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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 United Kingdom based Director operating in the Property Development space. If you think a Director 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.
Mark Hirschfield
CEO & Director of A.H.Field Properties
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About A.H.Field Properties, Conscious 2, Copypress, Orbital Witness, Techstars, Techtopia, Techtopia: A.H.Field Properties is a real estate company that specializes in property management, selling, renting of houses and apartments.
Freddie Graham-Watson
Group Financial Director of Allied London Properties
Freddie Graham-Watson is an innovative and highly experienced finance expert with overall financial responsibility for the Allied London portfolio. Freddie brings extensive property industry experience in investment and development financings, interest rate hedging strategies and structuring property transactions, including, corporate partnerships, unit trusts and other joint ventures, both on and offshore. He joined Allied London in 1990 after working at KPMG and Development Securities (formerly known as Clayform Properties) and has been instrumental in driving the company forward to becoming the award-winning developer. Freddie holds a law degree from Cambridge University, is a Member of the Institute of Taxation and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
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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.
Daniel Mohamed
Founder & Managing Director of Urban Intelligence
Founder & CEO at Urban Intelligence
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About Urban Intelligence: Data-Driven Property Development
Bruce Evans
Managing Director Group Operations of Nick Dunning Associates
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About Nick Dunning Associates: Nick Dunning Associates provides clients market-leading property solutions.
Paul Harbard
Founder and Finance Director of Pocket
Paul is a Chartered Accountant and was Finance Director of Peabody Trust for twelve years. Paul has a wealth of experience in public sector housing and brings a strong operational and practical construction perspective to Pocket Living.
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About Pocket: Pocket is a pioneering private property developer delivering affordable homes in London.
Olly Freedman
Regional Director (Europe) of Retransform
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About Retransform: Retransform offers business management services and technology solutions for Real Estate.
Vatsal Trivedi
Co-founder & Director of Overseas Property Forum
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About Overseas Property Forum: Overseas Property Forum provides engagement opportunities for property professionals with both buyers and sellers.
Simon Devonshire
Non-Executive Director of Local Data Company
Passionate about the success of entrepreneurs he is the co-founder of several businesses – he is an active stakeholder in several ventures and an enthusiastic ambassador of the business community. Simon ran the SME division of O2 UK for five years , a £750m P&L – doubling the number of business customers in that time. Appointed to the position of Director Wayra Europe in 2012 – his dream job. He has previously worked on a diverse range of brands.
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About Coding Cupboard, Local Data Company, O2: Local Data Company is the UK’s most accurate retail and leisure location data business.
Barnaby Oswald
Managing Director of Local Data Company
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About : Local Data Company is the UK’s most accurate retail and leisure location data business.
Cat Dawson
Sales Director of Local Data Company
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About : Local Data Company is the UK’s most accurate retail and leisure location data business.
Michael Cole
Managing Director of RightSite
Since founding RightSite in January of 2008, Michael has taken primary responsibility for making it the leading online property exchange in Asia, and an important platform for all members of the industrial property community. Before establishing RightSite, Michael played an integral role in launching major media projects in more than five different Asian markets since 1992. Michael also previously served as General Manager for Advertising Operations with Global Sources (GSOL) and assisted that firm in going public on the NASDAQ exchange in the year 2000. Originally from the United States, Michael holds a Bachelor’s Degree from St Olaf College, as well as a Master’s Degree from the University of Minnesota. Besides achieving advanced level qualifications in Vietnamese language at the University of Hanoi in 1991, Michael also speaks French, Thai and Mandarin Chinese. You can follow Michael’s experiences in launching and managing RightSite through his blog at www.mingtiandi.com.
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About RightSite: Industrial Property Site for Asia
