m. Paul had since returned to his roots, founding his two businesses - Brundell Property Group and Kosy Living - specialising in creating property investments, developing, and operating in the co-living, build-to-rent, student housing and later living sectors.
Paul qualified as a solicitor and for many years was managing partner in a multi disciplinary partnership where he specialised in corporate and all aspects of property development transactions. He then became actively involved as a director and shareholder in a number of private property companies carrying out numerous residential and commercial schemes. This included re-generation sites such as the Wimbledon Football Club at Plough Lane, Wimbledon and a mixed use project at Creek Road Deptford with a GDV in excess of £140m. He is actively involved in the management and development of Kosy Living.