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Jun 27, 2024 • 52min

#79 Crispin Gandy, CEO - Argo Real Estate

Crispin Gandy, CEO - Argo Real Estate Argo is a dynamic UK-based thematic investor focused on delivering outperformance for their investors. As a group they have concluded c. £2bn of transactions and have expertise across all mainstream asset classes investing across core to opportunistic risk profiles. Prior to joining Argo, Crispin was previously head of Investec Property in the UK. He has over 25 years’ experience in the industry, working for companies such as Exemplar Properties, Schroders and Knight Frank. Crispin holds a Bsc Hons degree in Estate Management and is a member of the RICS. I sat down with Crispin to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics: * How he got into real estate * Early career moves + experience * Choosing investment themes * Timing the market * Building high performing teams * Patience Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Crispin would invest should he have £500m of capital at his disposal. Catch the full episode, which is live on Spotify, Apple and Youtube NOW! The People Property Place Podcast 🎙️ is powered by Rockbourne - the team recruit Leadership & Future Leadership hires for Real Estate Funds, Owners, Investors & Developers. #podcast #rockbourne #realestate #peoplepropertyplace Podcast edited and produced by Matt Cook at www.mattcookproducer.com  
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Jun 20, 2024 • 58min

#78 Morwenna Hall, Chief Operating Officer - Related Argent

Morwenna Hall, Chief Operating Officer - Related Argent. Related Argent is a complete developer, owner and operator with a c. £13bn, 21 million sq ft portfolio and an unrivalled track record of delivering global exemplars of city-building. It creates and manages a diverse portfolio across workspace, residential, education, retail, hospitality, leisure and public realm with schemes ranging from 270,000 sq ft to 8 million sq ft. Morwenna joined the former Argent business in 2011 and in addition to her corporate leadership role, Morwenna led the design and delivery of several major projects at King’s Cross, including Coal Drops Yard, the Fish & Coal Building and Gasholder Park. At Brent Cross Town, Morwenna is responsible for the ground plane experience, retail, leisure and public realm. She is a chartered mechanical engineer and started her career at Arup as a mechanical building services engineer. I sat down with Morwenna to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics: * How she got into real estate * Transition from advisor to principal * Placemaking * Ground floor activation * Generalist > Specialist * Related Argent future * Forging your own career path * Challenging the status quo Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Morwenna would invest should she have £500m of capital at her disposal. Catch the full episode, which is live on Spotify, Apple and Youtube NOW! The People Property Place Podcast 🎙️ is powered by Rockbourne - the team recruit Leadership & Future Leadership hires for Real Estate Funds, Owners, Investors & Developers. #podcast #rockbourne #realestate #peoplepropertyplace Podcast produced and edited by Matt Cook at www.mattcookproducer.com 
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Jun 13, 2024 • 60min

#77 Alexander Morris, Development Director at BGO

BGO is a leading, top 10, global real estate private equity investment management advisor and a globally recognized provider of real estate services. Its specialist central London office fund, Welput, was formed in 2001 and is the largest unlisted specialist real estate fund to invest in and develop Central London offices. The fund currently holds a portfolio of 9 assets, comprising over 1 million sq ft of accommodation, spread across Central London’s core sub-markets. Alexander has previously worked at Tishman Speyer, Minerva PLC, ALM Associates as well as Gardiner & Theobald. I sat down with Alexander to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics:   * How he got into real estate * Early career moves * Being the Central London Tower Expert * Raising capital * Complexities reimagining listed buildings * Importance of mentorship * ES + G * Making the Sustainability Consultant the project lead * BGO's Social Value Strategy   Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Alexander would invest should he have £500m of capital at his disposal.   Catch the full episode, which is live on Spotify, Apple and Youtube NOW! The People Property Place Podcast 🎙is powered by Rockbourne - the team recruit Leadership & Future Leadership hires for Real Estate Funds, Owners, Investors & Developers. You can check out 105VS’s website using the link here: https://findalternative.co.uk/   Below is a list of all the charities supported by the 105VS social strategy mentioned in the conversation: @The Abbey Centre Westminster Wheels @Wondering Minds @Mind @Cardinal Hume Centre The Grey Coat Hospital School St. Matthew’s Primary School @Westminster City School   #podcast #rockbourne #realestate #peoplepropertyplace  
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Jun 6, 2024 • 1h 3min

#76 Oliver Lowrie, Co-Founder and Director of Ackroyd Lowrie

Oli started his career at Architype, as a Project Architect where he spent 9 years honing his skills in Project Management, Design and Project Delivery. He left in 2014 to set up Ackroyd Lowrie with business partner Jon Ackroyd to build an innovative architectural practice with a reputation for putting people at the heart of the design process, they are able to deliver characterful, sustainable, high-quality schemes to anchor new neighbourhoods. As well as his day job, Oli hosts the popular Urban Forecast Podcast where he speaks to a broad cross section of guests who are defining the future of our cities. He also manages to find the time to run the Breakfast Club Briefings – a series of events focused on bringing together planners, policy markers, developers and consultants. I sat down with Oli to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics: How he got into real estate Setting up his business The projects they work on Building marketing funnels Giving back to the industry The academy they have launched Planning challenges   Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Oliver would invest should he have £500m of capital at his disposal. Catch the full episode, which is live on Spotify, Apple and Youtube NOW! The People Property Place Podcast 🎙is powered by Rockbourne - the team recruit Leadership & Future Leadership hires for Real Estate Funds, Owners, Investors & Developers.  
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May 30, 2024 • 1h 5min

#75 Rod Lockhart, CEO of LendInvest PLC

Rod Lockhart CEO of LendInvest PLC.   LSE Listed LendInvest (LINV) is the UK’s leading FinTech platform focussed on mortgages.  They offer residential, buy-to-let, short term and development mortgages to intermediaries, landlords, developers and homeowners.   Rod joined LendInvest in 2015 to lead the business’ Capital Markets and Fund Management division. Within that time Rod has overseen LendInvest’s AUM growth from £100m to £3bn+ and managed the launch of its listed Retail bond and RMBS programmes. Rod became CEO of LendInvest in January 2020. Rod is a Chartered Surveyor with over 20 years’ experience in property and property finance. He was previously Senior Director and a board member of the Investment Advisory Committee for CBRE advising UK and global institutional clients managing a range of property and property debt portfolios I sat down with Rod to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics: * How he got into real estate * Early career moves * What is - RMBS & CMBS * LendInvest’s product offering * Leveraging technology * The GFC * Opportunities in the market place * Transition to CEO Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Rod would invest should he have £500m of capital at his disposal. Catch the full episode, which is live on Spotify, Apple and Youtube NOW! The People Property Place Podcast 🎙️is powered by Rockbourne - the team recruit Leadership & Future Leadership hires for Real Estate Funds, Owners, Investors & Developers. Podcast produced and edited by Matt Cook at https://mattcookproducer.com #podcast #rockbourne #realestate #peoplepropertyplace  
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May 23, 2024 • 1h 5min

#74 Nigel Henry, Co-Founder of The Fusion Group

Nigel set Fusion Residential up in 2006 with business partner Warren Rosenberg, where they sourced land and build remarkable homes. In 2012 they formed Fusion Students where you guess it they focus on developing and managing UK student accommodation in the UK. They have developed over 5000 PBSA beds, with a pipeline of over 9000 beds underway, and this is where Nigel now devotes most of his time. In addition to his work at Fusion Nigel advises some younger companies in the property world and is a trustee of several charities. I sat down with Nigel to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics: * Dropping out of school at 15 * How he got into real estate * Using 3 credit cards to buy his first property * Naming the business * Injecting personality into the product * Co-Living expansion plans * European expansion ambitions * The Perfect Fusion PBSA scheme * Institutionalising the business   Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Nigel would invest should he have £500m of equity at his disposal. Catch the full episode, which is live on Spotify, Apple and Youtube NOW! The People Property Place Podcast 🎙️is powered by Rockbourne - the team recruit Leadership & Future Leadership hires for Real Estate Funds, Owners, Investors & Developers. #podcast #rockbourne #realestate #peoplepropertyplace Podcast produced and edited by Matt Cook at https://mattcookproducer.com 
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May 16, 2024 • 1h 2min

#73 RECAP - Nneka Ejindu, Senior Asset Manager formally of LaSalle Investment Management

Nneka Ejindu- Senior Asset Manager - formally of LaSalle Investment Management. Nneka was responsible for the proactive asset management and asset transformation of business space (primarily offices and industrial) assets in the London & South East of England. As well as driving results across various portfolios she manages she is passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. I sat down with Nneka to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics: How she got into real estate Disappointing her family with her career choice Early career moves Reverse mentorship Changes in the industry Asset management Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Nneka would invest should she have £500m of equity at her disposal. Catch the full episode which will be live on Youtube, Spotify and Apple from Thursday this week. People Property Place Podcast is powered by Rockbourne Who do you want to see on the Podcast? Link below in the comments  Podcast produced and edited by Matt Cook at https://mattcookproducer.com
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May 9, 2024 • 1h 6min

#72 Inger Ahaneku, Senior Vice President and Head of ESG at MARK

MARK, formally Meyer Bergman is a multi-platform investment manager with specialised strategies that run parallel to their closed-ended, value-add funds. As a vertically integrated real estate investment business, they have assets across multiple geographies and sectors, including last mile logistics, mixed-use, retail, offices and residential. At MARK Inger is responsible for driving ESG initiatives across the MARK corporate and investment platforms. Prior to joining MARK, Inger worked at Polestar Development Management where she developed their ESG platform, including targets and objectives, and submission of BCorp certification. And prior to this she worked for Tishman Speyer in London, as EU Head of Sustainability and EU Head of Procurement. I sat down with Inger to discuss a broad range of subjects, which covered some of the following topics: * How she got into real estate * Early career moves * How she got into ESG * ESG at the Fund + Asset level * ESG reporting / standardisation * Benchmarking ESG initiatives   Oh, and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place would Inger invest should she have £500m of capital at her disposal. Catch the full episode, which is live on Spotify, Apple and Youtube NOW! The People Property Place Podcast 🎙️ is powered by Rockbourne - the team recruit Leadership & Future Leadership hires for Real Estate Funds, Owners, Investors & Developers. #podcast #rockbourne #realestate #peoplepropertyplace #property Podcast produced and edited by Matt Cook at https://mattcookproducer.com  
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May 2, 2024 • 55min

#71 Richard Bains, Managing Director - Chancerygate

Richard Bains, MD at Chancerygate, shares insights on real estate, early career moves, risk-taking, growing investment portfolios, European platforms, and the MLI opportunity set. He discusses the importance of networking and how his role has evolved, along with sharing his investment preferences with a hypothetical £500m capital.
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Apr 25, 2024 • 1h 4min

#70 Penny Hacking, Managing Director of European Capital Markets at Avison Young

Penny Hacking, Principal, Member of the European Executive team, and Managing Director of European Capital Markets at Avison Young. Penny has over 25 years’ experience in EMEA Capital Markets having transacted in excess of 3bn Euros in all the major markets in Europe including the UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, Nordics and CEE. She has experience across all sectors but has a predominant focus on industrial, logistics and offices. She has worked with clients such as Tristan Capital Partners, UBS, CBRE GI, Prologis, Evans Randall and WP Carey, adding value to investors and owner occupiers on dispositions, acquisitions, joint ventures, forward funding and forward commits. Penny has worked at King Sturge, JLL, Victorios and GVA during her career and is at the forefront of delivering change and driving diversity, equity and inclusion across our industry. I sat down with Penny to discuss a broad range of subjects, which covered some of the following topics:   * How she got into real estate  * European market recovery * What makes a good agent * Female representation in investment agency * How the industry has evolved * Sale & leaseback  * Buyside & Sellside mandates   Oh, and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place would Penny invest should she have £500m of capital at her disposal.   Catch the full episode, which is live on Spotify, Apple and Youtube NOW!   The People Property Place Podcast 🎙 is powered by Rockbourne - the team recruit Leadership & Future Leadership hires for Real Estate Funds, Owners, Investors & Developers.   #podcast #rockbourne #realestate #peoplepropertyplace #property Podcast produced and edited by Matt Cook at https://mattcookproducer.com

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