Dominic Agace, Chief Executive Officer

Dominic was appointed CEO of Winkworth in 2006. He joined Winkworth Franchising Limited (“WFL”) in 2001 to head up its Research Department and in 2004 was appointed Executive Director with specific responsibility for Marketing, IT (website and software) and the growth of the franchise. He was directly responsible for accelerating the growth in the number of franchised offices and oversaw the admission of Winkworth to AIM in 2009. Since that time, the network has more than doubled to over 100 franchisees. In addition, Dominic has launched new central businesses, including a China desk and a Commercial, Development and Investment business, leveraging off the Winkworth footprint and brand.

Dominic is a qualified member of NAEA Propertymark and holds the Institute of Directors certificate in company direction.

Andrew Nicol, Chief Financial Officer

Andrew joined Winkworth as CFO in 2016 with a focus on finance, risk and developing the group’s central infrastructure. He has also played an important part in developing the group’s digital strategy and its implementation. Prior to working at Winkworth, Andrew held positions in both the corporate sector and in consultancy, notably with The Boston Consulting Group and Oxera Consulting. 

Andrew qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG Peat Marwick and is a member of ICAEW.

Tara Tan, Director of Legal, Compliance and Human Resources

Tara joined Winkworth in 2001 and became Director of Legal and Business Affairs in 2004. After stepping down in 2006 to focus on other interests, she re-joined Winkworth as a consultant in 2012 and was appointed as General Counsel in 2014 and a director of the Board of WFL in 2020.

Tara provides strategic and transactional guidance to the business development team and to the day-to-day commercial operations team, as well as focusing on brand protection, network compliance and training.

Tara is a qualified solicitor and has previously worked for the BBC in research, production, journalism, commissioning, and held executive roles in two legal and business affairs departments.

Tara is also a qualified member of NAEA Propertymark and ARLA Propertymark.

Simon Agace, Non-executive Chair

Simon Agace became Managing Director of Winkworth in 1974 having qualified as a Chartered Auctioneer and Estate Agent and a Chartered Surveyor in the 1960s. Under his direction, Winkworth grew to eight offices covering much of Central London and the West End. In the 1980s, Simon was involved in investment syndications in America, learning about the franchising model and, in 1981, introducing the concept to the UK, converting Winkworth’s eight offices into franchises.

As a Fellow of RICS and a member of the NAEA, Simon has been involved with many industry issues, serving on a number of RICS committees including the Home Buying Reform Group, the Agenda for Change in 2001, and the Lettings and Management Group.  

Jonathan Adams, Non-executive director

Jonathan spent 14 years in M&A/Advisory and as an equity analyst at JP Morgan before running a global sector fund initially at Citigroup and subsequently at Investec, where he spent 16 years as a Portfolio Manager of a global infrastructure fund with extensive real estate holdings. In 2022, he founded Butterwalk Advisory LLP, providing advice and investing directly in small cap companies. He is a Senior Advisory Board Member to King’s College, Cambridge’s Entrepreneurship Lab, a privately funded body with the goal of increasing awareness of entrepreneurship amongst its student membership.

Lawrence Alkin, Non-executive director

A qualified solicitor, Lawrence practiced law prior to entering the property business, gaining extensive experience in many aspects of the property market in the UK, Europe and the US.

In 1982, he became a director of Holmes Place Health Club Limited, where he was responsible for site acquisition and development, together with group advertising. In 1992 he was appointed Joint Chief Executive and Development Director of Holmes Place plc.

Thomas Fyson, Non-executive director

Tom Fyson is a Managing Director of Blackdown Partners, an independent investment bank providing public and private businesses with advice on corporate finance, M&A, Capital Markets, Investor Relations and Strategy. He has over 20 years of financial experience, having begun his career at KPMG, where he qualified as a chartered accountant, before moving into corporate finance in 2006.

John Nicol, Non-executive director

John qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Peat Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG) and has considerable financial experience having worked at Morgan Grenfell, now part of part of Deutsche Bank and as the Finance Director of two major aggregate producers in West and South West London for over 30 years.  He was also previously Finance Director of Wessex Trust Plc, at the time a Main Market listed property investment company.