About Us

Half-British, half-Kiwi, Jake initially went to hospitality school with the plan to run bars and hotels and suchlike. In 2004, he sailed for the north England, arriving in Liverpool, where his dad was a university lecturer. "Straightaway I answered an ad for a sales job. Whoops - it ended up being selling flashing pens door-to-door! So I quit after the first day and went to London." He pulled pints at the White Horse, now adjacent to London Shared's home office. Jake moved on to a small coffee kiosk outside the headquarters of a large estate agency, where he picked up the notion that the property business might be more lucrative. After being asked to interview, Jake managed to get the job and the nickname “coffee boy”. He spent about 3 years of so working his way up the ranks of the agency before taking a sabbatical to a Thai boxing camp in Thailand, and the rest is history… Jake’s big into his health and fitness, with his passion being training and competing in a martial art called Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (“basically I get beaten up a lot”). He is a big foodie, with a love of fine dining just as much as random street food. He also likes attempting to be a MasterChef at home with varied results. When not doing the usual travel and meeting up with friends he can be found in the park, trying to stop his dog Mango from eating everything in sight.

Born and raised in Quito, Ecuador, Geovana came to London when she was 18 with the intention of enrolling in uni to study IT. Luckily for her the minimum age to enrol was 19, and after a yearlong programming course she realised it was not quite as fun as it sounded (apparently it sounded fun…). After hearing a friend rave about how good it was, she decided to do something totally different and study hospitality management at Southbank University. Geovana worked at the Holiday Inn while she studied, initially what was meant to be an internship lasted 4 years and several promotions. After working as an assistant manager at the Rathbone Hotel she decided to move into the property industry, working as an assistant reservations manager for a serviced apartment company and then a property manager at a larger estate agency. She has been in the UK for 9 years now, doing her best to sample all the restaurants of London but also trying out new recipes with her husband. When not travelling she loves watching movies (comedy) and TV series (unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is her current favourite), however she is also partial to a bit of old school fun such as jigsaw puzzles and board games (we are yet to confirm whether she cheats at Monopoly).

Our very own lettings guru, Claire has spent the past 10 years living and breathing lettings in South West London. She now claims to know the area like the back of her hand! Having worked in within a traditional lettings agency, we convinced Claire to join London Shared where she has embraced the non-traditional agency approach, and now heads up our Business Development and Lettings team. Outside of work, you'll find Claire with her husband, a glass of wine in hand (usually red), whilst convincing everyone that her French Bulldog, Billy, is the cutest dog in the world.

Born in Pakistan and raised in the UK, Saba studied hospitality management at London South Bank University. After a few years working at a number of high-profile hotels, Saba got the call up from London Shared to join our Property Management team. Saba has a love for good food, and not so good food - in fact, she is London Shared's number one supplier of chocolate and sweets to the rest of the team! Saba's love of travel has taken her around the world exploring many different countries. When not travelling, Saba spends most of her time entertaining her cheeky 1 year old niece.

Sam originates from The Cotswolds where he spent most of his youth kicking a ball around fields and climbing trees like most young boys. Whilst the dream was to be a professional footballer, Sam chose to take the same road as his dad to become a carpenter. He enjoyed the practical jokes and the work on a construction site but after three years of the same old gags, Sam decided he wanted to move up the ladder and become a Construction Manager. He moved into the office, running projects from £3 - £6m. He enjoyed the challenge as well as still having a good team around him but after getting qualified he decided that construction wasn’t the industry for him. Sam decided that he wanted a change in career so he took the jump and moved to London with us to become a Lettings Negotiator. Sam’s hobbies consist of football, football, more football and the odd ski holiday (but unfortunately he is a snowboarder). Sam says the best thing about London Shared is having the dogs in the office, because who doesn’t love dogs!

Jon is our Business Development Manager responsible for developing our newest office in North London, which will be an exciting new chapter of expansion for London Shared. Jon started his career as a brewery free trade sales rep (apparently being offered a car as part of the role swung him away from a career in teaching!). The bulk of his career has been in the Hospitality industry as a Business Development Manager in multisite retail sales and operations in London and the South East, so he knows London well. In his spare time Jon loves all sports. He is a qualified squash coach and happy to give anyone a game. He is also partial to hitting some golf balls once a week when he is excused from gardening duties.

You'll often be greeted by Kate on the phone, or when you pop into our (very well looked after) office. Kate keeps everyone at London Shared on their toes, making sure that we do everything properly and that the office is organised to perfection. Born in South West London (literally, on her bathroom floor!), Kate loves London and exploring the great city. One of her favourite places to relax in is overlooking the lake on Wimbledon Common. Kate loves being artistic and studied a degree in Technical Arts and Special Effects at Wimbledon School of Art before having a career change and working as a Manager at a local Wandsworth nursery. After deciding to swap children for dogs in the work place Kate joined the London Shared team. She obviously ignored the advice about never working with children or animals.. In her spare time Kate loves catching up with friends and is also a big foodie! She loves being in the kitchen baking and her chocolate brownies go down very well in the office! Kate loves the beach, especially Cornwall where she spent most of her childhood holidays. She says there is nothing better than a BBQ on the beach and believes life is always better with a cocktail in hand!

After growing up on a farm in Yorkshire, Sam studied Business Management at the University of Hull before deciding to put on a backpack and see some of Europe. He spent a fair amount of time in France working for a campsite, initially intending to just to some run of the mill labouring work, he eventually found himself in charge of the companies Nationwide operations and a team of over 30 staff! Upon returning to the UK Sam worked as a lettings negotiator and then a property manager for an estate agency before joining us here at London Shared. Sam is a huge foodie and not too bad in the kitchen (according to him anyway..) with specialities including roast dinner, any pie and chili con carne. He likes to travel and has visited quite a few cities in Europe, lived for around 3 years in North Carolina and backpacked around Thailand. He is secretly (well perhaps not so secretly) a huge petrol head and his dream is to one day rally drive!

Born in Reading UK, and half raised in the city and the Sussex countryside , spending a little time in Italy by the sea, before gravitating back to London to pursue his dreams. Adam has always been a city boy at heart. He studied at Art college in Surrey, coming away with an advanced diploma in Fine Art and Art History. One of his first jobs was as a Runner at Pinewood Studios, dashing tea, coffee and scripts around sets. And where he also played Chess with Ted Danson and trod on the foot of Sean Connery... Adam has been writing a book for over a year now. A big, epic present day Sci-Fi novel inspired by a very deep dream he managed to write down in the middle of the night to remember in the morning, a rare human triumph! His aim is to get it published and launched over the next 2 years, if his idea eventually stops growing into a lord of the rings... In his spare time he is a lifelong Arsenal fan and a big lover of boxing. When he’s not watching and cheering on his team or favourite champs and contenders, he loves to paint his own original artwork. He’s a huge enthusiast and particularly fascinated by all forms of global street and urban art.

A Northern girl at heart, Laura grew up in Matlock, Derbyshire. She has been in estate agency for fourteen years, biting the bullet four years ago by moving from Brighton to London - swapping the Sea for the City! She loves the industry but was super excited to no longer be an estate agent by joining London Shared as a Business Development Manager. Laura is a bit obsessed with boxing - although not tempted to get in the ring! She’s also into yoga, tennis in the Summer and bouldering (rock climbing). She is also a big foodie – and likes cooking and eating good food (naturally preferring the eating part).

Born and raised in Southern China, Millie came to London in 2011 to pursue a career in interior design. She studied at Middlesex Uni then completed her masters at the University of Arts in London. Millie loves to travel, is a big foodie and is partial to an exhibition or two.

Mikail has had a passion for property from a young age and has spent a little over 10 years in the the property sector, from commercial to residential property management, project management and as a sales & lettings consultant. He’s not shy of studying and is, at the time of writing (though we are sure there are more to come..), qualified in NFoPP, Asbestos Awareness and IOSH. Outside of his professional career he is relentless fan of Formula 1 (Team Hamilton!!) and loves watching Boxing. Mikail is an active person and enjoys working out at the gym, racing go-karts, paintballing and even rock climbing out-doors.

Born and Raised in Ireland, Claire has decided to bring her property management experience from Belfast to London! She is very much enjoying the hustle and bustle of the big smoke and will soon hope to be a self-proclaimed Londoner. At the age of 18 she started out selling car tyres and quickly moved into larger scale sales and marketing roles. Since moving into the property industry she has not looked back. Safe to say she has found her calling. Claire is all work but not without play; Monday - Friday you will find her at work or a the gym but on the weekends she’ll be in the salon or at the bar.

Mango has been with London Shared since day one – watching us grow from working in a small former janitors closest to the offices we are in today! He can be found each day in our office, cosying up to whoever has food (he’s very fickle), or lying in the middle of the office getting his stomach rubbed.

We firmly believe every office should have at least one dog, and where possible, 3 or more...Milo and Tofu are best friends and the resident trouble makers of London Shared