Born and spent almost all of my life living in the beautiful, sub-tropical Penzance, in West Cornwall, I have spent the past twenty or so years working in estate agency and my own property consultancy – PDQ Estates Ltd. Prior to my estate agency career, I had a fair bit of varied employment experience as I was determined never to be unemployed. Consequently, my full CV includes such diverse jobs as daffodil picking, share fisherman, builder and working as a steward on a private yacht in Cannes, France. I have four great children, two biological and two step and a wonderful wife who tries very hard to keep me in line.
A brief resume of my estate agency career to date:
MD of PDQ Estates Ltd. Consultancy, training & property sales:
• Board level advisor to a major UK bank and retailer (eight months)
• National finalists’ estate agent of the year 2001 to 2007 inclusive
• Campaign for Plain English Award for ‘honesty & clarity’.
• Past lecturer in estate agency in at Truro business college
• Certificate in Residential Estate Agency, Whiteknights college.
• Certificate of Practice in Estate Agency (i & ii), NAEA
• Various estate agency and B2B consultancy contracts
• Market analyst advice to a Division of Standard and Poor
Senior positions held whilst involved with the NAEA (National Association of Estate Agents) 1991 – 2009:
• Vice president & President Elect
• Fellow of the NAEA
• Chairman of Homelink (over 850 offices internationally)
• Assistant business practice officer
• Member of membership & professional development committee
Media experience (as a ‘talking head’):
• BBC News 24
• BBC TV Breakfast news & ‘Today’ on Radio 4
• Independent radio (various)
• BBC 5 Live
• ITV regional news
• BBC and independent local radio
• Various trade journals
• Occasional columnist/ contributor to various journals/ newspapers
Chris Wood’s Specialties:
Customer service, media contact, board level negotiations, UK estate agency, business/ ideas creation and development
