board of directors
Robert Sinclair, Non-executive Chairman.
Robert Sinclair is managing director of the Guernsey-based Artemis Group and a director of a number of investment fund management companies and investment funds associated with clients of that group. He is chairman of Schroder Oriental Income Fund Limited and is a director of ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Limited. Robert is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Ian Clarke, Non-executive Director.
Ian Clarke has over 20 years experience in the finance industry in Guernsey including wealth management, the administration of international trusts, corporate entities and regulated funds. Most recently the managing director of a fund administrator in Guernsey he has sat on the boards of several funds, some of which have been listed on recognised Stock Exchanges.
Rolf Elgeti, Non-executive Director.
Rolf Elgeti is currently chief executive of TAG Immobilien AG, a German listed real estate group with ca €2 billion of assets under management and non-executive chairman of Treveria plc, the German retail focused real estate company. He previously worked in various banking roles at UBS, Commerzbank Securities and ABN Amro. Mr Elgeti graduated with an MBA from the University of Mannheim, Germany, and received an MBA from ESSEC, Paris, in 1999.
Wessel Hamman, Non-executive Director.
Wessel Hamman was appointed a Director of the Company on 17 May 2011. Wessel is a partner and chief executive of Clearance Capital LLP, a specialist European real estate securities investor and advisor to the Karoo Investment Fund S.C.A. SICAV-SIF. Wessel is a chartered accountant by training and spent eleven years in the investment banking industry before co-founding Clearance Capital in 2008.
Walter Hens, Non-executive Director.
Walter Hens has over 38 years’ experience in the European real estate sector, including 20 years with SEGRO plc where he most recently held the positions of European managing director and group executive director. Walter was responsible for Segro’s European operations from 2003 to 2007 during which time the company built up a major pan-European portfolio, including a number of major acquisitions in Germany. Walter is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Shelagh Mason, Non-executive Director.
Shelagh Mason is a resident of Guernsey. She is an English property solicitor with over 25 years experience in commercial property. She is currently a partner in Spicer and Partners Guernsey LLP specialising in English commercial property She holds numerous positions on boards as non-executive director, as well as being a past Chairman of the Guernsey Branch of the Institute of Directors and a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Guernsey International Legal Association.
Charles Parkinson, Non-executive Director.
Charles Parkinson is the Minister of the Treasury & Resources Department for the States of Guernsey. After graduating from Cambridge he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and was then called to the Bar in London. He was an executive in the Corporate Finance division of Morgan Grenfell (now Deutsche Bank) before returning to Guernsey. He holds several non-executive directorships in investment and property companies, as well as chairing AIM listed Eastern European Property Fund.
Justin Schaefer, Non-executive Director.
Justin Schaefer is an investment analyst at Weiss Asset Management, where he has worked since 2008. Prior to Weiss, Justin graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA.
Amanda Spring, Non-executive Director.
Amanda Spring is based in Budapest, Hungary and has a wealth of experience in the multi-let sector having previously been Director of Central Europe at TeeslandiOG and prior to that having responsibility for the asset management of their mainland Europe funds. Prior to this she was Managing Director of DTZ's Moscow office.
