Giles Hunt

Land and Estates Director for the National Trust

Giles is the Land and Estates Director for the National Trust with strategic responsibility for all issues surrounding the Trust’s extensive estate of over 250,000 ha.

With c.10,000 tenants – including more than 5,000 rented domestic houses and 1500 farms together with the maintenance, repair and renovation of their 29,000 buildings.

Giles studied Agricultural Business Management at Wye College, University of London before going on to study Rural Estate Management at the Royal Agricultural University.

Having secured a training contract with the National Trust he moved to Norfolk where he qualified as a Rural Practice Chartered Surveyor.

Further roles with the Trust have included time spent in the Midlands and the South West leading teams of Surveyors and other professionals in multi-disciplinary teams, before moving to the Trust’s Headquarters in Swindon to take up the role of Head of Estate Management and was appointed its Land & Estates Director in September 2017.

Giles has been active within his profession serving as an APC examiner and on various Boards and Committees for the RICS and currently serves on the CAAV’s Property Committee.

He has also worked with educational establishments as an external examiner and Advisory Board member.

Living with his wife and daughter in Wiltshire, walking, cycling and generally being outside exploring the more remote parts of the UK, are all much enjoyed family activities.