Louise Petersen - Director
Louise graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Land Management from De Montfort University, Leicester in 1995 and qualified as a General Practice Chartered Surveyor in 1997.
Having begun her career working for a large corporate occupier, Louise gained invaluable all round property experience dealing with all aspects of in house property management.
This was followed by a move to work for one of the largest international property companies intially developing their UK Property Management team then moving to manage European Property and Asset Management for a portfolio of 300 buildings in 12 European countries with a rent roll of €350M pa.
In 2010 Louise set up Petersen Associates Ltd and began offering her bespoke blend of property and asset management skills to her established client base.
Louise has direct hands on experience of managing high profile mixed use schemes, both in the UK and throughout Europe. She has provided advice on how best to establish property management regimes for a range of complex developments, including rail freight terminals.
Amy Crossley - Asset Manager
Amy has previously worked as an Asset Manager for the UK arm of a large international property company and has been working with Petersen Associates since 2017. Amy deals with day to day management of our portfolio in the South East.
Claire Aston – Office Manager
Claire has worked for Petersen Associates since 2011 and deals with invoicing and all aspects of tenant administration. Claire has a background of working in Facilities Management for a major high street bank.
Sarah Powell - Accountant
Sarah joined Petersen Associates in 2017 and is responsible for completion of service charge audits and statutory accounts in conjunction with our external accountants. Sarah has previously worked for a developer and ran her own accountancy practice before joining us.
Cherry Lissemore – Building Manager
Cherry has worked for Petersen Associates since 2012 and assists with property and facilities management. Cherry has previously worked for a large international property company supporting the Property Management Team. Cherry is responsible for the day to day management of Valiant Office Suites in Rugby as well as assiisting in all aspects of property and facilities management.
Kate James - Facilities Manager
Kate joined Petersen Associates at the beginning of 2018 as a Facilities Manager for our Midlands portfolio. Kate is based in our Rugby office and is responsible for regularly visiting all sites under management across the portfolio and managing our team of external contractors.
John Ashman - Project Manager
John joined the Petersen Associates team in 2020. His background in corporate compliancy and IT related projects has been instrumental in developing and documenting our systems and procedures.
Kayleigh Whitbread - Business Support Manager
Kayleigh joined our head office team in 2021 and has brought a wealth of knowledge from her Facilities Management and Accounting background. Kayleigh is involved in the preparation of service charge budgets, issuing invoices, chasing arrears and issuing service charge reconciliations in addition to providing support on a number of ongoing projects.
Valiant Office Team, Rugby
Our team based at our serviced office facility in Rugby provide a range of management services to our occupiers.
Jan Niner
Kerry Thomson
Stella Considine
Training and Safety Consultancy
Mike Petersen - Director
Mike Petersen has a unique level of experience within the emergency services, having held various frontline posts within the Police, Fire and Ambulance Services. Since leaving the ambulance service in favour of a better work life balance, Mike went on to teach Edexcel BTEC Uniformed Public Services subjects within Further Education, and while studying as an Associate Teacher. To maintain his skills acquired within the ambulance service, he continues to respond as a volunteer Community Responder on behalf of the South Western Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust.
Teaching within Further Education, provided a stepping stone into Commercial Training and Development, with Health and Safety being the primary focus, and specialist subject area. A specialism gained from 20 years of experience in various capacities attending emergency incidents, some of which, involving victims of unsafe working practices, and poor fire safety. This is reflected in our promotion of health and safety, taking a moral and common sense approach, adapting to any industry.
Mike Petersen is committed to his Continual Professional Development, and is proud to be a member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, the Institution of Fire Engineers, and the Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers.
