Sir John Beckwith

Chairman

Sir John Beckwith has been involved in property investment and other investment for his entire working life. John left Arthur Andersen where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant to found London & Edinburgh Trust PLC (LET) in 1971. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and developed it into one of the top ten listed real estate companies in the UK and a leading investor in European real estate. John floated the company with a market capitalisation of £27 million in 1983 and eventually sold the business to the Swedish insurance concern SPP for approximately £510 million. He was founder Chairman of Rutland Trust PLC, a listed investment company from 1986 to 1991 and in 1993 following the sale of LET John established Pacific Investments through which he founded and developed a number of highly successful asset management businesses including Liontrust Asset Management, Thames River Capital and Europa Capital Partners.

Phillip Rose

Director

Phillip Rose is a Fellow of the Securities Institute and holds a Master of Law degree. He has 25 years’ experience in the real estate, funds management and banking industries in Europe, the USA and Australasia. He has been the Head of Real Estate for ABN AMRO Bank, Chief Operating Officer of European shopping centre investor and developer TrizecHahn Europe, Managing Director of retail and commercial property developer and investor Lend Lease Global Investment and Executive Manager of listed fund General Property Trust.

Phillip is currently CEO of Alpha Real Capital LLP, a non executive director of London office and retail property investor Great Portland Estates Plc and a member of its Audit Committee. He is also a member of the Management Committee of the Hermes Property Unit Trust and its Audit Committee.

Paul Cable

European Funds Director

Paul Cable has over 25 years experience in the real estate and banking industries in the UK, Europe and the Far East. He has been Chief Executive of Pacific Investments' property subsidiary, The General Property Investment Company Limited, investing in Europe and the Far East, Head of the Property Finance Group at Baring Brothers in London and Senior Representative in Tokyo. He has worked in the investment advisory departments of DTZ and Knight Frank.

Paul is a Chartered Surveyor.

Vincent Leveque

Transaction & Asset Management
FRANCE

Vincent Leveque has 20 years experience in the commercial property market in France. He worked on the acquisition programme and asset management of the French real estate portfolio of Pacific Investments and for other international property funds. Formerly he worked in both the real estate banking industry at UIC Sofal group and in the corporate advisory and transaction department at Jones Lang LaSalle.

Vincent is based in Paris and experienced in the French real estate investment market.

Jose Puig de la Bellacasa

Transaction & Asset Management
SPAIN

Jose Puig de la Bellacasa has 20 years experience in real estate. He is President of Galeon Property Group, Spain and was President of shopping centre investor and developer TrizecHahn Spain, Managing Director of Lend Lease Property Capital Spain and Investment & Development Director of CB Richard Ellis.

Jose is based in Madrid and experienced in the Spanish real estate investment market.