Amrit joined AlphaReal in 2025. His focus is to further develop the firm’s business with institutional clients.
Amrit has approximately eight years’ experience working with institutional clients. Prior to joining AlphaReal, Amrit held various roles at Legal and General, most recently in the Private Markets Distribution team, working to raise capital across the alternatives platform. He has also held roles in sales at LGIM and BMO. Amrit commenced his career at investment consultant Redington, where he seconded to an in-house institutional investment team, allowing him to have seen the institutional client journey from asset owner, advisor and investor perspectives.
Amrit received a BSc from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and is a CFA Charterholder.
Boris is Head of Client Solutions. His focus is to develop institutional business in the UK and Europe across all AlphaReal’s core business strategies.
Boris has over 20 years’ experience in consulting and investment management. He was responsible for building outcome-oriented investment strategies, focusing on Cashflow Driven Investing and real assets at Aviva Investors. He was a principal consultant at Mercer, specialising in providing strategic investment, financial and risk management advice to pension funds and corporate sponsors.
Tamsin’s focus is to further develop the firm’s business with institutional clients and their advisers.
Tamsin has over seven years’ experience working in business and client relationship development. Prior to joining AlphaReal, Tamsin held various roles at M&G, most recently in investor relations, providing high quality client service and business development for institutional investors.
Tamsin holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and a BA in Geography from the University of Exeter.
Colin’s focus is to develop the firm’s institutional business in Europe.
He has over fifteen years’ experience in client solutions, providing alternative and traditional solutions across asset classes to major institutional investors. He has worked for leading European, UK and Australian investment managers and investment banks including Crescendo Real Estate Advisors, Nordea Investment Management, UBS and Goldman Sachs.
Lakshmi joined AlphaReal in 2025. Her focus is on client relationship management within the Client Solutions team.
Lakshmi is an experienced client relationship and property professional with over 15 years of experience delivering exceptional service across real estate in both the private and public sectors. Previously, Lakshmi has led sales progression for complex, multi-tenure developments, whilst managing stakeholder engagement across legal, development, compliance and project management. She also played a key role in project delivery and customer relations.
Lakshmi holds an MBA in Banking and Finance from Coventry University and has recently completed the Business Sustainability Management course from the University of Cambridge.
Patrick is Head of Long Income and leads the AlphaReal origination team. His primary focus is growing the business’s institutional commercial ground rents and other long income strategies in the UK and Europe.
Patrick has over 20 years’ experience in the property market, the majority of which has been spent in alternative asset sectors such as hotels, healthcare and leisure. Prior to joining AlphaReal, he was at CBRE, Gerald Eve, Christie & Co and St Martins Property Corporation.
James is Head of Social Infrastructure and Co-Fund Manager of AlphaReal’s social infrastructure funds. James focuses on social infrastructure fund growth and leading the origination process.
He joined from specialist property consultants, Gerald Eve. James has over 20 years’ experience in real estate with a focus on the social real estate sub-sectors: health, housing and education.
James is a qualified Chartered Surveyor.
Brad has been a Partner of AlphaReal since its inception in 2005. He is Head of Alternative Credit and Joint-Fund Manager of Alpha Real Trust. He oversees business development opportunities for the group, including AlphaReal’s asset-backed lending growth.
Brad has over 25 years’ experience across the real estate and finance industries, working within investment banks, property companies and institutions in both Australasia and Europe. Prior to joining AlphaReal, Brad was Executive Director, Real Estate Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers and Managing Director of CBRE Financial Services.
Raza joined AlphaReal in June 2022 and is Head of Investment for Renewables and is co-fund manager for the Wind Renewables Income Fund.
Raza has over 15 years deal execution and asset management experience in secure income strategies backed by VCT and EIS funds. Sectors covered include solar, hydro, anaerobic digestion, and reserve power.
Prior to joining AlphaReal, Raza was an Investment Director at Triple Point where he delivered more than £300m of disposals for retail investors across more than 100 investment entities. Raza has an MA in Economics and Management (Oxon) and obtained his ACA at PWC in 2008.
Maria joined AlphaReal in 2022. She is a sustainability professional with many years of experience in financial services, specialising in asset management with a focus on real assets, including real estate and infrastructure.
She is Head of Sustainability at AlphaReal, where she leads the design and implementation of the firm’s sustainability strategy, supports the integration of ESG into investment processes, and works closely with senior leadership regarding climate risk and responsible investment. Maria’s experience includes working with regulatory frameworks such as SDR, TCFD, SFDR, and the EU Taxonomy, as well as preparing sustainability reports, GRESB submissions, and decarbonisation projects. Maria is IMC and CFA ESG certified, with an MSc in Management and a BEng in Engineering; she is currently studying for a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainability Leadership for the Built Environment at the University of Cambridge.
Phillip founded AlphaReal in 2005 and is Chairman of the Group.
He has over 40 years’ experience in the real estate, fund management and banking industries in Europe, the USA and Australasia. Prior to founding AlphaReal, he was Head of Real Estate for ABN AMRO Bank.
Phillip has served as an independent member of the management committee of Hermes Property Unit Trust and as a non-executive director of Great Portland Estates plc.
Ed is Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. He chairs the Investment Committee, oversees the investment process and fund performance, and leads ESG integration across the group.
Edward has over 25 years’ financial services experience covering investment management, insurance and investment banking. Prior to joining AlphaReal, he spent 14 years at MetLife as Chief Investment Officer, EMEA, overseeing approximately £10 billion equivalent of AUM.
Mark is Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and he is also Fund Manager for the Index Linked Income Fund.
Mark has over 35 years’ experience in real estate, fund management and investment banking. Mark has previously been Chief Operating Officer and Director of Finance and Operations at RREEF (Deutsche Bank’s real estate funds management group) and has held investment banking roles at HSBC and Macquarie Bank.
Karl is Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible for financial control across the firm and its funds including structuring, debt finance and financial reporting. He also oversees regulatory compliance and IT.
Karl has over 20 years’ experience in finance across the real estate and leisure sectors. Prior to joining AlphaReal, he worked in group finance at Hammerson plc and at Heron International.
Karl is a Chartered Accountant and an Associate Member of the Corporate Treasurers.
Brad has been a Partner of AlphaReal since its inception in 2005. He is Head of Alternative Credit and Joint-Fund Manager of Alpha Real Trust. He oversees business development opportunities for the group, including AlphaReal’s asset-backed lending growth.
Brad has over 25 years’ experience across the real estate and finance industries, working within investment banks, property companies and institutions in both Australasia and Europe. Prior to joining AlphaReal, Brad was Executive Director, Real Estate Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers and Managing Director of CBRE Financial Services.
Scott is Director of Investment Capital and is responsible for institutional capital raising.
He has over 28 years’ experience in the real estate and fund management industries across Australia, Asia and Europe. Scott has worked in financial institutions, property companies and real estate agencies and was previously a Director of Colliers International. He returned to AlphaReal following a period as the Head of Real Estate Fund Management at a bank.
Patrick is Head of Long Income and leads the AlphaReal origination team. His primary focus is growing the business’s institutional commercial ground rents and other long income strategies in the UK and Europe.
Patrick has over 20 years’ experience in the property market, the majority of which has been spent in alternative asset sectors such as hotels, healthcare and leisure. Prior to joining AlphaReal, he was at CBRE, Gerald Eve, Christie & Co and St Martins Property Corporation.
Tom is Head of Asset Management, Real Estate.
He has over 30 years’ commercial property experience in UK real estate investment, fund management, finance, and asset management. Tom is a member of the Investment Committee and previously fund manager of three AlphaReal funds. Tom was a founding partner of Antler Property Investments UK LLP, Managing Director of Antler Property Investments Plc and a Director at Fletcher King.
Philip is the Independent Investment Advisor to Worcestershire Pension Fund, Shropshire Pension Fund and Oxfordshire Pension Fund. He is an External Member of West Yorkshire Pension Fund’s Investment Advisory Panel.
Philip has over 43 years’ experience in the securities industry, having been with Charterhouse Securities (formerly Tilney & Co) for 20 years, being appointed a Director in 1992. In 2000 he joined Merseyside Pension Fund as Head of UK Equities. Philip was a Non-Executive Director of Aberdeen Private Equity Fund from 2009 to 2018 and has been the Principal of Independent City Consultants since 2010.
Phil is a Senior Adviser at AlphaReal.
Phil has held a range of positions across both business development and consulting and has over 40 years of pension and investment experience.
Phil holds other senior advisory roles. He was Executive Director at Cardano. He was Head of Business Development EMEA at Aviva Investors and had roles at Credit Suisse, Zurich, CIS and Scottish Mutual. His formative years were spent as a pension’s consultant at Hogg Robinson Benefit Consultants.
Felix joined AlphaReal as a Senior Advisor in 2023.
Over the past 25 years, Felix has held a range of positions across investment banking, financial advisory and corporate finance. His career has mostly been in infrastructure with a more recent focus on digital real assets and energy transition.
Felix is currently Director of Corporate Finance & Treasury at UK utility SGN. Previous roles include Head of Corporate Finance at G.Network, a London based fibre infrastructure business, MD at Investec Bank in infrastructure finance, MD at Rubicon Capital Advisors and senior debt capital markets roles at ANZ and Royal Bank of Canada.
Mark joined AlphaReal as a Senior Adviser in 2023. He has 25 years’ experience in the energy sector spanning solar, energy storage, wind, nuclear, carbon capture, gas fired power generation and interconnectors.
Mark currently serves as an NED on the boards of Anesco and Origami Energy. He was CEO at Anesco until January 2023, where he oversaw the development and construction of over 500MW of solar PV and energy storage projects. Prior to that, he held a series of executive roles at Centrica.
Mark is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Chartered Engineer. He studied Chemical Engineering at Cambridge University and received an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Bridget Uku is a Senior Adviser at AlphaReal and is also an Investment Manager for a UK LGPS Pension Fund. She has over 22 years of experience managing treasury and pension fund investments within local government. She has held senior investment roles across a range of public sector organisations, including the Greater London Authority (GLA), with responsibility for treasury management, investment strategy, and governance.
Bridget holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) degree and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA). She contributes extensively to the LGPS sector, chairing industry forums and regularly speaking at conferences and roundtables. Her wider advisory roles include sitting on the FTSE Russell EMEA Equity Regional Advisory Committee, and previously serving for 10 years as an Independent Adviser on the Royal College of Nursing Finance and Investment Committee, supporting robust investment decision making and effective oversight.
Boris is Head of Client Solutions. His focus is to develop institutional business in the UK and Europe across all AlphaReal’s core business strategies.
Boris has over 20 years’ experience in consulting and investment management. He was responsible for building outcome-oriented investment strategies, focusing on Cashflow Driven Investing and real assets at Aviva Investors. He was a principal consultant at Mercer, specialising in providing strategic investment, financial and risk management advice to pension funds and corporate sponsors.
Colin’s focus is to develop the firm’s institutional business in Europe.
He has over fifteen years’ experience in client solutions, providing alternative and traditional solutions across asset classes to major institutional investors. He has worked for leading European, UK and Australian investment managers and investment banks including Crescendo Real Estate Advisors, Nordea Investment Management, UBS and Goldman Sachs.
Tamsin’s focus is to further develop the firm’s business with institutional clients and their advisers.
Tamsin has over seven years’ experience working in business and client relationship development. Prior to joining AlphaReal, Tamsin held various roles at M&G, most recently in investor relations, providing high quality client service and business development for institutional investors.
Tamsin holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and a BA in Geography from the University of Exeter.
Amrit joined AlphaReal in 2025. His focus is to further develop the firm’s business with institutional clients.
Amrit has approximately eight years’ experience working with institutional clients. Prior to joining AlphaReal, Amrit held various roles at Legal and General, most recently in the Private Markets Distribution team, working to raise capital across the alternatives platform. He has also held roles in sales at LGIM and BMO. Amrit commenced his career at investment consultant Redington, where he seconded to an in-house institutional investment team, allowing him to have seen the institutional client journey from asset owner, advisor and investor perspectives.
Amrit received a BSc from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and is a CFA Charterholder.
Lakshmi joined AlphaReal in 2025. Her focus is on client relationship management within the Client Solutions team.
Lakshmi is an experienced client relationship and property professional with over 15 years of experience delivering exceptional service across real estate in both the private and public sectors. Previously, Lakshmi has led sales progression for complex, multi-tenure developments, whilst managing stakeholder engagement across legal, development, compliance and project management. She also played a key role in project delivery and customer relations.
Lakshmi holds an MBA in Banking and Finance from Coventry University and has recently completed the Business Sustainability Management course from the University of Cambridge.
Patrick is Head of Long Income and leads the AlphaReal origination team. His primary focus is growing the business’s institutional commercial ground rents and other long income strategies in the UK and Europe.
Patrick has over 20 years’ experience in the property market, the majority of which has been spent in alternative asset sectors such as hotels, healthcare and leisure. Prior to joining AlphaReal, he was at CBRE, Gerald Eve, Christie & Co and St Martins Property Corporation.
James is Head of Social Infrastructure and Co-Fund Manager of AlphaReal’s social infrastructure funds. James focuses on social infrastructure fund growth and leading the origination process.
He joined from specialist property consultants, Gerald Eve. James has over 20 years’ experience in real estate with a focus on the social real estate sub-sectors: health, housing and education.
Brad has been a Partner of AlphaReal since its inception in 2005. He is Head of Alternative Credit and Joint-Fund Manager of Alpha Real Trust. He oversees business development opportunities for the group, including AlphaReal’s asset-backed lending growth.
Brad has over 25 years’ experience across the real estate and finance industries, working within investment banks, property companies and institutions in both Australasia and Europe. Prior to joining AlphaReal, Brad was Executive Director, Real Estate Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers and Managing Director of CBRE Financial Services.
Raza joined AlphaReal in June 2022 and is Head of Investment for Renewables and is co-fund manager for the Wind Renewables Income Fund.
Raza has over 15 years deal execution and asset management experience in secure income strategies backed by VCT and EIS funds. Sectors covered include solar, hydro, anaerobic digestion, and reserve power.
Prior to joining AlphaReal, Raza was an Investment Director at Triple Point where he delivered more than £300m of disposals for retail investors across more than 100 investment entities. Raza has an MA in Economics and Management (Oxon) and obtained his ACA at PWC in 2008.
Maria joined AlphaReal in 2022. She is a sustainability professional with many years of experience in financial services, specialising in asset management with a focus on real assets, including real estate and infrastructure.
She is Head of Sustainability at AlphaReal, where she leads the design and implementation of the firm’s sustainability strategy, supports the integration of ESG into investment processes, and works closely with senior leadership regarding climate risk and responsible investment. Maria’s experience includes working with regulatory frameworks such as SDR, TCFD, SFDR, and the EU Taxonomy, as well as preparing sustainability reports, GRESB submissions, and decarbonisation projects. Maria is IMC and CFA ESG certified, with an MSc in Management and a BEng in Engineering; she is currently studying for a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainability Leadership for the Built Environment at the University of Cambridge.
Phillip founded AlphaReal in 2005 and is Chairman of the Group.
He has over 40 years’ experience in the real estate, fund management and banking industries in Europe, the USA and Australasia. Prior to founding AlphaReal, he was Head of Real Estate for ABN AMRO Bank.
Phillip has served as an independent member of the management committee of Hermes Property Unit Trust and as a non-executive director of Great Portland Estates plc.
Ed is Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. He chairs the Investment Committee, oversees the investment process and fund performance, and leads ESG integration across the group.
Edward has over 25 years’ financial services experience covering investment management, insurance and investment banking. Prior to joining AlphaReal, he spent 14 years at MetLife as Chief Investment Officer, EMEA, overseeing approximately £10 billion equivalent of AUM.
Mark is Chief Operating Officer and Joint-Deputy Chief Executive Officer. He is also Fund Manager for the Index Linked Income Fund.
Mark has over 35 years’ experience in real estate, fund management and investment banking. Mark has previously been Chief Operating Officer and Director of Finance and Operations at RREEF (Deutsche Bank’s real estate funds management group) and has held investment banking roles at HSBC and Macquarie Bank.
Karl is Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible for financial control across the firm and its funds including structuring, debt finance and financial reporting. He also oversees regulatory compliance and IT.
Karl has over 20 years’ experience in finance across the real estate and leisure sectors. Prior to joining AlphaReal, he worked in group finance at Hammerson plc and at Heron International.
Karl is a Chartered Accountant and an Associate Member of the Corporate Treasurers.
Brad has been a Partner of AlphaReal since its inception in 2005. He is Head of Alternative Credit and Joint-Fund Manager of Alpha Real Trust. He oversees business development opportunities for the group, including AlphaReal’s asset-backed lending growth.
Brad has over 25 years’ experience across the real estate and finance industries, working within investment banks, property companies and institutions in both Australasia and Europe. Prior to joining AlphaReal, Brad was Executive Director, Real Estate Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers and Managing Director of CBRE Financial Services.
Patrick is Head of Long Income and leads the AlphaReal origination team. His primary focus is growing the business’s institutional commercial ground rents and other long income strategies in the UK and Europe.
Patrick has over 20 years’ experience in the property market, the majority of which has been spent in alternative asset sectors such as hotels, healthcare and leisure. Prior to joining AlphaReal, he was at CBRE, Gerald Eve, Christie & Co and St Martins Property Corporation.
He has over 30 years’ commercial property experience in UK real estate investment, fund management, finance, and asset management. Tom is a member of the Investment Committee and previously fund manager of three AlphaReal funds. Tom was a founding partner of Antler Property Investments UK LLP, Managing Director of Antler Property Investments Plc and a Director at Fletcher King.
Philip is the Independent Investment Advisor to Worcestershire Pension Fund, Shropshire Pension Fund and Oxfordshire Pension Fund. He is an External Member of West Yorkshire Pension Fund’s Investment Advisory Panel.
Philip has over 43 years’ experience in the securities industry, having been with Charterhouse Securities (formerly Tilney & Co) for 20 years, being appointed a Director in 1992. In 2000 he joined Merseyside Pension Fund as Head of UK Equities. Philip was a Non-Executive Director of Aberdeen Private Equity Fund from 2009 to 2018 and has been the Principal of Independent City Consultants since 2010.
Phil has held a range of positions across both business development and consulting and has over 40 years of pension and investment experience.
Phil holds other senior advisory roles. He was Executive Director at Cardano. He was Head of Business Development EMEA at Aviva Investors and had roles at Credit Suisse, Zurich, CIS and Scottish Mutual. His formative years were spent as a pension’s consultant at Hogg Robinson Benefit Consultants.
Felix joined AlphaReal as a Senior Advisor in 2023.
Over the past 25 years, Felix has held a range of positions across investment banking, financial advisory and corporate finance. His career has mostly been in infrastructure with a more recent focus on digital real assets and energy transition.
Felix is currently Director of Corporate Finance & Treasury at UK utility SGN. Previous roles include Head of Corporate Finance at G.Network, a London based fibre infrastructure business, MD at Investec Bank in infrastructure finance, MD at Rubicon Capital Advisors and senior debt capital markets roles at ANZ and Royal Bank of Canada.
Mark joined AlphaReal as a Senior Adviser in 2023. He has 25 years’ experience in the energy sector spanning solar, energy storage, wind, nuclear, carbon capture, gas fired power generation and interconnectors.
Mark currently serves as an NED on the boards of Anesco and Origami Energy. He was CEO at Anesco until January 2023, where he oversaw the development and construction of over 500MW of solar PV and energy storage projects. Prior to that, he held a series of executive roles at Centrica.
Mark is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Chartered Engineer. He studied Chemical Engineering at Cambridge University and received an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Bridget Uku is a Senior Adviser at AlphaReal and is also an Investment Manager for a UK LGPS Pension Fund. She has over 22 years of experience managing treasury and pension fund investments within local government. She has held senior investment roles across a range of public sector organisations, including the Greater London Authority (GLA), with responsibility for treasury management, investment strategy, and governance.
Bridget holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) degree and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA). She contributes extensively to the LGPS sector, chairing industry forums and regularly speaking at conferences and roundtables. Her wider advisory roles include sitting on the FTSE Russell EMEA Equity Regional Advisory Committee, and previously serving for 10 years as an Independent Adviser on the Royal College of Nursing Finance and Investment Committee, supporting robust investment decision making and effective oversight.
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