OUR TEAM
Specialists in real estate investment, asset management, structuring, accounting and client reporting
Senior Management
SIMON COOKE
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Simon Cooke
Shareholder / Executive Director
Simon is a founding shareholder of APAM and APAM Board member based in London. He is responsible for commercial property investment, loan advisory and business development. Simon formed APAM in 2010.
Experience:
Simon has 39 years’ experience in the UK commercial property market. In 1990 Simon was part of the Morgan Grenfell Asset Management (MGPAM) team that launched the first Jersey Property Unit Trusts. He became MD of MGPAM in 1994 and CEO in 1997; by 2003 funds under management had grown to c. £1 bn.
In 1996 MGPAM (later Deutsche Property Asset Management) under Simon’s guidance launched the first UK commercial property ‘opportunity fund’. In 2003 Simon jointly formed Cooke & Powell LLP
In 2006 Simon became MD of Close Brothers property investment division, also with over £1 bn in funds under management. Simon left Close Brothers in 2009 to launch APAM. Simon is a Fellow of RICS.
William Powell
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William Powell
Shareholder / Executive Director
William is a founding shareholder and APAM Board member based in London. He is responsible for commercial property investment, asset management, loan advisory and business development. William formed APAM in 2010.
Experience:
William has over 25 years’ experience and has had roles with a number of commercial property investment and development companies, including Railtrack Plc and Marlborough Developments.
William is responsible for commercial property investment, loan advisory and business development at APAM
Prior to APAM William was a director at Close Brothers property investment division with over £1B in funds under management where he was also a member of the Property Investment Committee.
Melissa Baldwin
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Melissa Baldwin
Executive Director
Head of Operations
Melissa is an Executive Director at APAM and is responsible for oversight of the operational activities and financial management strategy of the firm.
Experience:
Prior to joining APAM, Melissa worked for over 7 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers UK LLP as a Finance Leader in a number of financial management and business decision support roles across the Legal and Tax business divisions. Previously, Melissa worked in Australia for 12 years across a variety of industries, providing financial accounting and analyst support services as a management accountant. During this time, Melissa gained broad experience within the IT and other professional services industries and also the manufacturing and health sectors. Melissa is a qualified accountant with over 23 years’ experience.
Qualifications:
CPA (Australia)
BCom The University of Queensland
Sinéad Kenny
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Sinéad Kenny
Executive Director
Head of Portfolio Management and Responsible Investing
Sinéad is the Director of Portfolio Management in our London Office.
Experience:
Sinéad has management oversight of the Portfolio, Asset, Property and Facilities Management teams. Sinéad leads the Responsible Investment Team at APAM.
Prior to joining APAM, Sinéad was an Associate at Hudson Realty Capital LLC, a real estate private equity fund. During this time, Sinéad managed a diverse portfolio of debt and equity investments, across all sectors throughout the US. Sinead has 18 years’ experience.
Qualifications:
BA St. Bonaventure University
Tony Christie
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Tony Christie
Head of Retail and Asset Management
Tony is Head of Retail and Asset Management at APAM. He has over 30 years’ UK and international experience in commercial property markets and specialises in shopping centres and retail.
Tony has undertaken or led c £2.8bn of transactions by way of corporate or property transactions. These include:
Grosvenor Shopping Centre Fund and Grosvenor Festival Place Fund – restructured the distressed funds, refinanced the debt, provided asset management services and disposed of five shopping centres to return capital to investors.
Friars Square Shopping Centre, Aylesbury - Provided work out advice and asset management services to West Register, RBS’s “bad bank”.
Quercus Healthcare Fund - restructured the distressed fund, refinanced the debt and disposed of 169 care homes.
At APAM Tony provides work out advice and asset management services to a Debt Fund client for eight shopping centres.
Rose Lewis
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Rose Lewis
Head of Property Management
Rose is Head of Property Management at APAM. Rose has over 20 years’ experience in the property industry and joins APAM from Apple Retail where she was responsible for managing its Mall Apple Stores within EMEIA.
Prior to this, Rose was UK Head of Property Management at Intu Properties where she was the property manager for Chantry Place Shopping Centre, Norwich as well as working on the refurbishments of Eldon Square Shopping Centre, Newcastle and Victoria Shopping Centre in Nottingham. Rose was also responsible for the management of its Property Administration team. Rose has also been a member of the RICS’ Service Charge Code Panel.
Patrick Anderson
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Patrick Anderson
Head of Investment Management
Patrick is Head of Investment Management at APAM and has over 25 years’ experience in the property industry.
Experience:
Before joining APAM, Patrick was the Director of Värde’s European real estate team. Prior to this, he was at Alvarez and Marsal where he advised on c. £35bn of real estate assets and credit exposures. His experience in debt restructuring and repositioning of assets will bolster APAM’s extensive capabilities in this area, where the business already has a strong track record.
Patrick was also based at London and Regional as COO of South Africa’s Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, through his experience in running this project, Patrick brings a wealth of experience in corporate operations, asset management, investment and debt strategies to APAM.
Patrick also has extensive experience in alternative sectors and operational real estate including hotels and healthcare businesses.
Stacy Gross
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Stacey Gross
HEAD OF RESEARCH & DATA
Stacy is Head of Research and Data at APAM. Her role includes oversight and maintenance of firm wide data management systems. She also oversees data driven research and thought leadership pieces, including APAM’s Market Commentary Report, released on a quarterly basis.
Prior to joining APAM, Stacy had nearly 15 years’ experience working at J.P. Morgan across Securitised Products, Real Estate, Investment Analytics, Valuations and Accounting working in both New York and London. Stacy was also Vice President in J.P. Morgan’s Pricing Analytics team.
John Slater
Lars Sindberg
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Lars Sindberg
Experience:
Lars has over 30 years’ international experience, having worked in Denmark, Germany and Turkey, and has been Managing Director of Danmerc since 2003. Danmerc is a niche fund manager specialising in Danish investors into the UK market.
In 2016, Lars joined APAM and coordinates Danmerc’s Danish client liaison and activities and implements their financial strategies in conjunction with APAM’s investment and management teams. He is responsible for contact with banks regarding financing, refinancing and swap agreements and with tax authorities, auditors and other external advisors on behalf of Danish clients.
Ian Lester
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Ian Lester
Head of Property Management
Ian Lester is Head of Property Management based in our London office.
Experience:
Prior to APAM, Ian joined Cording as a partner to set up and run Cording Property Management with particular responsibility for the control and administration of the department.
Ian has over 34 years property experience starting his career at Lee Baron. He then moved to William H Brown, Hertz and Hertz surveyors and Brian Cooper and Co, where Ian ran the commercial management department. When Brian Cooper and Co later merged with Hammond Phillips, Ian was appointed a director. He remained responsible for the management of the department which expanded substantially to a portfolio of c.£1 billion, and was directly involved in instructions such as the London Trocadero, the London Pavilion and The Criterion Building in Piccadilly as well as St Nicholas Shopping Centre, Sutton.
Danny Power
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Danny Power
Head of Facilities Management
Experience:
Daniel previously managed national FM services for CBRE and Norland, contracts included M&E compliance for more than 300 Santander branches, nationwide Bupa care homes/head offices and Cheshire West Council public properties. At APAM, Daniel is responsible for co-ordinating our FM procedures, drafting and implementing policies, ensuring we are complying with all relevant health and safety and fire safety requirements throughout our managed portfolio and ensuring all properties are being maintained to a high standard. Danny has 10 years’ experience in the property industry.
Timo Nurminen
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Timo Nurminen
Head of Property Management
Timo joined Catella in 1998 and has had several years of executive experience in the property and finance industry. He is the Head of Property Investment Management at Catella AB.
Prior to Catella, Timo gained experience from several executive positions, including Arsenal Asset Management and the Finnish Savings Bank Group.
Timo is based in Finland.
Jyrki Konsala
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Jyrki Konsala
Asset Management at Catella AB
Jyrki joined Catella Asset Management in 2011 and is currently responsible for the investment and business development for Catella on a pan-European level.
Previous experience includes senior positions at Abderdeen, Real Capital Partners & Tiger Developments. Jyrki has extensive property experience in several European markets & he is based in Finland, Germany & Luxembourg.
professor Andrew Baum
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ProfessorAndrew Baum
Research and Strategy
APAM consults with Professor Andrew Baum, who is Professor of Practice at Oxford University’s Said Business School. Professor Baum is a specialist in real estate investment strategy who is chairman of Newcore Capital Management and advisor to several real estate organisations.
Professor Baum’s role is to challenge and help to develop our investment strategy on a macro economic and real estate market basis. Professor Baum is a member of the APAM Investment Committee and oversees a quarterly review of APAM’s research and investment strategies across all APAM mandates.
Team Members
Charlie Barclay
Peter Barker
Isabelle Bevan
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Alice Bingham
Bill Binnie
Sam Bowers
Amy Brookes
Helle Christensen
James Clemmow
Samantha Collins
Joanna CowAN
Lynsay Davies
Ben Dickins
Ellen Dollard
Georgia Duncan-Gill
William Grenfell
Kate Hackett
Alex Hardwick
Barry Hill
Victoria Holt
Brian Hope
Carrie Howey
Ben Kennedy
Jacqueline Lam
Giulia Mant0
Hugh McAleer
Bernice Nesham
Nicky Newman
Lucy Parker
Harriet Pigott
Elizabeth Rawlinson
Stephanie Robinson
Mia Rose
Lindsay Sims
Lynne Van der Meer
Isha Walker
Paul Welch
Chris Williams
