15 Jan 2025

 

 

 

 


We are pleased to share the CEO Annual Overview, reflecting on our progress in 2024 and outlining priorities for the year ahead.

Key achievements include the launch of a refreshed strategy to deliver greater value to members, growth in membership, and the upcoming introduction of The Charter, our new Code of Practice.

Advocacy remained a focus, with significant engagement on key issues like net zero and housing investment.

Thank you to our members for your continued support.

Read the full overview by clicking here.

 

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Paul Richards

Paul Richards

CEO, AREF

Paul is the CEO of AREF.  Before joining AREF in 2020, Paul was Head of the European Real Estate Boutique within Mercer’s investment consulting business for almost 10 years, previously he was Head of Indirect Real Estate Investment and Global Managed Accounts at LaSalle Investment Management, where he was responsible for managing global portfolios of unlisted real estate funds for clients from Europe and Asia Pacific.

He has over 25 years of real estate experience in investment, corporate finance and research, and has advised investors, occupiers and venture capital companies on property portfolio strategy and on financial structuring, including PFI, senior and mezzanine debt and joint venture arrangements. His employers have included LaSalle Investment Management, Cushman & Wakefield and Henderson Investors.

Before coming into the world of real estate, Paul worked in marketing and market research. He originally studied Physiological Sciences at Lincoln College, Oxford and has a Master of Science in Real Estate from City University Business School, London, now Cass Business School.

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