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Get to know the professionals in our investment team and our board of directors 

Will Fulton

Lead Manager

Will Fulton graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1987 with a degree in Land Economy when he joined the company, becoming a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1990. Throughout his 30 year career he has held a variety of commercial real estate positions gaining multi-disciplinary experience spanning investment, valuation, asset management, debt facility management, development and investor relations both in the UK and across continental Europe. Prior to managing UKCM, he oversaw a team managing the £2.3 billion Standard Life Heritage With Profits Real Estate Fund.

Jamie Horton

Deputy Fund Manager

Jamie has a BA in History from the University of Strathclyde and graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2008 with an MSc in Property. He began his career at JLL in Glasgow working in the Capital Markets and Office Agency departments before being appointed an Associate Director with DTZ in the Capital Markets team advising clients on purchases, sales and developments. 
 
Jamie joined the company in 2014 to work as a Portfolio Manager on UKCPT, now UKCP REIT, managing a mixed portfolio of assets throughout the UK as well as undertaking acquisitions and disposals on behalf of the company. In 2018, Jamie was seconded to the company's Paris office to act as Deputy Fund Manager on the European Property Growth Fund, a €900m pan-European mandate. On returning to the UK in 2019, Jamie was appointed Deputy Fund Manager on the Nottinghamshire County Council Pension Fund and latterly HIFML, a UK open-ended balanced Fund, whilst offering support on a further pan-European mandate, the German Heritage With Profits Fund. 
Peter Pereira Gray

Peter Pereira Gray

Chair of the Board

Peter Pereira Gray is a resident of the UK. Mr. Pereira Gray has wide ranging experience of global institutional investment markets having served of the Investment Committee of the Wellcome Trust from February 2001 to his recent retirement from executive duties in September 2022. His last position at Wellcome was as Chief Executive and co-leader of the Investment Division, overseeing a $50 billion global unconstrained total return investment portfolio. Previously he was a Director of Property Fund Management with Prudential Portfolio Managers Ltd, and before that, an adviser with Drivers Jonas, Chartered Surveyors. Mr. Pereira Gray was Co-Chair of the Institutional Investors Roundtable, (a global gathering of asset owners and long-term institutional investors) between November 2018 and June 2021. Mr Pereira Gray is Chair of Urban&Civic Plc., the UK’s leading master-planner and strategic land development company, and of Premier Marinas Holdings Ltd., the UK’s leading operator of Marinas and Boatyards on the South Coast. He is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Royal Society of Arts and was the independent lead for the RICS Review of Investment Property Valuations published in January 2022.

Michael Ayre

Chair of the Audit Committee

Michael is a resident of Guernsey. He joined BDO Reads, a Guernsey chartered accountancy practice, from the London office of Touche Ross in February 1987, progressing to his appointment as a tax partner in 1991. Subsequent to the purchase of the fiduciary, investment and taxation divisions of BDO Reads by Banque Generale du Luxembourg in 1999, Mr Ayre was appointed in 2003 as the Group Managing Director of its successor, Fortis Guernsey – a position he held until 2009. He continued to work for its successor business, Intertrust, until June 2019. In addition, until its sale in July 2019, he was a director of ABN Amro (Channel Islands) Limited. Mr Ayre is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Mr Ayre was appointed to the Board in February 2016, and from 1 January 2020 is Chair of the Audit Committee, previously being Chair of the Property Valuation Committee.

Chris Fry

Chair of the Property Valuation Committee

Chris , is a resident of the UK. Mr Fry is a Chartered Surveyor with more than 20 years’ experience in real estate investment management. He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Kingsbridge Estates, a privately owned property company, investing and developing across the South of England. Prior to this he worked with LaSalle Investment Management as a Senior Fund Manager for 13 years (2005-2018), ultimately responsible for over £3 billion of assets under management and for Schroders plc as a Fund Manager (2000–2005). Mr Fry joined the Board on 1 January 2020, and is Chair of the Property Valuation Committee.

Fionnuala Hogan

Chair of the Management Engagement Committee and Nomination Committee

Fionnuala is a resident of the UK. Ms Hogan’s wide-ranging background encompasses more than 25 years’ experience of investment, corporate advisory, entrepreneurship and financing across various sectors including real estate, technology and the creative industries. Previous senior roles include at Kleinwort Benson, KPMG, enba group and most recently, Hypo Real Estate, where she spent 10 years, including as Joint Head of Global Workout. Ms Hogan currently heads early-stage venture investing at Goldacre Ventures, an early stage VC, and is creator and Head of Relab, an ecosystem of entrepreneurs, corporates and investors focused on scaling innovation in the built world. Ms Hogan is a member of the Growth Advisory Board for IMI plc, and a Trustee of East London Dance and of Brixton House. She was previously a Trustee of the Southbank Centre and of Tomorrow’s Warriors. Ms Hogan was appointed to the Board on 5 August 2021.

Margaret Littlejohns

Chair of the Risk Committee

Margaret is a resident of the UK. Ms Littlejohns has 18 years’ experience with Citigroup in investment and commercial banking, with specific expertise in risk management (both market and credit risk). Between 2004 and 2006, following an MBA at Imperial College, she co-founded two start-up ventures providing self storage facilities in the Midlands, and acted as Finance Director until the businesses were successfully sold to a regional self storage chain in 2016. She is also Chair of Foresight VCT plc. Previous appointments include Chair of Henderson High Income Trust plc and Non-Executive Director of JPMorgan Mid Cap Investment Trust plc. Ms Littlejohns was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2018.
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