Biographies

Harry de Ferry Foster

Harry is the Fund Director for The Charities Property Fund with responsibility for all aspects of the management of the Fund.

Harry’s role encompasses portfolio management including strategic and tactical considerations, financial analysis, property acquisitions and sales. Harry is responsible for the preparation and implementation of asset management initiatives, including lease restructuring, surrenders and refurbishment projects.

Harry joined Cordea Savills in 2002 from Cushman & Wakefield where he qualified as a Chartered Surveyor, he has over 10 years experience in property investment and fund management.

Helen Soult

Helen is the Assistant Portfolio Manager for The Charities Property Fund. Helen’s role is to assist Harry in all aspects of property portfolio management including strategic advice, void management and asset management initiatives.

Helen joined Cordea Savills in 2009 from Savills where she worked in the Landlord and Tenant department specifically working on Investment Management clients, including a key Cordea Savills Fund. Helen graduated in Equine Science from Bristol University and a change of career saw her join Savills where she qualified as a Chartered Surveyor.

David Bailey

David is a consultant to the Charities team, his key focus is to assist in the development and to provide support to the Charities Property Fund with a view to broadening its investor base. David has extensive experience both in investment management and as a charity practitioner.

David was previously at Aberdeen Asset Management, where he was Head of Charities. Prior to this David was Vice President, Charities at Deutsche Asset Management and Charities Specialist at Morgan Grenfell Asset Management. From 1994 – 1998 David, a Wing Commander, was Finance Director of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.

Jonathan Valentine

Jonathan is the Finance and Operations Manager responsible for financial reporting and analysis, and administrator management.

Jonathan joined Cordea Savills in 2009 from the audit practice of Deloitte where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. At Deloitte his experience was focussed in the areas of investment managers, real estate and private equity funds.

Jonathan graduated in Chemical Engineering from UMIST and from there he joined Deloitte.

Charlotte Handford

Charlotte is the Client Services Manager for the Charities Property Fund responsible for investor communications, reporting and events.

Charlotte joined Cordea Savills in 2009 from RREEF Alternative Investments where she had a similar role in the real estate team, providing support to several property funds. Prior to this Charlotte was a Marketing Executive at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Charlotte graduated from the University of Bournemouth with a degree in Communications.

Jane Hopkins

Jane is the Business Administrator to the Charities team at Cordea Savills.

Jane joined Cordea Savills in September 2008 to support the Charities Team. She joined from the New Millennium Group where she held a similar role as the Team Assistant to a team of Executive Search consultants.

Jane’s role at New Millennium was preceded by various client facing and team administration roles. Jane has an NVQ in Business Administration.

Ben Ruck Keene

Ben has been the Estates Bursar at Corpus Christi College Oxford since 1989. He was previously a Director of Credit Suisse Asset Management and prior to that, a Barrister practising on the North Eastern Circuit.

In addition to his work at Corpus Christi, Ben is actively involved in other areas of Oxford University, as a member of both the University Estates Committee and the University Investment Committee.

He also holds a number of positions in the local community including that of Governor of Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham, and trustee of the Richard Pate Foundation. He also finds time to act as a Consultant on Investment and Financial Strategy to the National Foundation for Education Research.

Ian Flanagan

Ian spent his entire professional career as a chartered surveyor with a leading UK practice, Hillier Parker. After 20 years in retail property he then had 15 years in the merged Offices and Industrial Department where he was Senior Partner in charge.

From 1988-1991 he was based in New York as CEO and Chairman of Landauer Estates with nine offices across the USA in which Hillier Parker had a majority shareholding. After retiring from practice, Ian advised a number of banks and UK public companies on their commercial property, as well as being a board member of the Black Country Development Corporation.

Ian is Trustee of a number of charities and his interest in charity work started on election as an Almoner of Christ's Hospital, then to Childline and Perennial - The Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society.

Miles Jolly

Miles has had a wide and varied career as a Chartered Accountant within industry holding senior Financial and Board appointments within the Publishing Industry in UK and Europe and as a divisional Financial Director in GEC.

Miles founded and owns the Property Development and Investment companies within the Limes Group of companies and remains Executive Chairman of those companies.

Miles is a Canon of Lincoln Cathedral, a member of its Governing Chapter and Chairman of Finance. He is a former member of the Board of the Lincoln Diocese, both bodies being substantial early and continuing investors in The Charities Property Fund.

Nick Downer

Nick has been Bursar of Selwyn College, Cambridge since August 2002.

Prior to taking up this position, he spent over 20 years as an investment banker advising international corporate clients on initial public offerings, privatisations and other forms of debt and equity capital raising.