<b>Kevin Davies, 47, md of Nicholson Estates, thinks Ken Livingstone will be the saviour of London; and quite fancies skippering a yacht in the Meds</b><br><b>Family?</b><br> Wife, Susan and sons Nicholas, 18, and Oliver, 13<p></p><p><b><b>First job ever?</b></b><br> Trainee surveyor with Ladbroke Group after completing an HND in Building Studies at Harrow Tech. I spent ten years there on a fantastic portfolio of 1,000 shops, casinos, hotels, Texas Homecare stores. We were always trying to buy freeholds because guys at the top had a shrewd knowledge of property.</p><p><b><b>First job in the industry?</b></b><br> Regional land manager from 1986 at Wilcon South Midlands, which happened to be based in Elstree, North London. I reported to John Weir, still in his tie-wearing days. Ian Black was chief executive.</p><p> We did bog standard stuff. I used to suggest we changed the name to Wilson Connolly, to sound sexier and more upmarket, but nobody was interested.</p><p> After stints at Barratt and Bellway, with Frank Scanlon, I did 18 months as md at Berkeley North London in the brief reign of Tony Pidgley Junior when six mds started work on the same day. </p><p><b><b>Your biggest mistake?</b></b><br> Buying a piece of land in Edgware when I was at Barratt. …