14 Dec 2023

Dear All

This year has been a very active one for AREF on several fronts: policy, with a record number of consultations; events, with our first FutureGen conference; and an increasing degree of collaboration with other associations. 

Thank you to everyone who has contributed this year on a committee, speaking on a panel, providing a venue, or simply providing feedback and ideas. 

I will do a longer piece in January summarising our achievements this year and our plans for 2024.    

In the meantime I wish you compliments of the season and I look forward to working with you again in the New Year. 

Paul

 

 

 

 

 

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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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