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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London based Chairman operating in the Real Estate space. If you think a Chairman is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Richard Grogan
Founder & Executive Chairman of Zenaura
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About Zenaura: Zenaura is a IoT controlled home fragrance with aspirational design.
Francesco Loredan
Co-Chairman and Managing Partner of BC Partners
Mr. Francesco Loredan serves as a Founder and Member of Advisory Board of Innogest SGR S.p.A, where he was a Director. Mr. Loredan served as Co-Managing Partner and a Co-Chairman at BC Partners. He joined BC Partners in 1989. Prior to this, he served at the Boston Consulting Group for four years, where he worked on assignments in France and Italy. Previously, he spent three years in corporate finance at Bank of America Corporation as a Credit Officer. He serves as the Chairman of Mark IV Industries Inc., U.S.A. He serves as Non-Executive Director of Heating Finance PLC. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Interpump Group SPA. He served as a Director of Baxi Group Ltd from January 16, 2004 to February 18, 2008. He speaks Italian, English, French, and Spanish. Mr. Loredan has an M.B.A. from INSEAD and holds a B.Sc. degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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About BC Partners: BC Partners is an international alternative investment firm focused private equity, credit, real estate, and investment strategies.
Manoj Nair
Founder Chairman & CEO of RedGirraffe
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About RedGirraffe: RedGirraffe is a financial cum real estate technology company.
George Farha
Chairman of GSP Group
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About GSP Group: Private Equity, Operator, Real Estate
Christophe Reech
Group Chairman of Reech Corporations Group
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About Odysseus Investments, Proptech Capital, Reech Corporations Group: Reech Corporations Group is an investment company driving long-term value in real estate, technology and finance.
Jonathan Baines
Chairman of Ideal Flatmate
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About : Ideal Flatmate is the first UK website dedicated to helping its users find the right flatmates.
Michael Ingall
Chairman and CEO of Allied London Properties
Featured in the Sunday Times Debretts top 500 most influential people, Allied London’s CEO Michael Ingall plays a fundamental role in the nation’s property market and in particular, city centre redevelopment. Michael Ingall has over 30 years corporate and real estate development experience, and is one of the founders and principal owners of the new Allied London, taking the business private in 2000. With the help of a dedicated and experienced team, Michael has created one of the UK’s most successful private real estate companies. Michael’s ability to blend vision with technical and financial skills has established Allied London as a leader and authority in the area of complex city centre redevelopment. Michael is a qualified chartered surveyor and is a Fellow of Royal Institute of British Architects. He has over 60 industry awards and was given the accolade of Developer of the Decade in 2000 by Property Week.
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About Allied London Properties: Allied London Properties provides devises, designs, and delivers mixed-use real estate developments, buildings, and concepts in London.
Darren Schindler
Executive Chairman of Property Moose
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About Property Moose: The Property Crowdfunding Platform where members can invest from £10 and receive monthly rental income and any capital growth.
Stuart Laird
Chairman of Laird Norton Properties
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About Laird Norton Properties: Laird Norton Properties is a real estate investment firm that specializes in asset management, development and property management services.
Anthony Gahan
Founder and Chairman of IPSX
Anthony Gahan has some 30 years of investment banking experience including as a director of Robert Fleming & Co. Ltd, as a senior banker at Lehman Brothers and a founding partner of Wyvern, the London investment banking firm. He is currently a non-executive director of Maru Group, a technology enabled international insight services group. Anthony co-founded IPSX in 2014.
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About IPSX: IPSX operates the world’s first stock exchange dedicated to the IPO and trading of companies owning single commercial real estate assets.
Paolo Zeno
Chairman of Zeno Brothers Construction Inc.
Paolo Zeno took hold of a great responsibility when appointed as Chairman of Zeno Group Investments at an early age. Zeno Group Investments was founded by Sir Arnaldo Gani Zeno himself in 1968. For a decade as the Chairman of an Independent Private Financial Group, he has continuously been a great pride to the company bringing in extraordinary success for the business. Since then, he carries on high standard of excellence to ensure remarkably outstanding result for all clientele of Zeno Group Investments. As a young business strategist and visionary – Paolo always sees the big picture, He always look and think ahead. He continuously observes business and industry trends and developments and figures out how opportunities and challenges can be managed. His value comes from his foresight and ability to strategically guide the company as a whole and not as individual entity. He is very diplomatic and persuasive – He works professionally without being abrasive but using persuasive communication to engender buy-in and loyalty. Paolo Zeno is organized, professional, and a driven young innovative executive, who is truly inspiring not just to the members of the board but to the rest of the staff, representatives, specialists, and advisors. More than a decade of proven results-oriented Executive and a business leader with a track record of building and growing successful businesses based on focused relationship management, corporate finance advisory with a passionate desire in contributing to the organization’s overall strategies and success. Paolo has provided end to end solutions for its clients from all different types of industries worldwide. He is responsible for the strategic direction and day-to-day management of the company.
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About Zeno Brothers Construction Inc.: General Construction and General Contracting
Ming Wang
Senior VP, Chairman of East China Operations of China Fortune Land Development
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About China Fortune Land Development: China Fortune Land Development is an operates as a real estate developer.
