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Our People
The team’s broad range of experience and expertise enables us to explore and add significant value to a diverse range of property investment and opportunities.
The team’s broad range of experience and expertise enables us to explore and add significant value to a diverse range of property investment and opportunities.
Paul is the founder of Generator Group which he established in January 2006 in partnership with Real Estate Venture Capital Management LLP. Prior to this, he was Managing Director at a private property company, Cathedral Group, where he oversaw the deconsolidation of Cathedral from its then parent company, Mount Anvil, before taking Cathedral forward. Before this he spent 5 years at Frogmore as Director responsible for running their joint venture activities.
With over 20 years experience in residential and mixed-use development, especially in the assessment of planning risk, Paul has been involved in numerous successful projects of varying scale and complexity, including the funding and delivery of the pilot PPP project with the London Fire Brigade for their new facility in Docklands, which formed part of a mixed-use scheme.
Paul originally spent 16 years in banking, the latter half of which was helping to establish the recovery unit and then running one of the property work-out teams for Hill Samuel (part of Lloyds TSB) during the late 80’s/early 90’s which makes him ideally placed for operating in the current marketplace.
Jason has over 30 years of corporate experience across Infrastructure, Transport, Marine and Food Wholesale. Prior to joining Generator, he spent six years as CEO of Sutton Harbour Holdings PLC.
In his role as Development Director, Jason is overseeing Generator investments and developments across the South West. His resilience, determination and extensive real estate and business experience are a real asset to the company.
An avid sportsman and sports fan, Jason is the proud owner of a Chester Football Club season ticket. He heads back up north west to see them whenever he can.
Ed joined the Group from Cushman and Wakefield in January 2007.
At Generator Ed is focused on identifying new land opportunities for the Group, carrying out due diligence and acquisitions, planning promotion, and working with the wider Development Team to see schemes through to a successful conclusion. Ed also works within Generator Real Estate Solutions, providing development and work-out expertise in relation to stressed and distressed property assets.
Ed holds an MA in Land Economy from Cambridge University and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Burt has worked in the construction industry for over 30 years, having qualified as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor in 1996. During this time, he has been employed by some of the largest main contractors in the UK such as Bouygues, Balfour Beatty and Wates. Prior to joining Generator Group Burt was the Commercial Director at F3 Construct Limited who are Construction Management specialists.
Burt has vast experience in the overall delivery of construction projects particularly the initial appraisals of tenders, the development of value engineering solutions and the management of risk during the construction phase of projects.
Amanda is a member of the RICS and has over 30 years’ experience in acquiring and managing the development of sites across London and the South East.
Prior to joining Generator Amanda spent over 25 years working for County Gate Properties. During this time Amanda bought, obtained planning consent on and developed out well in excess of thirty sites. Amanda specialises in complex brownfield sites and is focussed on achieving the optimum planning consent and developing all projects out to an exemplary standard.
Amanda is accustomed to working with joint venture partners and enjoys taking a collaborative approach to projects.
Joe is a Chartered Surveyor and a member of the Chartered Institute Of Building, with over 17 years’ experience in project management and surveying. Prior to joining Generator Group Joe was an Associate at Savills, an Associate Project Manager at WSP, as well as other consultancy practices and has ran his own small surveying business.
Qualified to Masters level in Construction Project Management, Joe has continued to pursue industry qualifications to complement his vast experience in the construction industry. Joe has experience of commercial, residential, education and government property sector projects, working for a diverse array of clients.
Joe has a track record of managing projects from concept to completion, building a team of professionals, facilitated investment decision making and delivering property development schemes. Joe has key skills in procurement, project planning, development strategy and contract administration.
Ben joined Generator in February 2019 with his main focuses being identifying, acquiring and promoting strategic land opportunities.
Prior to joining the Group, Ben spent over 4 years at Countryside Properties where he completed their graduate training programme and went on to work within the Land and Planning team as a Land Buyer. Ben holds an MSc in Real Estate Development from the University of Westminster and passed his APC to become a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Spring 2019.
In June 2004, Valerie set up her own consultancy business that delivers senior level strategic advice to companies, governments and third world organisations addressing complex community regeneration and sustainable development issues. Previously she was Managing Director
of London First and prior to that a Director at Jones Lang LaSalle.
She is a Chartered Architect, Town Planner and Surveyor. Valerie was awarded an OBE in 2001 for services to architecture and to the community in East London.
Graham has in excess of 30 years experience working within the UK property market. 22 years in a combination of lending, credit, legal and recovery roles with mainstream banks, and 11 years hands on development experience as the Commercial Director of a Surrey based residential developer. His time in banking included a 5 year period during the last major recession heading up a specialist property recovery team within Hill Samuel where he was responsible for successfully formulating and implementing work-out and disposal strategies for a wide range of property assets throughout the Country. His prime focus as a developer was to increase the acquisition flow, and actively manage the numerous joint venture activities. This resulted in significantly enhanced profits throughout the period from a number of key London mixed-use developments.
Graham is responsible for sourcing and managing new transactions for Generator Real Estate Solutions.
A highly experienced banker with 30 years’ experience in the corporate banking world, Richard has helped all kinds of clients realise their strategic ambitions, from large multinational PLCs down to small and medium-sized enterprises.
His corporate finance experience spans real estate, energy and infrastructure finance, as well as investment funding, development funding and credit risk management. He brings this extensive experience, industry expertise and established leadership skills to Generator as Group Treasurer.
Neil created his own HR consulting business in 2010 and has been helping businesses acquire and develop their talent ever since. His consulting experience is broad and covers property development, property services, IT, financial services, hospitality and retail to name a few. Neil has been working with the Generator Group since 2016 and has helped them build their HR infrastructure and has supported the growth of the team through the acquisition of key talent.
Neil has been an HR Director both in the banking and luxury retail sectors before creating his own business, he has a Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management, is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and is a master practitioner in NLP.
He enjoys good food and red wine and when the snow comes you will find him on the slopes demonstrating this less than graceful skiing style!
Michael has over 40 years’ experience in professional practice with a number of major surveying practices. For 5 years from 2008, as a Commercial Partner with Cluttons LLP, he led their Property Asset Recovery Service Team where they worked with major companies and financial institutions on capital restructure, financial analysis, distressed loan portfolios and debt and property workouts.
Michael provides valuation evidence, researches current trends and provides sensitivity analysis for current projects from his wealth of previous experience.
Joe was a 50% shareholder in a multi disciplined firm of commercial surveyors involved in property management, investment, Landlord & Tenant, rent reviews, Dilapidations, and bank LPA Receivership work. In 1995 this business was sold to Frogmore Estates Plc where Joe became a main Board Director for Asset Management of a portfolio in excess of £300m.
Joe is a highly experienced asset manager having spent forty years in the commercial property industry, largely in commercial agency investment and asset management. He has an excellent track record of maximising the value of property assets through pro-active strategies.
Joe also takes LPA/Fixed Charge Receivership appointments and he is a fellow of the Association of Property and Fixed Charge Receivers.
Ellie joined Generator Group as Sales & Marketing Manager in Autumn 2020. She has worked in the property industry since she graduated in 2016, previously working at City & Country for over 4 years working on a variety of schemes located across the UK.
At Generator, Ellie is responsible for Sales & Marketing across the Group.
Matt is a Chartered Certified Accountant and is responsible for the day to day accounting operations across the Group.
Matt joined the Group in April 2013 from Cedar + Co Accountants in Derbyshire.
Jack joined Generator Group in 2019 joining Katie as another Assistant Management Accountant.
Jack moved to Generator after three and a half years at Lucentum and has a total of five years of experience in accounting.
Nicola has over 14 years experience working within the Property Industry and re-joined Generator after a short break in November 2015. Nicola started her property career at Minerva Plc in 1999 where the last 2 years were spent as Executive Assistant to the Chairman. Nicola then went on to join the Property Acquisition department at Tesco Plc in 2002 working for the Development Director and through her role at Tesco was introduced to the team at St James’s Investments Ltd where she spent 4 years working for the Managing Director.
Olivia joined Generator in July 2017 to assist the development team, managing diaries and ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the office. Olivia’s tenacious attitude is reflected in the fact she left school and went straight into employment, working her way up from a junior position to become a legal secretary.
Prior to joining Generator, she worked with Alan Simpson & Co. where she dealt with conveyancing, probate and wills. At Generator, she is making her first steps in the property industry.
Daniela is an experienced administrator who started her career in 2011 in a college providing both teacher and student support including record keeping required by the regulator.
She moved to Construction in 2017 where she joined Quill Construction undertaking general administrative duties and professional team support.
Having enjoyed her time within the construction industry, Daniela wanted to further her knowledge and understand more about Property. She joined Generator in 2018 where she is now Senior Team Secretary.
Hollie graduated from the University of Southampton in 2020 securing a degree in Politics, joining Generator later that year as a Graduate Trainee.
Initially interested in marketing, Hollie divides her time between her sales and marketing role and assisting the admin team. This is her first role within the property sector and she is taking the opportunity to discover more about the industry through the lens of sales and marketing.
