Our People

Mark Sanders
Chartered Surveyor
Professional Biography

Brian Dinnis
Chartered Surveyor
Professional Biography

Isabella Pyne
Chartered 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 and, after a brief spell away from the West Country, was pleased to join Acorn Rural Property Consultants in December 2019. She qualified as a chartered surveyor in 2022.

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.

Henry Buckpitt 
Research Assistant

Henry grew up on a farm on the outskirts of Newton Abbot and is a graduate from the University of Reading with a BSc in Human and Physical Geography. Henry works for a sister company of Acorn RPC delivering a contract researching unregistered common land. He is enthusiastic in his interest in the environment and is currently also training as an ecologist.

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.

Betty
Miniature Dachshund

Despite her (lack of) size Betty is head of barketing and security at Acorn Rural Property Consultants. This is an important role which she manages alongside her other career commitments. In her spare time, Betty enjoys feeding calves, particularly the bit where she drinks their milk, and long walks on Exmouth beach with Bella.