London State of the Market 2019

Nigel Wilson

Group Chief Executive
Legal & General

Nigel won the ‘Most Admired Leader’ award at Britain's Most Admired Companies Awards 2017, for Management Today. He was also City AM "Business Personality of the Year" in 2014. In 2015-2016 Nigel was a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group. Nigel was Chairman of the Investment Association’s review of Executive Pay (2016-2017) and the governments review of Mission Led Business (2016- 2017). He was also a member of the governments Patient Capital Review Industry Panel (2017–2018) and a Commissioner in the Resolution Foundation’s Intergenerational Commission (2017–2018). Nigel is currently a member of the expert group advising on the government’s Social Care Green Paper. Qualifications include a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was a Kennedy Scholar, and a recipient of the Alfred P Sloan research scholarship. Nigel also worked at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Previous appointments include, McKinsey & Co (where clients included BP, Citibank, Cadbury’s, Santander and Kingfisher); Group Commercial Director of Dixons Group Plc.; Managing Director of Stanhope Properties Plc.; Chief Executive, Corporate, Guinness Peat Aviation (G.P.A.); Managing Director, Viridian Capital and Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer UBM. Nigel was Senior Independent Director (SID) of The Capita Group plc. from 2009 until 2012, and was SID / Chairman of Halfords Group Plc. from 2006 until 2011. Nigel has won numerous national masters Athletics Championships. He has five daughters. He is leading the 50/50 by 20/20 gender diversity initiative.

Karim Habra

Head of Europe
Ivanhoe Cambridge

Karim Habra is responsible for Ivanhoe Cambridge European platform and its future growth. He oversees all the company’s real estate operations in Europe including its development activities. Karim Habra began his career with GE Real Estate in 1998 and was given responsibility for its Central European operations in 2003, before joining JER Partners in 2008 as Managing Director, European Funds. In 2012, he joined LaSalle Investment Management as Managing Director of Central Europe before serving successively as Managing Director of France, then Head of Continental Europe.

Astrid Panosyan

Group Chief Resources Officer
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Astrid Panosyan joined the Group in September 2015 as Group Chief Resources Officer. She was previously an advisor and member of the cabinet of Emmanuel Macron, then French Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs, and was in charge of Economic Attractiveness and International Investments. Astrid Panosyan started her career at AT Kearney before joining AXA’s Strategy Department in 1998, then the Department of Business Support & Development for the Asia-Pacific region. In 2002, she joined Groupama, holding various senior positions in the International, Strategy and Finance Departments. She became General Secretary of Groupama in 2011. Astrid Panosyan is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris (France), HEC (France) and Harvard University (USA).

Jim Garman

Managing Director
Goldman Sachs

im is global co-head of the Merchant Banking Division (MBD) Real Estate Group and head of MBD Real Estate in EMEA. In these roles, he is responsible for the design and implementation of MBD’s real estate investment strategies. Jim is a member of the Partnership Committee and MBD Real Estate Investment Committee. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1992 and was named managing director in 2004 and partner in 2006. Jim serves on the Board of Directors of IQ Student Accommodation. He also serves on the Cambridge University Land Economy Advisory Board and is a trustee of Right to Play UK. Jim earned an MA in Land Economy from Cambridge University in 1989.

Nicole Morton

Head of eCommerce Business Development
DHL

Nicole Morton is Head of E-commerce Business Development at DHL Express UK. Nicole holds responsibility for the business’ customers in the e-commerce sector and for the strategic development of solutions to support international e-commerce deliveries. She is also responsible for the E-commerce Business Development Managers, who support the e-commerce strategy and customer growth within the UK. Nicole, who has 8 years of experience in the logistics field across South Africa, Europe & the UK, first joined the DHL business in May 2015. Starting as an Account Manager in the London Region, Nicole’s talent, passion and drive to support a customer’s growth plan and future successes, coupled with her expert shipping knowledge, enabled Nicole to become London and the South Region’s E-commerce Business Development Manager within the year. Her expertise and focus saw Nicole become Area Sales Manager for Reading in January 2018, followed by Head of E-commerce Business Development in October 2019. Nicole’s team supports DHL’s customers from all industries in reaching their export potential through e-commerce and in providing their shoppers with excellent delivery options and choices.

Nick Leslau

​Chairman​
Prestbury Investments​

Nick Leslau, 57, BSc (Hons) Est Man, FRICS, is Chairman of Prestbury Investments LLP, Investment Adviser to the Group. He is a Chartered Surveyor who has been Chairman and Chief Executive of Prestbury Investment Holdings Limited since it commenced business in 2000 and Chairman of Prestbury Investments LLP since its establishment in 2006. He was Chief Executive of Burford Holdings Plc for approximately ten years up to 1997 and Group Chairman and Chief Executive of Prestbury Group Plc from 2008. He has sat on many quoted and unquoted company boards including, most recently, Max Property Group Plc, and is a Member of the Bank of England Property Forum.

Joanne McNamara

Head of Europe
Oxford Properties

Joanne McNamara is Executive Vice President – Europe of Oxford Properties, a leading global real estate investor, asset manager and business builder. In this role, Jo is responsible for all aspects of Oxford’s business across Europe. Jo is a member of Oxford’s Leadership team, Investment and Executive Committees, and most recently took up a non-executive role at ESR, a Pan-Asian fund management business. Jo was one of Oxford’s first team members in London, joining the European investment team in 2010, and over the past decade has contributed to and led many of the organization’s most significant investment and development transactions. Jo was most recently responsible for the operating performance of Oxford’s European business and leadership of the 40+ person European team. Prior to joining Oxford, Jo worked in investments and development at leading real estate companies. Jo has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (Honours) from Cardiff University and a Master of Science in International Real Estate from the Oxford Brookes University and currently lives in London. She previously received recognition as a PERE Woman of Influence and received a 2021 PERE Award for European Industry figure of the year.

Andy Gulliford

COO
Segro

Andy has close to 30 years' experience in real estate and brings extensive knowledge of the Company and the real estate sector in both the UK and Continental Europe. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS). Andy was appointed Chief Operating Officer at SEGRO in November 2011, having joined SEGRO in 2004. He was appointed Executive Director in May 2013. Andy was previously SEGRO's Managing Director for Continental Europe. Prior to this, he was the Director of Corporate Acquisitions and Business Development Director. Before joining SEGRO, Andy spent 19 years at Jones Lang LaSalle, latterly as European Director for the company's industrial and logistics business.

Hayley Holness

Investment Director
Lendlease

Hayley Holness is an Investment Director in Lendlease’s Investment & Capital Markets team in Europe and is responsible for transactions across various asset classes.. Hayley joined Lendlease in 2018 from Tishman Speyer’s acquisition team and her experience includes acquisitions, dispositions, development, asset management, and business strategy across the EMEA region.

John Mulryan

Group Managing Director
Ballymore

John Mulryan is the Group Managing Director of The Ballymore Group. Based in London, John has overseen Ballymore becoming one of the biggest providers of residential accommodation in the city. These include landmark schemes including London City Island, Embassy Gardens, and Goodluck Hope. John also worked alongside the US government to move their embassy from Grosvenor Square to Embassy Gardens at Nine Elms, establishing a new riverside cultural district for the city and signalling a major shift in London’s diplomatic centre of gravity. In Ireland, John is overseeing the completion of the group’s regeneration project on North Wall Quay, Dublin Landings. John is also responsible for ensuring planning permission is submitted for Ballymore’s large mixed-use scheme on 2.8 hectares at CIE Connolly Station in Dublin’s IFSC. Prior to being appointed Group Managing Director in January 2018, John was Managing Director of Ballymore UK from July 2010. Prior to that, he was General Manager of Operations from July 2008 to July 2010. He graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Civil Engineering in 2004.

Sally Jones

Head of Strategy, Digital & Technology
British Land

​​Sally Jones is head of Strategy, Digital & Technology at British Land, playing a fundamental role in shaping British Land’s strategic direction and leading the company’s technology effort. She is the executive committee’s sponsor for diversity and inclusion. Over the past year, Jones has overseen the implementation of real estate technologies across British Land’s portfolio, including at 100 Liverpool Street, and partnering with Equiem to deliver a new digital tenant engagement app at Broadgate. As part of the latter effort, Jones joined Equiem’s board as a nonexecutive director. She is also on the advisory board of WiredScore. With more than 25 years of experience in a broad range of industries and roles, Jones joined British Land in 2010 as head of investor relations. She previously worked as a strategic communications adviser to Lloyds Banking Group, and in investor relations, corporate communications and finance roles at Cadbury. Outside of her day-to-day role, Jones’s free time is almost entirely sucked up by four energetic daughters and a lively labrador. She would like to have more time to play the piano and swim.

James Penfold

Global Planning Director
The Collective

James Penfold is Global planning and communications Director at The Collective and oversees the planning strategy for the business and across its portfolio. James’ role involves working in partnership with local communities and the public sector to deliver innovative and community focused places. James is a specialist in the co-living sector having advised Welive, Realstar and The Student Hotel before he joined The Collective.

Bethany Cullen

Town Planning - Head of Development Management
London Borough of Camden

Bethany studied at University of Reading and the Bartlett, UCL where she became interested in the role of the public sector in creating great places and the delivery of social and community infrastructure including affordable housing through planning. She has worked for 17 years in Inner London authorities including Westminster, Lambeth and Camden and has focused on development management. Her current position is at London Borough of Camden as Head of Development Management, an authority which she has such passion for she has worked twice. Key projects that she has been involved in are the hugely successful and multiple award winning regeneration project at King Cross Central and the World Conservation and Exhibition Centre at the British Museum which was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2017. Her key areas of focus at present, alongside leading the DM service, is on HS2 and Euston, as well as a number of nationally important projects for key medical and research institutes and other Knowledge Quarter Partners. Bethany is passionate about the ‘town planning’ profession and building a stronger more positive image of local authority planning.

Jonathan Goldstein

CEO
Cain International

Jonathan co-founded Cain International in 2014 and has since built it into a privately held real estate investment firm with $5.8 billion of debt and equity transactions in Europe and the United States. Under his leadership, Cain International was named Property Week’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017. Prior to Cain International, Jonathan was Head of European Real Estate and Direct Investments at Guggenheim Partners, the global investment and advisory firm. He previously served for seven years as Deputy Chief Executive of Heron International, where he led substantial real estate transactions in the UK and Europe and played a central role in Rontec’s 2011 acquisition of 500 Total petrol stations and the majority of its downstream business in the UK. Prior to Heron, Jonathan worked at Olswang LLP, an award-winning international law firm. He became a partner at age 28 and one of the youngest ever chief executive of a city law firm at age 32. Under his stewardship, the firm’s turnover grew significantly and it was awarded ‘Law Firm of the Year’ on multiple occasions. During that time, the firm also expanded operations into Belgium and Germany and entered into a global alliance with Greenberg Traurig. Jonathan currently serves as the Chair of the Jewish Leadership Council, the umbrella organisation of the UK Jewish community. He is also the Chair of the Trust of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, a trustee of The Gerald & Gail Ronson Family Foundation and an Honorary President of Camp Simcha. He previously served as the Chair of Partnerships for Jewish Schools (PaJeS), the Vice-Chair of Jewish Care and Chair of Governors of Kerem School in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Jonathan holds a law degree from the University of Manchester and qualified as a solicitor in 1988.

Andy Hulme

CEO
The Hyde Group

Andy joined Hyde in February 2022 as Group Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Hyde, Andy was the Global Managing Director of Real Estate and Housing at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG). He also spent time as the Lloyds Bank Mortgage Director and Group Head of New Mortgages and Managing Director of The Equity Businesses. He worked with the UK Government to bring Help to Buy to market and led strategy, products and propositions to support LBG in maintaining a market leading position in key segments such including First Time Buyers, New Build and Buy to Let. During his time at Lloyds Andy was the CEO founder of the Housing Growth Partnership, a private equity investment fund, which supports SME housebuilders in accelerating the delivery of new homes. Prior to LBG Andy held a number of senior roles in leading UK brands including Virgin Money, Direct Line, RBS, NatWest and Tesco

Ralph Winter

Principal
W5 Group

Ralph Winter, Principal of W5 Group, has committed $300 million to Quarters’ co-living platform to develop 1,300+ units in the next three years. In August of 2019, W5 Group acquired a 318-unit property in Washington D.C.’s Union Market and has leased 99 of the units to Quarters. It will be the first mixed co-living and conventional residential property in the DC Metro area. Ralph’s success stems from his tenure as founder and largest shareholder of Corestate Capital Group, an S-DAX listed company based in Frankfurt with over €26bn assets under management and 730 employees in 7 countries. Ralph built Corestate to become one of the leading fully-integrated investment management real estate companies in Europe. Ralph has been an early-mover and pioneer in innovative living concepts such as student housing, micro apartments and co-living. Today, he has amassed a portfolio in excess of 35,000 units in those sectors before they became mature, institutional asset classes. W5 Group seeks long-term value creation, investing across asset classes and capital structures with a focus on innovative living real estate opportunities.

Sachin Rupani

Senior Managing Director
Meyer Bergman

Sachin Rupani is a Senior Managing Director, leading the acquisitions team. Sachin joined Meyer Bergman in 2018 having previously been with the firm for 6 years since 2009. Together with the CIO, Sachin is responsible for creating and executing the investment strategy for all European investments. Prior to joining Meyer Bergman, Sachin worked at Cale Street Partners and started his career at Goldman Sachs. Sachin has been involved in sourcing, underwriting, executing and/or financing over €8 billion of investments including corporate acquisitions, joint ventures and operating platform investments. He has also invested across numerous real estate sectors and throughout the capital structure, in the UK and across Europe. Sachin graduated with honours from Bucknell University, USA.

Mark Stansfield

Head of UK Analytics
CoStar Group

Mark Stansfield is the Head of UK Analytics at CoStar Group. He manages the team of analysts at CoStar and is responsible for CoStar’s analytic output, which includes reports (more than 500 of which have written commentary), news articles, webinars and presentations. Mark writes CoStar’s London reports and is the lead author of CoStar’s quarterly UK Investment Report and associated presentations. He joined CoStar as an analyst in 2004 after earning a B.A. in International History and Politics at the University of Leeds. Mark is a long-standing member of the Society of Property Researchers.

Leif Lomo

Director
KPF

Since joining KPF, Leif has worked on a variety of complex, high-profile projects in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. His experience encompasses a broad range of project types, including masterplan developments, transportation, education, commercial, and residential work, with a particular focus on creative design, project execution, design team leadership, client management, and consultant co-ordination.

Richard Yorke

Director
CoStar Group

Richard has twenty years’ experience working in real estate, predominately in senior management, consultancy & research, and business development roles. Richard is a director of CoStar responsible for analytics and the development of market leading products such as Propex, amongst others. Richard Joined from Cushman & Wakefield/DTZ where he was Head of Research. Previously Richard has been a director of Experian and RCA where he was responsible for developing and managing real estate services. Richard is a member of RICS and holds a master’s degree in economics. Richard has published numerous reports, is a regular presenter at industry events and commentator in the media.

Anand Verma

CEO
Brilliant Basics

Anand Verma founded Brilliant Basics in 2012 and with more than 20 years’ experience across the digital and technology industries, Anand is an innovator and digital entrepreneur. Since the studios creation, the business has gone on to employ over 160 members of staff across the globe and what started as an office in London, has since led to teams in Norwich, Berlin, Bangalore and Stockholm. Under Anand’s leadership, the Brilliant Basics team have come together to create a studio that disrupts traditional agency projects models, with the belief that “brilliance comes from getting the basics right.” Consistently delivering innovative digital products and services that help clients maximise their digital investment, Anand also advises start-ups and universities, mentoring budding entrepreneurs and supporting the internship and apprenticeship scheme in the EMEA. Before founding Brilliant Basics, Anand co-founded companies including atp.io, a DMP and Programmatic Media Platform, EverPress, haberdash app, a digital textile printing app and Weekly, a social exploration app for TV programmes. Anand was the youngest President and CEO at Interpublic Group (IPG), leading Media Brands Ventures in EMEA, a global media conglomerate where he led their digital Operations, Incubation and Acquisitions. Prior to this, he was leading Sapient (now Publicis.Sapient) in a variety of digital leadership roles.

Rick Robinson

Digital Property and Cities Leader
Arup

Dr. Rick Robinson is the Leader of Arup’s Digital Property and Cities business. He advises cities, infrastructure operators, property developers and investors on the use of technology to improve buildings, infrastructure, places, communities and business and organisational performance. Previously, he was Director of Technology for Amey, where he was responsible for driving advances in digital technology into public services and infrastructure that are used by about 1 in 4 people in the UK every day, and before that he was Executive Architect for Smarter Cities for IBM. Rick collaborates with a network of technology entrepreneurs, Universities and social institutions to explore innovations in digital technology, and has advised the UK Government and United Nations on their impact on the built environment, economy, communities and society. Rick is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the RSA, a member of the Academy of Urbanism, a member of the Boards of Innovation Birmingham and Innovation West Midlands. He founded and chairs the Birmingham Smart City Alliance. Rick writes about his work at http://theurbantechnologist.com/ and you can connect with him on Twitter as @dr_rick.

Peter Freeman

Partner
Cluttons

Howard Freedman

Head of Real Estate and Construction
RSM

Howard heads up the real estate and construction team at RSM consisting of over 80 partners and staff around the UK. In addition to assisting companies on audit, assurance and financial reporting matters he is also involved in advising clients on how to maximise their opportunities generally and how best to structure themselves. Howard is involved in dealing with both UK based and overseas investors

Richard Bourne

CEO
StrattoOpencell

Richard has been a tech company leader for 20 years and has spent the last decade innovating in the in-building wireless sector at two telecoms start-ups. First through Ubiquisys who pioneered small cells and then Stratto which Richard helped found and guide to financial maturity while connecting thousands of people to in-building mobile signal using digital distributed antenna systems technology. In November 2018 Stratto was acquired by the Digital Colony Partnership and merged with Opencell, specialists in indoor mobile connectivity using small cells. Combining Stratto and Opencell unites their shared pioneering approach of indoor mobile connectivity as a service. Meaning whether a building is the largest, smallest or even underground, with StrattoOpencell, they’ll have network.