London & Cambridgeshire based Chartered Surveyors

We are Chartered Surveyors providing management and advisory services to a wide range of property user including investors, developers, tenants and other occupants.

We provide impartial professional advice throughout the property life-cycle reconciling the commercial, technical and legal aspects of property investment to provide our Clients with a cohesive strategy to optimise their interests.

We understand that every Client is unique and take an innovative and tailored approach to each instruction.

Our management services focus on working with Clients who want to optimise the returns on a development project, enhance under-performing assets or building occupiers who want their facilities to effiicently support their organisation’s activities. 

We also provide professional services to complement our management offering including Building Consultancy and Project Management.

The directors of Doyen Land have over twenty-five years of professional experience in the UK and Middle East working with blue-chip consultancies, developers, banks and family offices.

We are independent and act impartially allowing us to focus on driving value for our Clients. We are regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and carry professional indemnity insurance and our team undertakes annual Continuing Professional Development.

Whilst providing individual surveying services, our value is realised through taking a strategic approach to Development and Asset Management for new developments and existing assets respectively and advising businesses and other occupiers on ensuring that their premises support their activities efficiently. 

We work with our Clients to understand their objectives and study all aspects affecting the profitability of their property investments, appoint the necessary specialists and other parties needed to realise that value, develop a strategy and oversee the execution.

Our team brings versatility and originality to their approach, ensuring that all assets are considered on their own merits with bespoke advice and strategy provided to our Clients based on their specific requirements. 

 

Mathew Hughes | BSc (Hons) MRICS, Managing Director

Mathew is a Chartered Building Surveyor with extensive experience in the UK and UAE real estate markets managing a variety of projects and developments.

Prior to establishing Doyen Land, Mathew worked for an Abu Dhabi family-owned conglomerate, Mazrui International, managing their real estate investment portfolio comprising revenue-generating assets, development projects and property acquisitions in addition to the numerous facilities utilised by the group’s operating companies. 

Further roles within the UAE included working with the resident Facilities Management team based at the Presidential Palace to manage the design and delivery of multiple new-build, extension, refurbishment and fit-out projects; managing the development of Al Bandar, a £200m mixed-use development on the Al Raha Beach district and managing the extension and refurbishment of the Mafraq Hotel.

Before relocating to the UAE Mathew joined the Building Consultancy department of CB Richard Ellis in London where he qualified as a Chartered Building Surveyor advising numerous blue-chip Clients on their Building Consultancy requirements.

Krystyna Mawby | BSc (Hons) MRICS, Director

Krystyna is a Chartered General Practice Surveyor with extensive experience in the UK and UAE real estate markets. 

Krystyna has experience working with Developers, Banks and consultancy firms. She specialises in development advisory and investment analysis in relation to a range real estate asset types including, hotel, retail, office, industrial and residential.

Prior to establishing Doyen Land, Krystyna worked for Cluttons LLP, an International firm of chartered surveyors and property consultants, she was based in the Abu Dhabi office where she led a team to deliver residential and commercial valuations and development advisory for a range of clients across the UAE.

Further roles within the UAE included working for a bank carrying out valuations for financing purposes, financial forecasting, preparing feasibility studies and monitoring developments under construction. Krystyna also worked for a developer where she directly managed a number of commercial assets and carried out strategic design reviews of assets under development to enhance their operational viability.

Krystyna started her career in a firm of Chartered Surveyors based in London delivering strategic property consultancy on behalf of corporate and investor clients.