The IPF's Operational Board is supported by three Regional Committees and two Principal Committees. For more information on the activities of these various groups, please click on the appropriate links.

 

Principal Committees

Education Strategy Group

Responsible for the strategic direction of all IPF's educational activities.

Guy Morrell – HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) (Chair)
Candice Blackwood – CMS
Frankie Clay – Investment Property Forum
Charles Follows – Property Advice
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Ben Sanderson – Hermes Real Estate Investment Management Ltd
Gary Sherwin – Aviva Investors
Karen Sieracki – KASPAR Associates Ltd
Julian Stocks – Knight Frank LLP
John Story – Consultant

Research Steering Group

Responsible for the strategic direction of all IPF's research activities.

regional COMMITTEES

MIDLANDS

Responsible for developing the membership and events in the Midlands.

Damian Lloyd – Avison Young (Chair)
Jonathan Brice – NFU (Vice Chair)
David Allen – Holt Commercial Limited
Andrew Brazier – Ryon Properties Ltd
Ed Gamble – ACRE Capital 
Matthew Hannah – Innes England Ltd
Tim Hurdiss – Larkstoke Properties Ltd
Matthew Jenns – Savills (UK) Ltd
Rebecca Millard – Avison Young
Isobel Radford – Freeths LLP
Richard Round – Lloyds Bank
Gary Rouse – BDO LLP
David Smith – Strata Real Estate
Mark Vernon – London Metric Property
Rachel Williams – DLA Piper UK LLP

NORTH

Responsible for developing the membership and events in the North.

Matt Jones – Santander UK PLC (Chair)
Debra Cooper – Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP (Vice-Chair)
Scott Gemmell – Lambert Smith Hampton
Jeffrey Gillbanks – Brabners LLP
Rosalyn Harper – Rothschild & Co
Rob Millington – Cheetham & Mortimer
Katie Ridehalgh – Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Ian Sherry – Glenbrook Assets Ltd
Simon Smethurst – Lomond Investment Management
Neil Sturmey – Grant Thornton UK LLP

SCOTLAND

Responsible for developing the membership and events in Scotland.

Brian Hutcheson – Morton Fraser (Chair)
Neil A'Bear – CBRE
Andy Armstrong – Aberdeen Standard Investments
Paul Carter – CMS
Tom Elviss – Aberdeen Standard Investments
Colin Finlayson– JLL
Alison Fyfe – Alison Fyfe Consultants Limited
Scott Howie – Inglis Howie Property Consultants
Anne Johnstone – Hollis
Simon Kinnie – Aberdeen Standard Investments
Fraser McPhail – Santander UK PLC
Steven Newlands – CBRE
Richard Whyte – Brodies LLP

other committees

CPD Group

Plans the regular series of lectures and workshops.

Clare Thomas – CMS (Chair)
Charles Allen – Palmer Capital
Charlie Barke – Knight Frank
Jamie Binstock – Great Portland Estates 
Yvette Bryan – Trowers & Hamlin
Laura Chapman – Tesco Pension Investment
David Erwin
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Chris Jeffs – M&G Real Estate
Hannah Prescott – Investment Property Forum

Next Generation Group Committee

Responsible for the Next Generation Group.

Matthew Bird – Cromwell Property Group (Chair)
Erika Birkett – PwC
Tom Davies – Bedell Cristin
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Patrick Freestone – APAM Limited
Samuel Gregory-Smith – FTI Consulting
Richard Hansford – Ocorian
Michael Harris – Eversheds Sutherland International LLP
Jo Jackson – CBRE
Samantha Kempe – IMMO Capital
Scott Keown – Fox Williams LLP 
David Lebus – Nidderdale Capital
Oliver Rippier – Helical PLC
Vicky Skinner – Urbanest UK Ltd

Special Interest Groups

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL & GOVERNANCE (ESG) Interest Group

Miles Keeping – Hillbreak Ltd (Chair) 
Christopher Brigstocke – Winckworth Sherwood LLP
Tim Coffin
Siobhan Cross – Pinsent Masons LLP
Louise Ellison – Hammerson PLC
Linda Fletcher – Thor Lion LLP
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Alex Hill – PLATFORM_
Caroline Hill – Landsec PLC
Max Johnson – CBRE Global Investors
Philip Parnell – Deloitte Real Estate
Richard Quartermaine – Hammerson PLC
Sarah Ratcliffe – Better Buildings Partnership
Nina Reid – M&G Real Estate
Barney Rowe – Orchard Street Investment Management LLP

Finance Group

Kitty Patmore – Harwood Real Estate Ltd (Chair)
Riaz Azadi – Eastdil Secured
Klaus Betz-Vais – Lloyds Banking Group
John Carter – Aldermore
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Natalie Howard – DRC Capital LLP
Sharon Quinlan – HSBC Bank PLC
Arron Taggart – Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP

Indirect Property Group

Graeme Rutter – Schroder Real Estate Investment Management (Chair)
Matthew Abbott – Mercer UK
Michael Acratopulo – Wells Fargo
Justin Brown – BlackRock
Stephen Elliott 
Charles Ferguson Davie – Moorfield Group Ltd
John Forbes – John Forbes Consulting
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Jessica Hardman – DWS
Victoria Henry – CMS
Richard Peacock - Kames Capital
James Tarry – Aviva Investors

International Group

Ben Sanderson – Hermes Real Estate Investment Management (Chair)
David Dix – The Townsend Group
Dimitri Doublet– M&G Real Estate
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
David Jackson – M&G Real Estate
Richard Kolb – Prime Management
Simon Mallinson – Real Capital Analytics
Tom Mundy – JLL
Jason Oram – Europa Capital
Will Rowson – Hodes Weill & Associates
Damien Smith  
Robert Stassen
Mark Titcomb
Tom Walker – Schroder Real Estate Investment Management

Property Derivatives Interest Group (PDIG) Advisory Committee

Jon Masters – Arca Property Risk Management (Chair)
Stephen Ashworth – Synrex
Bill Bartram – IRM Solutions Ltd
Douglas Crawshaw – Willis Towers Watson
Nick Fisher – Legal & General
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Steven Grahame – North Row Capital
Stuart Heath – Eurex Frankfurt
David Hedalen – Aberdeen Standard Investments
Helen Hermant – Santander UK PLC
Lu Li – Aviva Investors
Mark Long – Orchard Street Investment Management
Alex Moss – Consilia Capital
Kate Pedersen
William Robson – MSCI
Ken Soh – Grosvenor Ltd

Regulation & Legislation Group

David Brown – Deloitte Real Estate (Chair)
David Adler
Bill Bartram – Independent Risk Management Solutions Ltd
Christopher Brigstocke – Winckworth Sherwood LLP
John Condliffe – Hogan Lovells International LLP
Jonathan Evans – Deloitte Real Estate
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Matthew Howard – BMO Real Estate Partners 
Christine Ormond – Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
James Read – PwC
Catheryn Vanderspar – Montpelier Place Consultancy Ltd

Residential Investment Group

Stafford Lancaster – Delancey Real Estates Asset Management Ltd (Chair)
Adrian Benedict – Fidelity International
Mark Davis – Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Deepa Devani – GIC Real Estate International
Richard Donnell – Hometrack Data Systems Limited
Charles Fairhurst – Fairbridge Residential Investment Management Company Ltd
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Robin Goodchild – LaSalle Investment Management
Alexander Greaves – M&G Real Estate
Tom Henry – Grainger PLC 
Richard Jackson – Apache Capital
Niall Malone – Watkin Jones
Dominic Martin
Cathryn Vanderspar – Montpelier Place Consultancy Ltd
Jean-Marc Vandevivere – PLATFORM_

tech futures

Julian Carey – Stenprop (Chair)
Felicity Beasley – Cain International
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Richard Pickering – Cushman & Wakefield
Kat Terry – Osborne Clark

Working Groups

AREF/IPF Inducements Working Group

Lindsay Morgan – Norton Rose Fulbright (Chair)
Kevin Aitchison – Knight Frank Investment Management
Julian Agnew – LaSalle Investment Management
Felix Bottomley – Aviva Investors
Sarah Broadway – AREF
John Cartwright – AREF
Gill Clarke – Hermes Investment Management
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Karen Hollands – Aviva Investors 
Christine Lee – M&G
Ross McCall – Aberdeen Standard Investment
Philip Nell – LaSalle Investment Management
Anthony Shayle – UBS
Candice Thorpe – Aviva Investors
David Wise – Kames Capital

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST GROUP (FORMERLY PROTOCOL GROUP)

Martin Moore (Chair)
Gordon Aitchison – Legal & General Group PLC
David Allen – Shortland Penn & Moore Ltd
Jason Baggaley – Aberdeen Standard Investments 
Rupert Clarke – Lipton Rogers Developments
David Erwin – CBRE Ltd
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Dean Hodcroft – Cale Street Partners
Simon Hope – Savills UK Ltd
Stephen Hubbard – CBRE Ltd
Chris Ireland – JLL
Peter MacColl – Knight Frank LLP
Mark Morgan – Morgan Williams
Imogen Moss – Allen & Overy LLP
Fiona Rowley – M&G Real Estate
Chris Taylor – Hermes Real Estate Investment Management Ltd
James Watson – Colliers International

Financial Adviser Guide Working Group

Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum (Chair)
David Brown – Deloitte
John Forbes – John Forbes Consulting
Mark Hutchinson – The Personal Finance Society
Philip Nell – LaSalle Investment Management
Selena Ohlsson – Legal & General Investment Management Real Assets
Will Robson – MSCI
Melville Rodrigues – Charles Russell Speechlys

NET EFFECTIVE RENTS WORKING GROUP

Paul McNamara – Investment Property Forum Consultant (Chair)
Geren Abraham – KEL Computing Ltd
​Paul Broadley – ARGUS Software
Ian Cameron
Neil Crosby – Henley Business School, University of Reading
Ian Cullen
Richard Dace – TRACE
Ben Elder – RICS
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Malcolm Frodsham – Real Estate Strategies
Michael Gilbert – KEL Computing Ltd
Neil Harrison – QUBE Global Software
Graham Leith – ARGUS Software
Claire Magowan – Savills (UK) Ltd
Peter O'Brien – Avison Young
Simon Rees – ARGUS Software
Matthew Richardson
Nigel Roberts – Hermes Real Estate Investment Management
Graham Spoor – Knight Frank LLP
Gareth Thomas – Deloitte Real Estate
David Tudor – CBRE Ltd

Non-Disclosure Agreement Working Group

Ciaran Carvalho – CMS (Chair)
Chris Brierley – M&G Real Estate
Dan Buckle – Aberdeen Standard Investments
Steven Cowins – Greenberg Traurig 
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Siobhan Godley – Deloitte 
Neil McGibbon – Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Philip Nell – LaSalle Investment Management
Alex Peeke – Landsec
Stuart Tait – CMS
Clare Thomas – CMS
Geraint Thomas – JLL

STREamlining transactions group

Ciaran Carvalho – CMS (Chair)
David Erwin
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Siobhan Godley – Deloitte
Jo Jackson – CBRE
Katherine Laurenson – Legal & General Investment Management
Alistair Meadows – JLL
Sean Moran – Aviva Investors
Philip Nell – LaSalle Investment Management
Ben O'Donnell – M&G Real Estate
Alex Peeke – Landsec
David Russell-Smith – Tesco Pension Investment
Clare Thomas – CMS
Bruce Thompson – Dorrington Plc