Andrew Champion

Andrew is a former Petroc student. Whilst working for a local architectural practice in Barnstaple, Andrew attended college on a day release basis, to study BTEC ONC in Building and Architecture. This opportunity lead Andrew to attended Exeter Technical College to undertake a BTEC HNC in Building and Architecture. 

Andrew left North Devon in 1995 to return to full-time education, where he read for a degree at Oxford Brookes University. He graduated in 1998 with an Honours Degree in Estate Management. Having completed a post graduate diploma in Surveying in 2002, he received his Chartership from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, becoming a full professional member. 

Andrew has been a Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor for the past 21 years, gaining experience in private practice, consultancy and working for large housing organisations initially around the Thames Valley area, whilst living in Oxford. 

He moved back to North Devon in 2007, gaining further experience in both the public and private sectors. In 2011 he became a Registered RICS Valuer and is currently working as Development Delivery Project Manager for East Devon District Council. In July 2023 Andrew was awarded Master of Science Degree in Urban Planning from the University of South West England and is currently working towards a second professional membership to become a Chartered Town Planner. 

On returning to Devon, Andrew met his now wife and lives locally. Outside of work he spends most of his spare time attending rugby matches at Sandy Park in support of Exeter Chiefs, clay pigeon shooting at local North Devon shooting grounds, and with his wife walking their boxer dogs on a number of our lovely local beaches.