Kevin was born and brought up in the constituency and lives near Easingwold with his wife Nikky, four children and 2 dogs. His dad was the local milkman in Easingwold and his mum a voluntary social worker. All his children attend the local schools in Crayke and Easingwold where Kevin is also Vice-Chair of Governors. He is a keen sportsman, playing cricket for Easingwold for over 30 years, rugby union for York RI and golf at Easingwold Golf Club.
He started Hunters in 1992, co-founding the business with John Waterhouse, which is now one of the most successful and fastest-growing estate agencies in the UK. Hunters have 160 branches nationwide including 30 in Greater London with gross turnover in excess of £40m and over 600 people employed throughout the network. The company recently went public in an IPO on July 2nd 2015 and has a market cap of around £25m.
Kevin has been in property for more than 25 years, but after studying physics at Sheffield Hallam University he set up various businesses. Then he joined Prudential, at the time the largest estate agency in Britain as a branch manager, initially in Haxby and later in Burnley, Lancs. Five years later, in 1992, he and his original founding partner, John Waterhouse, started Hunters in Goodramgate.
