Early Life
Born in Surrey, Butterfill was educated at Caterham School and the College of Estate Management in London. In 1962 he began his career as a valuer with Jones Laing Wootton, before becoming a senior executive with the Hammerson Group in 1964. He was a director at the Audley Properties Group (now the Bovis Homes Group) from 1969 until he became the Managing Director of the St Paul's Securities Group. He became a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1974. He was elected as the Chairman of the Guildford Conservative Association from 1976-1982. In 1977 he became a senior partner in Curchod & Co Chartered Surveyors, where he remained until 1992. He was Director of ISLEF Building and Construction Ltd from 1985–91, and of the Pavilion Services Group from 1992-4.
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