Michael Ness is Global Head of Direct Real Estate Separate Accounts for CBRE Global Investors. In this role, Mr. Ness oversees the investment management of all the discretionary and advisory mandates across the Firm. He is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

Mr. Ness joined CBRE in 1997. Prior to his current role, Mr. Ness served as Head of UK and Head of EMEA Separate Accounts. He has worked on many separate account mandates since joining CBRE Global Investors in 1997, gaining experience managing a wide range of property portfolios.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Ness worked at Edward Symmons & Partners between 1995 and 1997. He began his career in the real estate industry in 1995.

Mr. Ness earned a Bachelor of Science degrees with Honors in Estate Management from the University of the West of England. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the Investment Property Forum.

Paul Gibson is Chief Investment Officer – EMEA Direct Real Estate. In this capacity, he oversees investment strategy, portfolio management, analytics and performance measurement across the region. He is a member of the Executive Committee and Global Investment Committee and chairs the European Investment Committee and EMEA Portfolio Oversight Committee.

Mr. Gibson joined CBRE Global Investors in 2004 as Senior Portfolio Manager, leading a team within the UK Separate Accounts division. He serves as the Client Director on a number of these mandates. In his previous role as EMEA Head of Investment Strategy, Mr. Gibson was responsible for investment strategy in Continental Europe and the UK, guiding top-down portfolio strategy and investment management across funds and separate accounts.

Mr. Gibson began his career in the real estate industry in 2001. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Investment Property Databank (IPD) as a Portfolio Performance Analyst and within the Asset Management team at CBRE.

Mr. Gibson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (Hons) from the University of Nottingham. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He holds the Investment Management Certificate from UKSIP (Society of Investment Professionals) and is approved under Section 59 of the Financial Services & Markets Act 2000 to undertake regulated activities.

Richard is a Senior Director and Portfolio Manager with CBRE Global Investors. Richard is the Senior Fund Manager for the CBRE UK Long Income Fund and also has responsibility for managing two pension schemes, together with two insurance mandates, totalling around £1bn in AUM. Until recently, Richard was the Senior Fund Manager of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme, prior to its merger with the CBRE UK Property Fund. Richard leads a team of 8 people and sits on the UK Executive Committee. He is also a member of the UK Investment Committee, responsible for approving significant purchases, sales and capital expenditure.

Richard has approximately 16 years industry experience. He joined the firm’s graduate training scheme in 2001, having previously worked at EC Harris. Within CBRE Global Investors, Richard has been involved in the property fund management of a number of the firm’s segregated account pension fund and insurance company clients, gaining a wide breadth of experience. Between 2007 and 2010, Richard played a key part in the restructuring of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme. This involved devising and implementing asset management initiatives to improve performance, strategic sales and identifying new opportunities to invest capital. More recently, Richard played a central part in the merger of ESPS with CBRE UKPF and had overall responsibility for approximately £200m of property sales. Since 2010, Richard has been centrally involved in winning 3 new start up separate account mandates, with a combined objective of investing approximately £800m. As a consequence, Richard has a strong market focus and has transacted in the region of 120 properties over this period. Richard is FCA approved.

Richard is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Richard is also FCA approved under section 59 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to undertake regulated activities, having obtained the Investment Management Certificate in 2004. Richard graduated from the University of Manchester in June 2000 with a BA (Hons) degree in Geography and also holds a diploma in Estate Management from London South Bank University.

Hannah Marshall is Chief Investment Officer – UK Direct Real Estate. In this role, she leads and oversees investment strategy and portfolio management for all UK direct real estate mandates, focusing on delivering attractive investment performance and growing AUM and EBITDA. She also works closely with Investor Solutions to pursue fundraising initiatives.

Previously, Hannah was Head of UK Funds at CBRE Global Investors and Fund Manager for the CBRE UK Property PAIF. In her previous role, she was Head of European Portfolio Management within the CBRE Global Investment Partners team, responsible for managing 13 separate accounts as well as a European Fund of Funds.

Prior to joining CBRE Global Investors in 2006, Hannah worked at OPC in the multi-manager team covering both the UK and continental European markets. She joined the real estate industry in 2002.

Hannah holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol and holds a Masters of Art degree in Real Estate Investment and Finance from Reading University. Hannah is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is approved by the FCA to undertake Regulated Activities, having completed the Investment Management Certificate. She is a Senior Manager under the FCA’s Senior Managers & Certification Regime and holds the SMF3 (Executive Director) Function.

Bob is the Chief Financial Officer for the UK for CBRE Global Investors and is responsible for all financial matters concerning the management of the UK business and clients’ property investments. He sits on the company’s Portfolio Oversight Committee, Risk Committee and the Board of the regulated entity for the UK direct business.

Prior to joining CBRE Global Investors in May 2006, Bob worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers London where he was a manager specialising in the audit and financial reporting of real estate funds and listed property companies. Bob joined the real estate industry in 2000 and has had extensive experience of the valuation and management of unitised funds, and has an excellent knowledge of UK and International GAAP and reporting requirements of pension fund, insurance and pooled fund clients. He was previously Head of Client Accounting for the UK.

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA) and obtained a BA (Hons) Modern History from Oxford University.