PERTH surveyor Louisa Robertson has been crowned Valuation Surveyor of the Year at the RICS Matrics Surveyor Awards, which honours the achievements of up-and-coming surveyors across the UK.
Louisa is a chartered rural surveyor and joined Savills’ rural professional team in 2018, specialising in rural property valuation and professional work for loan security and capital taxation.
She graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in agriculture with farm business management, before studying for a master’s degree in land economy at the University of Aberdeen.
Louisa was responsible for developing, launching and implementing a national valuation comparables database, which aims to provide a central location for all internal and external sales data and a consistent approach to data analysis.
She also played a key role in the trialing and roll out of a valuation workflow system on a national scale, designed to streamline a valuation instruction from start to finish, meaning that the conflict check, instruction letter and reporting can all be done through one system.
In 2019, Louisa became a Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers.
At this year’s ceremony, six of the eleven category winners were women in a year when female professionals represented just over a third of those shortlisted, despite making up just 18% of UK surveyors.
The winners were announced at a ceremony in Manchester hosted by TV presenter Martin Roberts. The following surveyors were recognised for their outstanding contributions and achievements in their respective sectors.
- Surveyor of the Year – Lauren Lemcke MRICS, AECOM
- Construction Surveyor of the Year – Lauren Lemcke MRICS, AECOM
- Apprentice of the Year – Jordanne Dunn MRICS, Savills
- Building Surveyor/Control Surveyor of the Year – Tony Leishman MRICS, Anstey Horne & Company
- Commercial Property Surveyor of the Year – Luke Hamilton-Jones MRICS, The Valesco Group
- Land and Natural Resources Surveyor of the Year  – James Dean MRICS, JRD Surveyors
- Residential Surveyor of the Year – Christopher Moran AssocRICS, Moran Residential Surveying
- Valuation Surveyor of the Year – Louisa Robertson MRICS, Savills
- Sustainability Champion of the Year – Derek Wilson MRICS, Synergetic Intelligence
- Ambassador of the Year – Suzanna Fairbairns MRICS, KPMG
- Mentor of the Year – Lorraine Williamson MRICS, Rider Levett Bucknall
Neil A’Bear FRICS, Matrics UK chair said, “We are delighted to celebrate the successes of the RICS Matrics Awards winners once again. Surveying professionals play a vital role in creating and maintaining our built environment, and each winner is supporting the industry by having a profound impact on the businesses and communities that they serve.
“These awards represent RICS’ mission to inspire and empower the next generation of surveyors. RICS is proud to deliver these awards year on year to champion the dedication and commitment of surveyors across the UK.”
