Bolton King, a RICS member since 1979, joins the organisation from NFoPP where he was group chief executive for almost nine years and oversaw the federation's sales, lettings, commercial, auctions and overseas agency membership groups.
Based in RICS' Parliament Square office, he will work alongside other professional group teams and will be tasked with further increasing the RICS presence in this important sector of the property profession, and promoting the role of RICS residential globally. He will replace the out going group director David Dalby, who will retire in July this year.
In his career to date Bolton King has represented the UK property industry at the highest level on both the UK and international stages. He brings with him extensive experience of the residential and valuation sectors and has broad knowledge of overseas markets.
Prior to joining NFoPP, he spent five years at Bradford and Bingley as senior area director and was an area director at Black Horse Agencies from 1987 to 1998. He was also appointed as the youngest ever salaried partner at Warwickshire based Locke and England Chartered Surveyors in 1983.
‘Having somebody of Peter's vast knowledge and experience will prove invaluable to our members, the institution and the property industry as a whole,’ said Ken Creighton, RICS director of professional standards.
Having someone of Bolton King’s calibre taking over this role demonstrates RICS’ commitment to raising standards and professionalism in this vital economic sector, explained Dalby.
‘I look forward to working with him during the handover period, to establish a framework to take RICS Residential to the next level, in terms of influence and global reach,’ he added.
