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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 Partner operating in the Real Estate Investment space. If you think a Partner 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.
Miguel Nigorra
Partner and Co-Head of the Europe team of Fifth Wall
Miguel Nigorra Esteban Partner and Co-Head of the Europe team at Fifth Wall.
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About Fifth Wall: Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm that focuses on technologies for the global real estate industry.
Yemi Lalude
Managing Partner and Head of TPG Growth’s investments of TPG
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About TPG: TPG is a private investment firm that manages capital across a family of funds.
Vincenzo Morelli
Partner of TPG
Vincenzo Morelli is Partner Emeritus and Senior Advisor at TPG Capital. While associated with TPG, as an Operating Partner from 2005 to 2012, he has served as Chairman of Mey Icki and of Bally International SA, as well as Director of TIM Hellas SARL and is currently Vice Chairman of Télédiffusion de France SA (TDF). He is also Chairman of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and was Chairman of the European Private Equity Roundtable (EPER) for three years, since its formation in 2009. Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Morelli was a partner at Alvarez and Marsal, a Senior Advisor with Clayton, Dubilier and Rice, CEO of Kontron Instruments NV (a company owned by BC Partners), Executive Vice President of Fiat Group – in charge of New Holland, and President of GE Medical Systems-Europe and Compagnie Générale de Radiologie (CGR). He started his career at the Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Morelli holds an MBA from Standford University, where he was a Miller Scholar, and an MA with Honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, of which he is a Foundation Fellow. Mr. Morelli is also a non-executive Board member of Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme.
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About Alvarez & Marsal, The Boston Consulting Group, TPG: TPG is a private investment firm that manages capital across a family of funds.
Edward Beckley
Partner of TPG
Edward Beckley is a Partner at TPG based in London, where he focuses on opportunities in the infrastructure sector globally. Prior to joining TPG in 2017, Edward was with Macquarie as Head of the European Infrastructure funds management business (MIRA). Edward graduated from Durham University with a BS in natural sciences.
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About TPG: TPG is a private investment firm that manages capital across a family of funds.
Alberto Matta
Managing Partner of Optimum Asset Management
Alberto has 20 years of experience in the investment business. After obtaining a university degree in Finance at Northeastern University in Boston, he relocated first to New York and then to London where he has taken various responsibilities at different organizations. After working for Merrill Lynch and Bankers Trust where he contributed to the development of the derivatives business for the Italian market, in 1998 he took a role with Paribas (now BNP Paribas) on the Origination side, where he worked for 7 years, focusing on complex securisation and structured credit derivatives transactions and effectively creating and sourcing investment instruments for institutional investors around the globe. In 2001 Alberto was appointed European Co-Head of the Origination business for Financial Institutions. He moved to ABN AMRO Bank in London in 2004 and Barclays Capital in 2006 where he focused on the distribution side of the investment business. In this capacity, Alberto was able to work closely with large institutional investors (Banks, Insurance Companies, Pension Funds) and address their investment/portfolio needs. In 2007 Alberto left his position as a Director at Barclays Capital in London to assume responsibilities as Managing Director of BMB Investment Management Partners, SL in Barcelona and as Board Member of Optimum Evolution Funds SIF. After leaving his role at BMB Investment, Alberto founded and assumed responsibility as CEO of Luxembourg based Optimum Asset Management (Luxembourg) SA. In 2017, he was appointed Chairman of the firm.
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About Optimum Asset Management: Optimum Asset Management is a boutique real estate investor and developer.
Hasham Ullah
Managing Partner & Founder of White Lion
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About GymCraft, White Lion: White Lion provides consultation services and solutions for the investment industry.
Puian Mollaian
Partner of Forticap
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About Forticap: Investment Company – Technology, Real Estate and Private Equity
Joe Kim
Managing Director/Partner of UPIN Fund Management
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About UPIN Fund Management, XnTree: UPIN is an investment and management consulting firm that helps to optimize its clients’ business solutions and meet its goals.
