Director Profiles

Charles Moses FRICS

Managing Director

Charles Moses has been Managing Director of CJM Asset Management since its inception 6 years ago. Charles, 54, originally trained as an Agricultural Auctioneer & Valuer, leaving the Royal Agricultural College Cirencester in 1974 following a 3 year diploma in Estate Management. He qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1976 and became a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1984. After joining Dickinson Davy & Markham to hone his auctioneering skills, Charles became involved in the valuation and sale of industrial and commercial assets in the early 1980s acting for a number of local and national insolvency practitioners. By the late 1980s Charles was involved totally in the valuation and sale of industrial chattel assets and founded DDM Asset Management, Industrial Auctioneers, as a part of the DDM Group. The business grew rapidly over the following decade and the client base expanded to include Industrial Finance Houses, High Street Banks and regional and local businesses. In 2000 Charles and his fellow director Paul Cooper, bought out the business of DDM Asset Management to form CJM Asset Management, a specialist firm of Industrial Auctioneers and Asset Valuers. Since the business was established, CJM Asset Management has grown into a global player in the sale and valuation of industrial assets, negotiating sales for UK based and overseas clients in China, India, Europe and the USA. Completed instructions include projects for Dyson Limited, Outokumpu Stainless Limited, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Corus, Timken, Silentnight Group, Lombard Asset Finance Group and ING. Charles is married with 3 children and lives in the Lincolnshire Wolds.

Paul Cooper BSc Econ MRICS

Operations Director

After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Banking & Finance,

Paul started his auctioneering career with a firm of Fine Art Auctioneers. Having qualified in Fine Arts with the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers, he decided a on a change of direction and joined Charles Moses at Industrial Auctioneers DDM Asset Management. Paul thrived in the world of Industrial Auctioneering and quickly passed all the necessary examinations under the auspices of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, winning the Henry Butcher Prize for Applied Valuation two consecutive years. Some years later Paul and Charles Moses bought out DDM Asset Management from the DDM Group to form CJM Asset Management. In the years since its formation Paul has worked hard to make CJM Asset Management a leading player in global asset sales and valuation. Paul is married with 2 children and lives in rural Lincolnshire.