Experience

AlphaReal

• United Kingdom
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Transaction Director

  • Nov 2020 - Present



CBRE UK

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operational Real Estate

  • Jul 2016 - Sep 2020

  Working within the CBRE Operational Real Estate team my primary focus is on long income, and helping property owners utilise these structures as part of their capital stack. Within this role I am responsible for providing an end to end service from the initial identification and analysis of opportunities, through marketing campaigns and project managing the due diligence process to successful completion of transactions. Recent transactions include successfully executed on a £221.5 million ground lease transaction involving 19 holiday park. Successfully secured a £13.5 million ground rent over a Scottish student accommodation project. itched, secured and successfully executed on a £23 million ground rent portfolio over 3 holiday parks, including managing the tax and legal teams to ensure a successful outcome for our client. Secured a mandate for CBRE to market a London Hotel worth £50 million, and managed the marketing process in conjunction with our hotels team.



CBRE

• United States
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• UK Brokerage

  • Sep 2015 - Jul 2016

  As part of the UK hotel brokerage team I was responsible for securing and managing brokerage mandates across UK hotels. Duties included supporting Executive Director in pitching for brokerage mandates; providing investment analysis using methodologies such as discounted cash flow, direct capitalization, room revenue multiplier and sales comparison approaches. Preparing marketing documents and investment reports to a high standard. Executing mandates through identifying target buyers and managing the due diligence and negotiation process through to completion. Within this role I was able to successfully pitched and transacted the sale of a regional hotel and spa within a constricted timeframe. Client required short timeframe, hotel sold within 8 weeks from mandate to completion. Managed the Middle Eastern cross border capital flow for the hotels team. Through effective customer management and leveraging on historic relationships, I was able to get a number of middle eastern parties that had not previously engaged with CBRE to bid on projects the company was marketing for sale.



Colliers

• Canada
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager Hotels

  • Mar 2013 - May 2015

  Recruited as part of a team tasked with establishing a hotel and leisure valuation and consultancy capability at Colliers within Australia. Created a robust set of valuation models, templates and procedures to be utilized across the Colliers business for the valuation of a wide range of trading asset types including caravan parks; childcare; hotels and motels; pubs and licensed clubs; student accommodation; theme parks and mining camps. Coordinated valuation instructions, managed junior surveyors and delivered clear and reasoned valuation advice to clients.



CBRE

• United States
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Valuer

  • Feb 2011 - Mar 2013

  As part of the CBRE team in Brisbane I was responsible for undertaking a wide range of valuations across numerous trading property sectors including hotels; motels and serviced apartments; pubs and licensed clubs; child care centres; caravan and mobile home parks; golf courses and mining camps. As part of the CBRE team in Brisbane I was responsible for undertaking a wide range of valuations across numerous trading property sectors including hotels; motels and serviced apartments; pubs and licensed clubs; child care centres; caravan and mobile home parks; golf courses and mining camps.



Qatari Diar

• Qatar
• Real Estate
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Investment Manager

  • Sep 2007 - Mar 2010

  As an investment manager in Qatari Diar I was responsible for actively managing the existing portfolio of properties to ensure that the return on investment was maximized, and identifying investment opportunities and assessed their potential in line with the company’s business plan and strategy, including completing financial analysis. This role also included: - Preparing and presenting investment proposals for formal investment committee approval. - Deal execution and coordination of external professionals including lawyers, valuers, accountants and tax specialists. - Developed investment selection criteria and assisted in ensuring a robust and appropriate qualification process for real estate being added to the portfolio. - Liaised with Development Managers to agree exit strategies on existing developments and determine if they were suitable to be held within the ongoing portfolio. Key Achievements include: - Contributed to a team responsible for underwriting a £500 million mezzanine muhbadla (Islamic debt) facility that was being extended to a subsidiary company to facilitate a large-scale commercial purchase. - Led a bid team responsible for preparing an offer for a mixed-use real estate portfolio worth US$2.8 billion in New York, USA. - Strategically disposed of a minority stake in a redevelopment site in Paris, France to a hotel operator for €100 million, which facilitated refurbishment into a five star hotel. - Led a team that was tasked with undertaking an option analysis and then preparing an acquisition strategy to acquire a hotel operating company. The acquisition was completed in early 2010 for a price of US$460 million.



CBRE

• United States
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Surveyor

  • 2005 - 2007



Cushman & Wakefield - Formerly DTZ

• United States
• Commercial Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Valuer

  • Dec 1999 - Jul 2005



Stanton Hillier Parker

• Property Manager

  • Feb 1998 - Oct 1999