Name: Robert Ellice
Current Job: Managing Director, Clarke Hillyer
Business Speciality: Entrepreneurial ventures - turning ideas into growing businesses
Age: 35
Interests: Motorsports, skiing and boys toys!
Robert started his working life in a Bishops Stortford Estate Agency practice at age 16. Within a year he had such a working knowledge of property that he then worked in the family property development and investment company based in Harlow.
After studying construction Robert graduated from a BSc (Hons) Degree in surveying (estate management). Within a year he was managing a 2 branch surveying practice and qualified as a BSI internal auditor.
He was instrumental in the commercial aspect of the largest single regeneration project in East London and at the age of 25 established his own investment company in Harlow. Two years later he purchased Clarke Hillyer and grew the company by 235% within 4 years.
Since then he has attained various accolades and at 31 he was awarded Who's Who Young Business leader 2008, top 2% of company directors under 35, a position he has held for three years running, as well as 2010 who's who business leader (top 0.5% of company directors).
Since then he has successfully invested in 4 further start-up companies in the area.

