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The Team

Matrix Property Management Limited & Matrix Property Fund Management LLP

Name Rob Randall
Title Chairman
Email rob.randall@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7138

Rob is a Director of the Matrix Group Limited and is the Managing Member of MPFM. Rob joined Matrix in 1996 and has been responsible for developing the Matrix business in structuring, syndicating and managing commercial property investments. Prior to joining Matrix, Rob has had 10 years experience in the property finance industry, in particular concentrating on Enterprise Zone Investments.

Name Ian Blake
Title Partner
Email ian.blake@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7155

Ian joined MPFM in July 2001 where he has assumed responsibility for the acquisition of property investments. Ian was previously at Drivers Jonas as an Investment Partner and Director of its Financial Services Company. Ian left after 9 years at Drivers Jonas and has in total over 24 years' experience in private practise as a surveyor and management consultant.

Name Mike Perkins
Title Partner
Email mike.perkins@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7141

Mike joined MPFM in October 2005. Mike has 13 years of property experience, including 5 years in investments and asset management with a subsidiary of Pension Fund PGGM, and more than 5 years with Lend Lease, mainly as Chief Financial Officer of its US$2bn closed-end Global Properties SICAF. Mike also consulted for UBS in its launch of the UBS (Lux) and UBS (Jersey) Real Estate open-ended Euro Core Funds. Previously Mike had been in public accountancy (1982-1993) and served as a partner with BDO and with Jones & Kolb.

Name Paul Nicholls
Title Partner and Trust Manager
Email paul.nicholls@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7151

Paul Nicholls joined Matrix in 1999. He is a Chartered Surveyor and is Trust Manager for the Enterprise Zone Property Unit Trusts, as well as a Director of Matrix Property Management Ltd which oversees a range of traditional property investments. His principal role in the UK is the sale of properties managed by Matrix. Outside the UK, and in conjunction with local agents, Paul also manages the European Portfolio, comprising a range of sector diverse properties located in France and Germany.

Name Mischa Davis
Title Partner and Fund Manager
Email mischa.davis@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7162

Mischa joined Matrix in July 2001. He is a Chartered Surveyor. He currently works as a Fund Manager where he is responsible for acquisitions, disposals and asset management transactions across the portfolio. In particular, Mischa was integral to the creation of the Matrix No.1 Unit Trust and now has specific responsibility for the fund management of the same. Mischa has twelve years’ real estate experience and prior to joining Matrix he worked for three years at Lambert Smith Hampton.

Name Hanny Tirta
Title Partner
Email hanny.tirta@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7143

Hanny joined MPFM as part of the transactions executions team in 2002. Hanny has over 11 years experience managing commercial property transactions across various jurisdictions including Europe, Australia and the UK.. Prior to joining Matrix, she was Legal Counsel for the First American Title Insurance Company of Australia Pty Limited and also practiced as a commercial property lawyer with Gadens Lawyers (Sydney). Hanny is a qualified lawyer and admitted in Queensland and New South Wales in Australia, and England and Wales in the UK.

Name Piali Das
Title Legal Associate
Email piali.das@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7140

Piali joined Matrix in February 2010 as Legal Associate having previously trained at SJ Berwin LLP. Piali is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales with experience in Corporate Finance (more specifically Private Equity Fund Formation and Equity Capital Markets - Corporate Real Estate) as well as Commercial Real Estate and Litigation. Prior to completing her training contract, Piali worked as a paralegal in the City, gaining experience in Asset and Acquisition Finance.

Name Hamilton Greenwood
Title Consultant
Email hamilton.greenwood@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7144

Hamilton provides consultancy services to Matrix Group regarding the sale and marketing of Property products. Hamilton joined Matrix in 1999 from Johnson Fry where he was associate director of sales and marketing. Hamilton has been involved in raising finance within the Property Industry for over 15 years and has raised circa £2 bn.

Name Rick Gambetta
Title Fund Manager Real Estate Debt
Email rick.gambetta@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7154

Rick joined Matrix in 2009 to establish its real estate finance and debt fund platform. Rick has 15 years experience in securitisation and banking and was latterly Head of Commercial Real Estate, Structured Securitisation within Lloyds Banking Group. Prior to that he was Head of Commercial Real Estate Capital Markets at HBOS Treasury Plc, managing the bank’s CMBS and property loan syndication teams. Rick started his structured finance career in Lloyds Bank Brazil, moving back to London in 1997 to join ING Barings’ securitisation team.

Name Scott Fawcett
Title MEREIT Fund Manager
Email scott.fawcett@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7158

Scott moved to MPFM in 2007 to act as Fund Manager for MEREIT. He joined after working for 14 years within the investment team at Drivers Jonas where he was the Partner in charge of in-house fund management. His role encompassed advising on investment strategy, acquisitions, disposals and asset management initiatives for a variety of clients.

Name Ian Cole (Nat)
Title Commercial Property Manager
Email ian.cole@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7152

Nat joined Matrix in May 2004 as a Commercial Property Manager having previously gained a diverse range of experience in Facilities Management. He was the Operations Manager for a large residential portfolio in London, before settling into commercial property and his career has incorporated both medical and leisure management. Nat now plays an active role in the day to day management of the portfolio and enhancement of asset value.

Name Douglas Friend
Email douglas.friend@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7153
   

Doug Friend joined Matrix in May 2005, from the Montpellier Group where he was involved with a variety of asset management initiatives. Doug has a degree in Business and a Masters Degree in Surveying. Over the past 4 years Doug has undertaken a large disposal programme of Matrix Syndicated assets, in addition to which he is now responsible for residential development acquisitions. Doug has 7 years real estate experience.

Name Ellison Riddle
Title Chief Financial Officer of the Matrix Property Funds
Email ellison.riddle@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7156

Ellison joined Matrix in January 2007 and is the CFO of the Matrix Property Funds for the UK, Matrix No1 Unit Trust (UK), single property UK syndications and Europe (MEREIT). Transactions include the raising of £170m through the MEREIT IPO listing on the LSE, the re-financing of multi jurisdictional single term debt facility of 17 bilateral loans and the sale of the IZD Tower SPV. He joined from DTZ where he was involved in strategic portfolio appraisals, trading based valuations, corporate property portfolio valuations and valuations on a PropCo OpCo basis for specific financing requirements. Multibillion pound valuations were prepared for defence strategy, raising of debt, re-financing and portfolio sales. Ellison is a qualified ACA and a registered person. A science graduate from Oxford University, he trained for 3.5 years within the Banking & Capital Markets Group at PwC.

Name Andrew White
Title CEO, Matrix Property Middle East LLP
Email andrew.white@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone +971 (0) 50 428 2338

Andrew is CEO of Matrix Property Middle East and is based in the Dubai office. Andrew undertook an MBO of Kenmore Property Group’s Middle East business in 2009, having set up their regional office out of Dubai in 2006 where he acted as Head of Middle East and Main Board Director. Prior to joining Kenmore in 1998, Andrew accrued significant investment and development experience from previous roles at Sun Life Properties and Hill Samuel Asset Management.

Name Will Hean
Title General Manager and Investment Director, Middle East
Email will.hean@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone +971 (0) 50 242 5828

Will joined Matrix Property Middle East LLP in March 2010. Previously Will worked for 3 years in Kenmore Property Group’s Middle East office in Dubai as Investment Director and latterly as General Manager. Will is a chartered surveyor with 22 years experience in Hong Kong, London and Scotland where he worked for a number of leading property consultancies including JLL prior to returning to Scotland in 1996 to jointly set up and run his own co-investing property investment and development consultancy business for 11 years.

Name Philip Back
Title Development Director, Middle East
Email philip.back@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone +971 (0) 50 656 7442

Phil joined Matrix in March 2010 as part of the Kenmore Property Group Middle East acquisition, where he had worked since August 2007 as Development Director. Phil maintains the role for Matrix Middle East with operational control for all development projects. With 15 years in property and development, 10 years in London and five in the GCC, Phil has a wide range experience where his career has incorporated developing across all property sectors. In Dubai he was project leader for a 35million sqft residential development and senior manager on The Mall of Emirates and Kempinski Hotel for Mace International.

Name Oliver Higgens
Title Development and Investment Manager, Middle East
Email oliver.higgens@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone +971 (0) 55 720 6215

Oliver joins Matrix from Kenmore Property Group’s Middle East business where he had been Development and Investment Manager in Dubai since May 2008. With over five years of investment and development knowledge in various sectors, gained in both the Middle East and the UK, Oliver has excellent experience of contributing to and leading high profile mixed-use developments and investment portfolio acquisitions. He is currently focused on sourcing, analysing and structuring opportunities for the new GCC targeted fund.

Name Lourdenessa Mae Burling
Title Office Manager, Middle East
Email mae.burling@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone +971 (0) 50 728 3095

Mae joined Matrix in March 2010 as part of the Kenmore Property Group Middle East acquisition, where she had worked since December 2007 as Office Manager. Mae has gained a total of 7 years of administration experience and is an invaluable support to the Middle East team.

Name Junaith Abdul Wahab Rahman
Title PRO
Phone +971 (0) 50 754 9974
   

Junaith joined Matrix in March 2010 as part of the Kenmore Property Group Middle East acquisition, where he worked since July 2007 as PRO Driver. Junaith has a variety of job responsibilities as well as taking care of the Dubai office’s licenses & permits applications.

Name Martyn Hathaway
Title Sales Support and Administration Officer
Email martyn.hathaway@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7147

Martyn joined Matrix in February 2007, principally to assist in the operation of the Matrix No. 1 Unit Trust and Matrix European Real Estate Investment Trust Limited. He has 14 years’ experience in unit trust administration.

Name Edita Nuic
Title Fund Accountant
Email edita.nuic@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7145

Edita joined Matrix in November 2006 as fund accountant for the European funds, primarily focussing on Matrix European Real Estate Investment Trust Limited. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant within Australia in 2005. Having gained 7 years accounting and tax experience, specializing in Australian Corporations tax law.

Name Jessica Rivers
Title Property Administrator
Email jessica.rivers@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7150

Jessica joined Matrix in 1999. She is Property Administrator for the Matrix Property Management team.

Name Rebecca Gutsell (Rodger)
Title Executive Assistant
Email rebecca.gutsell@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7139

Rebecca joined Matrix in 2006. She works as assistant to Rob Randall, Ian Blake and Mike Perkins. Her previous experience is in the media industry.