Iain Powis

Leading the New Homes team across the Western region, providing strategic advice to developers on residential schemes from concept to completion. Key focus areas include market analysis, pricing strategy, and stakeholder engagement.

Here, I led the team across a broad mix of development projects, from early feasibility through to launch and sale. The role was very relationship focused, working closely with developers, landowners and professional teams to understand their aims and provide clear, practical advice that helped shape each scheme. I combined day to day leadership with hands on involvement in key projects, keeping things moving, finding solutions when challenges cropped up and helping bring well considered, commercially grounded developments to the Cheltenham market.

A focus on supporting developers and landowners through the early stages of their schemes, offering grounded, practical advice on layout, mix, pricing and overall market positioning. I spent a lot of time building genuine working relationships and acting as a sounding board as projects evolved, helping clients make informed decisions and shaping developments so they were well aligned with local demand before moving into the sales phase.

In this role, I led the team across a varied pipeline of new‑homes schemes, working directly with developers and landowners to set strategy, sharpen pricing and ensure strong sales momentum from launch through to completion. The role combined fast‑paced leadership with hands‑on involvement in key instructions, strengthening client relationships and driving performance in one of Oxfordshire’s most competitive development markets.

During my time at Savills in Banbury, I was involved in the sale of homes across the £500k–£1m market, while increasingly taking on responsibility for £1m+ instructions, contributing to some of the office’s most significant and high‑value transactions. The role gave me hands‑on experience of the prime market, where expectations are higher and marketing needs to be more considered, and it helped me build a strong understanding of buyer behaviour and the nuances of selling standout properties in and around the area.

I joined Douglas Gribben in 2010 and enjoyed many successes with the team. Fast paced & demanding, as the market leader, we maintained exceptionally high standards and had a desire to succeed in all we did.

Merged with and traded thereafter as Carter Jonas I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Dreweatt Neate, the experiences gained across all sectors of the residential property market have stayed with me throughout my career.

Andrews provided me with a great training programme and the desire to succeed in the industry.

Build and maintain strong working relationships with existing client base Source new leads and identify other potential business opportunities Plan and manage related features to appear within publication Managing clients’ copy for insertion into publication - Close liaison with in-house print studio to meet deadlines Develop creative ideas with management and design team

Involved in a mentor programme whilst in the third year of my course, which aimed to help first year students acclimatise to life away from home and all other aspects of university life. Following a successful third year show, I was invited to show a series of work at a venue in the West Midlands. Further work of mine is on permanent display at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford