Exceptional experience across real estate, banking and corporate finance.
Our team is made up of senior executives with substantial experience built over many decades across, and including, different sectors, geographies and market cycles. We are proactive and results oriented, with an emphasis on integrity, honesty and discretion.
The members of our team have exceptional experience in real estate, banking and corporate finance and have collectively undertaken over £18 billion of commercial real estate transactions.
With decades of experience of working in domestic and international markets, we understand the requirement of professional investors for us to deliver significant returns from an agreed, focussed, real estate investment strategy. This expertise, combined with our in-depth market knowledge and strong local relationships, enables us to identify both on and off-market opportunities where we can create value for our clients.
James Harrison-Topham
Chief Executive Officer
James has more than 35 years experience in UK commercial real estate investment.
In 1987 James joined Drivers Jonas undertaking investment transactions in commercial property, as well as advising lenders on their distressed loan books and implementing loan restructurings. From 1994 to 2011 James was a partner at Franc Warwick, and acted on over £4bn of transactions on behalf of institutions, property companies, and private clients, across all sectors of UK commercial real estate.
He qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1990 and is a member of the Investment Property Forum (IPF).
Helen Goldspink
Director
Helen has worked in commercial real estate for over 20 years, having started her career with British Airways managing their property portfolio.
Following five years in private practice, she joined Valad (formerly Teesland iog and Scarborough Developments) working with the Asset Management and Development teams.
Over the next 12 years, Helen worked across both commercial and residential property sectors, dealing with assets valued in excess of £400m.
Helen qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 2002, she acts as an APC assessor for the RICS, and also sits on the RICS Regional Board for Yorkshire and Humber.
Antony Thesiger
Director
Antony has worked in commercial real estate for over 30 years, starting his career at Weatherall Green & Smith, followed by a two-year period at Chestertons.
He then spent 20 years at Strutt & Parker (acquired by BNP Real Estates in 2017), focusing on the Central London Investment markets.
He advised on some of the most high-profile transactions in this market, having been involved in over £3billion of transactions, acting for a number of leading UK Institutions, Property Companies, Banks and High Net Worth Investors. As well as being a lead equity Partner in the Central London team, he was also the Managing Partner of Strutt & Parker's European business.
In 2020 he joined Vail Investment Management. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Steven Vaughan
Director
Steven has over 35 years' experience in all sectors of the UK commercial property market as an agent, developer and asset manager.
From 1997 to 2002 he was Development Executive at MEPC plc where he was involved in over £700M of transactions. He then became Property Director of The Conygar Investment Company PLC with responsibility for the asset management of its £200m portfolio.
He was a Partner at Addington Capital LLP with a wide-ranging role but with specific responsibility for the asset management of the multi-let 10 Fleet Place (180,000 sq ft of offices in the City of London) and 50 Bank Street (200,000 sq ft of offices in Canary Wharf) on behalf of Far Eastern clients.
Richard Henley
Senior Asset Manager
Richard has over 10 years of commercial property experience in the Industrial sector.
Following successful completion of his degree at Northumbria University, Richard worked in the Valuation and Industrial Agency departments of private practices Gent Visick and Knight Frank.
He has advised clients on some of the largest multi-let industrial estates in the North; he joined South Street Capital from Knight Frank in October 2017.
Richard qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in May 2017 and is a Member of the RICS.
Stacey Munson
Property Administrator
Stacey is a Property Administrator with experience in the commercial property sector.
Stacey works alongside and supports the asset management and accounts colleagues.
Keith Holman
Non-Executive Director
Keith trained as a lawyer before a career as an investment banker in London and the Far East.
He was with Lazards in London; in Hong Kong he jointly started the Warburg's Hong Kong joint venture with Bank of East Asia and thereafter joined Wardley (HSBC's then investment bank) as its Head of Corporate Finance. He subsequently took control (with other investors) of a distressed UK listed property company. Over the next 12 years the company was rescued, grown and then privatised and finally broken up. He was Deputy Chairman of Kowloon Development Company and a Director of Harvey Nicholls.
Anthony Wardle
Consultant Asset Manager
Anthony has more than 35 years' experience in UK commercial real estate investment.
After 6 years in private practice he joined Rutland Group in 1988 as investment director undertaking investment transactions in commercial property as well as the development of Bedfont Lakes at Heathrow.
From 1994 to 2001 Anthony was a director at Ashtenne plc and from 2001 to 2005 head of UK investment at iO Group specialising in industrial investment and asset management, where he was responsible for a portfolio of over 16m sq ft of real estate.
Since 2005 Anthony has acted as a consultant to several investors including; Carisbrooke Investments, George Capital, CLS Holdings and South Street Capital, implementing portfolio asset management and investment strategies across industrial, commercial and retail sectors.
He qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1987 and is a member of the Investment Property Forum (IPF).
We are proactive and results oriented, with an emphasis on integrity, honesty and discretion.