Team

Jon Lambert is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Registered Valuer. Formerly an Equity Partner and then Senior Director of John Clegg & Co. Jon brings three decades of experience adding value to rural assets, be it for disposal or long term hold. His strengths lie in  brokerage and asset management of woods, forestry, residential estates and renewable energy assets. He has overseen the disposal of 150,000 hectares to the value of £700m in Scotland alone in the last 15 years.

Fenning Welstead is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters and a past President. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is a Registered Valuer. After 38 years with John Clegg & Co he is enthused by Goldcrest's independent and experienced team.  Fenning is focused on valuations, cashflows and strategic assessments for clients, blending objectives to enhance value for owners and stakeholders in the short- and the longer-term.

Jock Galbraith is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is a Registered Valuer. He comes from a farming family in the Scottish Borders. He began his career as a rural surveyor in the North East of Scotland, moving to Edinburgh to become one of the leading selling agents at John Clegg & Co. To date, he has been involved in land and forestry sales which total more than £750 million.

Hayden Morrison is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters. His previous roles include Senior Investment Manager at Scottish Woodlands where he provided forestry acquisition advice to a range of clients. Prior to that, Hayden was an Asset Manager at Gresham House where he managed two large scale forestry investment funds totalling 55,000ha.

Oliver Thompson is a member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters and a forestry graduate from the University of Aberdeen.  Olly has spent nearly two decades in the forest industry and has wide ranging experience in forest management, biomass, and wildlife management .  Most recently Olly has been focussed on forest agency and has been responsible for the sale and valuations of a range of woodlands and forests in England and Wales. These have ranged from large commercial properties to lowland mixed and amenity woodlands.

Emily Watson comes from an Aberdeenshire farming background. She began her career in prime residential letting and sales with Strutt & Parker before moving to John Clegg & Co supporting the forestry sales and acquisitions agency team. While assisting in all forestry and land aspects, Emily is training to become a RICS Chartered Surveyor.