Doyen is a boutique, multidisciplinary real estate consultancy providing professional surveying and strategic advisory services across the UK.
We support investors, developers, occupiers and public bodies with clear, independent advice, combining technical rigour, commercial insight and a deep understanding of risk. Our work spans the full property lifecycle, from acquisition and development through to asset management and long-term optimisation.
Director-led and RICS-regulated, Doyen is built on experience, discretion and long-term client relationships.
Doyen combines the assurance of a trusted consultancy with the agility of a modern advisory practice, delivering clarity, confidence and value across the property lifecycle.
Doyen’s directors bring over 30 years’ combined experience advising on complex real estate assets in both the United Kingdom and the Middle East.
Our international experience includes working with family offices, institutional investors and major developers, as well as advising on high-value, operationally complex assets. This exposure to different regulatory environments, investment cultures and delivery models gives us a broader perspective than many traditional consultancies.
Today, we apply that experience to the UK market, helping clients navigate evolving regulation, changing occupier demands and increasingly complex commercial and compliance considerations with confidence and clarity.
At the heart of Doyen is a simple principle: good advice creates value by reducing risk, not by increasing complexity.
Our ethos is shaped by four core commitments:
Doyen is led by chartered professionals with complementary backgrounds across surveying, valuation, development and asset management.
Clients benefit from senior-level involvement on every instruction, not delegation to disconnected departments or junior teams. This ensures consistency, responsiveness and a clear line of accountability from start to finish.
Mathew is a Chartered Building Surveyor with extensive experience in the UK and UAE real estate markets managing a variety of projects and developments.
Prior to establishing Doyen Land, Mathew worked for an Abu Dhabi family-owned conglomerate, Mazrui International, managing their real estate investment portfolio comprising revenue-generating assets, development projects and property acquisitions in addition to the numerous facilities utilised by the group’s operating companies.
Further roles within the UAE included working with the resident Facilities Management team based at the Presidential Palace to manage the design and delivery of multiple new-build, extension, refurbishment and fit-out projects; managing the development of Al Bandar, a £200m mixed-use development on the Al Raha Beach district and managing the extension and refurbishment of the Mafraq Hotel.
Before relocating to the UAE Mathew joined the Building Consultancy department of CBRE in London where he qualified as a Chartered Building Surveyor advising numerous blue-chip Clients on their Building Consultancy requirements.
Krystyna is a Chartered General Practice Surveyor with extensive experience in the UK and UAE real estate markets.
Krystyna has experience working with Developers, Banks and consultancy firms. She specialises in development advisory and investment analysis in relation to a range real estate asset types including, hotel, retail, office, industrial and residential.
Prior to establishing Doyen Land, Krystyna worked for Cluttons LLP, an International firm of chartered surveyors and property consultants, she was based in the Abu Dhabi office where she led a team to deliver residential and commercial valuations and development advisory for a range of clients across the UAE.
Further roles within the UAE included working for a bank carrying out valuations for financing purposes, financial forecasting, preparing feasibility studies and monitoring developments under construction. Krystyna also worked for a developer where she directly managed a number of commercial assets and carried out strategic design reviews of assets under development to enhance their operational viability.
Krystyna started her career in a firm of Chartered Surveyors based in London delivering strategic property consultancy on behalf of corporate and investor clients.
Our experience allows us to anticipate issues early, challenge assumptions constructively and provide advice that stands up in both commercial negotiations and formal scrutiny.
Our team regularly shares commentary on valuation risk, development feasibility, building compliance and evolving market conditions.
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