Our People

Mark Sanders
Managing Partner
Professional Biography

Brian Dinnis
Senior Surveyor
Professional Biography

Isabella Pyne
Graduate Surveyor

Bella is from a farming background and grew up in East Devon. She completed her BSc (Hons) in Rural Land Management at The Royal Agricultural University in the summer of 2019 and, after a brief spell away from the West Country, was pleased to come back and join Acorn Rural Property Consultants in December 2019.

Tom Hannis
Graduate Surveyor

Tom grew up in the South Hams and is now based near Tiverton. He has a Geography Degree and an MSc in Rural Estate Management from the Royal Agricultural University, and joined us in September 2020. Tom also works for a sister company of Acorn RPC delivering a contract researching unregistered common land.

Sarah Potter
Accountant

Sarah is a qualified chartered certified accountant with some 14 years’ experience in the accountancy sector. Whilst growing up just over the Devon border in Wellington, Sarah has always enjoyed outdoor pursuits such as horse riding and walking and has a passion for the theatre. She joined Acorn Rural Property Consultants at the end of 2019.

Dayna Jones 
Secretary and Office Administrator

Dayna grew up in Devon and studied A-level Law & Business. She has worked for several law firms, most recently as a Legal Secretary, before deciding on a change to work in surveying and joined Acorn Rural Property Consultants in September 2020. Dayna is a former European and World champion in Taekwon-do and now enjoys boxing.

Henry Buckpitt 
Research Assistant

Henry grew up on a farm on the outskirts of Newton Abbot and has recently graduated from the University of Reading with a BSc in Human and Physical Geography. He is enthusiastic in his interest in the environment and is very pleased to be working with Tom researching unregistered common land.