Mark was born in Devon but moved to Sturminster Newton Dorset when he was 2 years old and now lives in a village near Sherborne.

Educated in Dorset he then gained a diploma in Estate Management from the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester. He spent a short time with a firm of auctioneers in Cheshire before returning to Sturminster Newton to work for Senior & Godwin where his father was Senior Partner.

Becoming a partner of Symonds & Sampson in 1990 he headed the farm dispersal sales department and was principal livestock auctioneer at Yeovil Market. Mark now heads the residential department and is the firm's chief property auctioneer.

Away from the office his interests include cooking, renovating his 16th Century house, hockey, cricket and walking in the glorious Dorset countryside with his wife, two children and Labrador.

Giles was born in Dorchester but grew up in South Devon where his Father was a Rural Practice Chartered Surveyor and livestock auctioneer. School holidays were often spent helping out at the livestock markets or in the Estate Agency offices where an interest in property was first nurtured.

Following four years in London working in project management for a stockbroking software firm he moved to Wiltshire and joined Symonds and Sampson's Salisbury office in May 2004. A further four years selling property in South Wiltshire and the New Forest followed before the opportunity was taken in June 2008 to work in the beautiful Blackmore Vale and surrounding North Dorset countryside from the firm's Sturminster Newton office.

Away from work Giles's time is spent with Lara and their four children and among many other activities they enjoy going out as a family and walking with their Springer Spaniel Basil. He has a keen interest in politics, is a very enthusiastic skier and enjoys rugby, tennis and cooking.

Anabel has a fairly in depth knowledge of moving house having done so 32 times with both her father and husband in the army. Her childhood was spent in UK, Germany, and Hong Kong with family roots and schooling in South Devon and much time spent in Wiltshire before moving to London.

Anabel worked in London's West End in export sales to Africa and the Middle East until she married and promptly found herself moving away from the bright lights to Scotland whilst her husband did a tour with the Royal Marines. In addition to postings in the UK they have lived in Northern Ireland, Germany and Cyprus.

Anabel's career has been varied but mostly in the sales environment with a good deal of charity work as well. Anabel is married to Peter and they have 3 children, 2 are still at school in Dorset. They have settled in Wiltshire and Anabel enjoys spending time with her family, music, sailing and skiing.

Mandy has been with Symonds and Sampson for a number of years starting as a Saturday person and then progressing to front line estate agency.  Mandy is proactive, knows the area extremely well and will make appointments for viewings and provide feedback.

Rachael grew up in North Devon and moved to Dorset after taking A Levels where her career in estate agency started in Blandford Forum working for a national company. After five years, the faster way of life of the South East seemed far more exciting and she spent many years working in Henley-On-Thames as a sales manager. Rachael then found that lettings seemed more of a challenge and she studied for her ARLA qualification.

Family and the beautiful Dorset countryside were sorely missed and she moved back to Shaftesbury 8 years ago starting her career with Symonds and Sampson at the Dorchester Branch covering the then head of lettings for her maternity leave. An opportunity was then given to start the North Dorset lettings department and she is now based in the Blandford office as Head of Lettings with a large property portfolio.

Rachael enjoys cooking for family and friends and hill walking around the county with her partner John.