Ian Mehrtens
Ian is a
chartered surveyor following a portfolio career as a management
consultant.
Graduating in 1976, he worked as a surveyor for various private
and public sector organisations before commencing an academic
career culminating in a position as Professor and Associate Dean of
Faculty. During this time he gained an MPhil and an MBA as well as
becoming a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
in 1979.
He moved into estate management and has been variously Director
of Estates in a number of Universities in the UK.
In 2005 he moved to the Royal Veterinary College,
University of London where he became the Vice Principal
Operations.
At the College he had a place on the Vice Principal’s Group
where he was responsible for all matters relating to Estates,
Finance and Human Resources. He was also a member of the Senior
Management Group and took a wide remit including maintenance,
capital development, facilities management, health and safety and
occupational health with overall responsibility for a property
portfolio in excess of £80m and an estate of 200 acres including a
100 acre farm.
Ian left the College in 2011 to pursue a portfolio career
building upon the skills and experience gained from over 30 years
in the higher education sector.
In addition to this full time employment, he has been a trustee
of an educational trust, a governor and Chair of Finance for a
large comprehensive school, a local Councillor and a lay Chair for
NHS complaints in the London region.
Ian became a Trustee of Regent’s College in 2007 and became
Chairman of the Board in 2010.
Page last updated 12/7/2011