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Interviewing the leaders shaping the real estate investment management industry.
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- Harry Iles, Co-Founder at Peppermint - Turning Empty Car Parks and Basements Into Self Storage · 59 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 201Harry Iles is the co-founder of Peppermint, a self storage operator that puts small, automated storage units into unused space in residential and office buildings. Harry studied…
- Bradley Baker, CEO at CO-RE - From Advising Swiss Re on the Gherkin to Delivering Blackstone's New HQ · 52 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 200People Property Place hits 200 episodes! Joining him for the milestone is Bradley Baker, CEO of CO-RE, the central London developer and development manager. Bradley tells Matthew…
- Hugo Llewelyn, CEO at Newcore Capital - Assets Society Needs Can Deliver Returns and Social Good (From the Archive) · 1 h 7 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 199This week, Matthew Watts revisits one of his favourite conversations from the archive. Episode 47, recorded on 17 October 2023, features Hugo Llewelyn, CEO and Co-Founder of…
- Joe Lister, CEO at Unite Group - Leading the UK's Biggest Student Landlord Through a Demand Shock · 1 h 0 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 198This episode was recorded on 29th September 2026. Joe Lister is CEO of Unite Group, the UK's largest owner and operator of purpose-built student accommodation. Joe joined Unite…
- Gabriela Hersham, CEO at Huckletree - People Want Lifestyle Buildings, Not Office Buildings · 57 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 197Gabriela Hersham didn't set out to work in property. She studied international business with French and Spanish, then moved to New York to study acting at the Lee Strasberg…
- Jack Palmer, Managing Director at PTSP - Two Phone Calls From Any Decision Maker in Asia · 1 h 11 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 196Jack Palmer left school at 17 with his A-levels unfinished, supported by his dad and rather less so by his mum. He started out as an art handler at Christie's, working in the…
- Alex Price, Chief Executive at Ashen Capital - Character Matters More Than Skill When Backing a Founder · 57 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 195Alex Price started his career as an officer in the British Army, moved into investment banking, did an MBA at London Business School, and joined Palmer Capital in 2003. At that…
- Guy Butler, Co-Founder at Glenbrook - The Risks You Care About Aren't the Ones Investors Do · 1 h 0 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 194Guy Butler grew up in a poor village in the Welsh valleys, the son of a butcher who understood the local property market better than he understood meat. He studied surveying at…
- Tim Robinson, Head of Commercial at Knight Frank - 32 Years of Results Lead to the Job of a Lifetime · 57 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 193Tim Robinson joined Knight Frank as a graduate and has spent the whole of his 32-year career there, becoming an equity partner in 2008 and Head of Commercial in 2025. In April…
- Allan Lockhart, CEO at NewRiver REIT - Retail Was a Dirty Word but Now It's the Top Performer. · 60 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 192Allan Lockhart never went to university. He left school for a graduate broking scheme in the City, spent a few years as an oil and gas liability broker in the Lloyd's of London…
- Roun Barry, CEO at ESR Europe - From an MBO in 1996 to a $100bn Global Platform · 1 h 2 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 191Roun Barry moved to the UK from South Africa in 1986, aged 26, using the trip as both a career test and an act of defiance against the politics of the time. He trained as a…
- John Munday, CEO at Colliers UK - The Plan to Double Colliers UK by 2030 · 58 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 190John Munday took over as chief executive of Colliers UK in March 2025, and he's set the business a target: £165m of revenue last year, £250m and beyond by 2030, with…
- Brian Welsh, CEO at OPRE Group - Mobilise, Stabilise, Optimise: 21 Years in Operational Real Estate · 58 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 189Brian Welsh came into real estate through a side door. He'd been a Butlins Redcoat warming up crowds for Little and Large, a ski rep in Italy moving 5,000 people a week between…
- Rick de Blaby, Former CEO at Get Living - Looking Back on Building Britain's BTR Pioneer · 56 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 188Three weeks before this conversation, Rick de Blaby left Get Living after a decade running it. This is a look back over a 46-year career, and over the business he built from the…
- Robert-Jan Foortse, Head of European Property at APG - Invest in the Trend Lines, Not the Headlines · 1 h 15 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 187Robert-Jan Foortse has been at APG for 23 years - he warned the man who hired him he'd probably get bored and leave within 3. He'd only been available because Arthur Andersen…
- Andrew Jones, CEO at LondonMetric - Size Is the Outcome. It Was Never the Strategy. · 1 h 10 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 186Andrew Jones describes himself as a capital allocator first and a property person second. He was buying shares and reading Buffett and Munger as a teenager, long before he'd…
- Thomas Collins, COO at L1 Property - Can 80% of Property Management Be Automated? · 1 h 11 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 185Thomas Collins is the COO of L1 Property, the UK residential arm of Australian investment group L1. He came into real estate the long way round - economics at Oxford, McKinsey, a…
- Gary Hersham, Founder at Beauchamp Estates - 45 Years Brokering London's Most Expensive Homes · 52 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 184Gary Hersham has spent 45 years at the very top end of London property, brokering some of the most expensive private homes ever sold in the capital. He founded Beauchamp Estates…
- Tony Smedley, MD & Head of Europe at Heitman - The Next Real Estate Cycle Belongs to the Brave · 60 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 183Tony Smedley runs the European business at Heitman, a $50bn real estate manager that's 60 years old and still owned by its partners. He's spent 30 years working across…
- Rodney Bysh, CEO at Feldberg Capital - It's the Best Time to Buy London Offices in 30 Years · 1 h 7 min · Kausi 1 Jakso 182Rodney Bysh has spent 30 years operating between Germany and the UK. He set up what's now a €68bn real estate platform from a serviced office at Henderson, did M&A at Rothschild…
