Our Team

John has 30 years’ experience as a capital allowances specialist. John trained with Arthur Andersen and helped found the capital allowances team. At the time, Andersen’s were the first accounting firm to set up a capital allowances specialist team and employ chartered surveyors and train them in taxation. John later formed Lovell Consulting, which for the last 21 years specialises in capital allowances. John qualified as a chartered quantity surveyor at McBains Cooper. John was educated at Reading University where he gained a First Class honours degree in Quantity Surveying. He gained a scholarship to Oxford University Green Templeton College and attained a Master of Philosophy degree in Management Studies. John is a Chartered Surveyor.

Abby has 14 year experience as a capital allowances specialist. She studied Quantity Surveying Studies at Liverpool John Moores University and attained a 2.1 Honours Degree. She also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Surveying from the College of Estate Management. Abby previously worked for Davis Langdon & Seah (M) Sdn. Bhd. before joining Lovell Consulting in August 2008 and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Michael joined Lovell Consulting after 15 years within the Valuation Office providing capital allowances valuation and policy advice as internal expert to HMRC. Michael studied quantity surveying at Nottingham Trent University and is a chartered quantity surveyor. Mike has a wealth of experience reviewing capital allowances analysis. Mike previously worked with Davis Langdon as a quantity surveyor and has 40 years experience as a surveyor.

Kirsty has 25 years experience as a capital allowances specialist. Kirsty is a chartered quantity surveyor and her previous capital allowances experience was with accountants KPMG and surveyors EC Harris. Before specialising in capital allowances Kirsty spent 5 years within a large international cost consultancy practice in London.

Glenn joined Lovell Consulting having spent 7 years with HMRC/Valuation Office as an internal capital allowances specialist. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Santo Tomas, Philippines and a Diploma in Surveying from the College of Estate Management. Glenn is a chartered quantity surveyor with 23 years experience.

Julie Davies is a senior administrator responsible for marketing and client care. Prior to this, Julie gained a marketing background at Harte-Hanks then joined the NSPCC in Client Liaison and Fundraising Support.

Nicola has an RSA Diploma in Business Administration from Oxford College of Further Education. Having previously worked for Savills as Group Secretary, and as PA to Chartered Surveyors at Butler Sherborn before joining Lovell Consulting in February 2016.

Damon joined Lovell Consulting in 2021. He holds a first-class honours degree in BSc Financial Economics from the University of Leicester and is currently pursuing his ATT qualification.