FutureGen Committee Biographies

Alex joined Chalkhill Partners in March 2025.

Oliver joined Octopus Real Estate in 2020 and is an investment associate. His role includes loan origination, portfolio management, and fund management across a series of debt funds. Prior to joining Octopus Real Estate, Oliver completed the MSc Real Estate at Henley Business School, and he holds a MA in Philosophy & Politics from the University of Edinburgh. Oliver is a member of the RICS.

 

Frankie is Vice-chair of AREF's FutureGen Committee.

Frankie joined Aberdeen in July 2023 as a Real Estate ESG Manager working across the European funds, with a particular focus on decarbonisation.

Frankie started her career at Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) where she trained as a chartered surveyor before specialising in sustainability and setting up the LSH sustainability team. Following LSH, Frankie joined Fiera Real Estate as an Associate Director within the ESG team where she was primarily responsible for leading and implementing the UK ESG strategy.

Frankie holds an MSt in sustainability in the Built Environment from the University of Cambridge, an MSC in Real Estate from the London South Bank University and a BA (Hons) in History from the University of London

Hattie is an Assistant Fund Manager at Aviva Investors working on the Real Estate Active Long Term Asset Fund (REALTAF) which was launched in April 2023. 

REALTAF adopts a research-led thematic investment strategy, allocating capital to our highest conviction sectors including Urban Warehousing, Rental Housing, Life Sciences, Data Centres and Film Studios. The fund has a 6% total return target on a 5 year rolling basis and was launched with £1.6bn of Aviva seed capital across 37 UK assets. 

Hattie worked on the fund prior to its launch focusing on strategy, ESG and asset selection. Hattie originally rotated through the Aviva Investors graduate scheme and worked for a year at Colliers International in the valuation department. Hattie has completed the Investment Management Certificate and holds a MSc in Real Estate from Cass Business School and a BA (Hons) in History from the University of Bristol. 

Danielle joined Mills & Reeve in 2016 and is a Principal Associate in the Real Estate team. Danielle advises on all transactional real estate work including acquisitions and disposals, portfolio management and development work across the core investment markets of office, retail and industrial and logistics

Harvey joined Alter Domus in January 2024 and is a Fund Accountant. His role includes financial reporting, transfer agency and other fund administration tasks across a range of real estate funds.  Prior to joining Alter Domus, Harvey completed BSc Accounting and Finance at the Leeds University Business School. Harvey is currently studying towards becoming a member of the ACCA.

Abbie is a Commercial Associate at Langham Hall, where she assists managers with the setup and ongoing administration of their fund structures. She also works alongside the marketing team, providing support with the business’ external communications.

 Prior to joining Langham Hall, Abbie graduated from Pearson Business School, where she obtained a BA (Hons) in Business Management and Marketing.

Will joined CMS (formerly Nabarro) in 2014 and is a Senior Associate in their Funds and Indirect Real Assets team in London. Will advises fund managers, asset managers and investors on a wide range of fund formation, joint venture and M&A matters.

Taryn joined CBRE Investment Management in 2021. Her role includes investment transactions, asset management and fund management across the CBRE UK Property PAIF and two separate account clients.

Prior to CBRE IM, Taryn worked at Cushman & Wakefield.

Taryn hold an MSc in Real Estate from Oxford Brookes University (2017) and is a member of the RICS (2019).

Carine is a Product Manager at Schroders Capital. In her role she supports the UK team with strategic and ongoing client and product management. Prior to this Carine was at CBRE Investment Management and Aviva Investors as a Product Specialist covering long income, European logistics and European value-add strategies.

 Carine graduated from the University of Nottingham with a LLB in Law with South East Asian Law.

Will joined the Townsend Group as an Analyst in April 2021, after completing the MSc, Real Estate at Henley Business School.

The Founded in 1983, The Townsend Group, an Aon Company, is a leading provider of global investment management and advisory services focused exclusively on real estate and real assets. Committed to excellence in investment management and client service, Townsend serves an institutional client base providing custom investment solutions to help meet the needs and objectives of their investment programs. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, the firm has offices in San Francisco, London and Hong Kong.

 

Jack joined the Alternatives Manager Research team at BlackRock in November 2023. He is responsible for the sourcing, due diligence and monitoring of strategies. Prior to this he spent close to four years at DTZ Investors in the multi manager team, investing in real estate funds in the UK and globally.

He is a graduate of the University of Bristol with a degree in Economics. He holds the Investment Management Certificate and is a level 2 CFA candidate.

 

Clare is responsible for all aspects of the planning, development and execution of the marketing strategy for AREF. 

Clare leads on event management, liaising with committees and members to schedule, plan and deliver an effective events calendar for the association.  She also has overall responsibility for brand, as well as the design, development and production of marketing across both digital and offline channels, including the website.  

Mel ensures smooth daily operations, manages logistics and the database, coordinates meetings and events, supports committees and projects, and assists the finance team.