The Patrons Group allows us to maintain connections with senior industry figures who have been advocates for Real Estate Balance over the years in order to draw on their experience and gain advice for our Board on an informal and non-executive basis.
It comprises former Real Estate Balance Board Directors, previous Committee and Advisory Council members and others who have been influential in our growth as an organisation.
We are proud that the following senior leaders and change-makers in real estate are part of the Real Estate Balance Patrons Group:
Vivienne King – Founder of Impactful Places impact consultancy, Immediate Past Chair of Revo and Chair of the Shopkeepers’ Campaign, and Real Estate Balance co-Founder (Chair of the Patrons Group)
Elisabeth Teo-Pennell – Senior Advisor, Newbridge Capital Partners, and Real Estate Balance co-Founder (Vice Chair of the Patrons Group)
Andy Pyle – Global Head of Real Estate and Head of Deal Advisory Quality & Risk Management, KPMG in the UK
Angus Johnston – BeyondAutism Chair, Flagpoint Real Estate Fund Advisory Board member, and former UK real estate leader, PwC
Ciaran Bird – Former Divisional President, Advisory Services, CEO UK & Ireland, CBRE
Ciaran Carvalho – Chair of the Supervisory Board, UBS Triton and former Senior International Partner, CMS
Claire Milton – Partner (Real Estate), Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, and Real Estate Balance co-Founder
Colin Wilson – Executive Partner and former CEO, EMEA, Cushman and Wakefield
Craig Hughes – Senior Advisor, Per Ardua, Senior Advisor, Carb0n, and former Global Real Estate and SPACE (Supporting Parents and Carers and Everyone) Network Leader, PwC
David Shaw OBE – Chairman, Sir Simon Milton Foundation, and Founding Trustee, Orpheus Sinfonia Foundation
Ian Marcus OBE – Senior Advisor, Eastdil Secured, and Non-executive Chairman, Shurgard. Advisory Board member, Redevco, and Senior Advisor, Elysian Residences, and Senior Independent Director, Town Centre Securities
Justin Read – Senior Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for a number of companies
Karen Friebe – Former Partner and Head of Hotels, Hospitality and Leisure, Bird & Bird, and co-Founder of Real Estate Balance
Katie Kopec – International Director, Strategic Development Consulting, JLL
Kaushik Shah – Pensions Trustee and Real Estate Consultant
Liz Peace CBE – Real Estate Balance co-Founder, Senior Independent Governor, RICS, Chair of Nuclear Waste Services
Martin Samworth – Chair of the Board, RICS, and Non-executive Director, M&G Real Estate
Martina Malone – Board Member, Helical plc, former Global Head of Capital Raising Prologis, former Real Estate Balance Policy and Campaigns Committee member, and Mentor at INREV Mentoring Programme
Nicholas Cheffings – Board Counsellor, The Crown Estate
Nick Hughes – Fractional CMO, Board of Trustees Member, University of the Built Environment, and former Director of Marketing and Communications, SEGRO
Sue Brown – Former Managing Director, Real Estate Balance
Sue Clayton – Non-executive Director, SEGRO Plc and Helical Plc (Chair), and Real Estate Balance co-Founder
Suzanne Avery – Commissioner on Main Board and Assets Committee, Church Commissioners for England, and Non-Executive Director, LondonMetric Property, and Real Estate Balance co-Founder