Harrogate-based Pantera Advisory Group has appointed chartered surveyor Tom Witten as director of plant and machinery.
Witten joins the independent property and business assets valuation and advisory firm from global, restructuring, and investment business Gordon Brothers, where he was a manager in its London commercial and industrial team.
With more than seven years’ experience in asset valuation, specialising in plant and machinery across a range of industry sectors, his work has included valuations for business restructuring and insolvency, asset disposals and corporate and asset-based lending. Before joining Gordon Brothers in 2021, Witten was also a business asset valuer at auctions business John Pye.
Largely based in Pantera’s London offices, he will work alongside managing director Kevin Counihan and the firm’s wider asset valuation team, providing valuation and disposal advice across plant and machinery and other business assets.
The appointment comes as Pantera continues to expand its valuation and advisory services. The group has grown to 26 employees, including 10 surveyors, and now has offices in Harrogate, London and Manchester.
Tom Snook, founder and CEO of Pantera Advisory Group, said: “We are really pleased to welcome Tom to the Pantera team. His experience in plant and machinery valuation, particularly across restructuring, insolvency and lending, adds further depth to our asset valuation offering.
“Tom’s appointment reflects the continued growth of our valuation services and our wider ambition to build a national valuation and advisory business.”
Tom Witten said: “Pantera has built a strong reputation in the valuation and advisory market and I’m excited to be joining the business at such an important stage of its growth.
“I’m looking forward to working with the team to further develop its plant and machinery valuation and disposal services and to build on the opportunities ahead across the UK and internationally.”
Founded in 2016 by chartered surveyor Tom Snook, Pantera Advisory Group is an independent property valuation and advisory business and RICS-recognised surveying practice. The group provides valuation and disposal advice across property, businesses and assets for clients in the UK and overseas.
