Christopher Holdsworth worked in banking for the first 20 years of his career, specializing in property finance. From 1989 to 1996 he was Head of Property Finance for The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Limited, a Japanese bank then ranked largest in the world by total assets.

His responsibilities include coordination of financial and investment strategies and the financial structuring of property acquisitions and disposals as well as sourcing new investment opportunities and investor liaison.

David Hemmings has spent his entire career in property investment. Originally with Edward Erdman, he has been a Property Fund Manager with Henderson Global Investors since 1990.

He has been a Director at Henderson since 1994 and for 6 years he was Fund Manager of the Henderson UK Property Fund, which consistently achieved top-quartile performance against its peer group. He remains in a consultancy/non executive role within Henderson.

David Doubble has spent his professional career in investment generally and property in particular. From 1988 to 1996 he was Head of Property at Friends Provident, then one of the UK's largest mutual insurance companies, and now part of the Aviva Group.

At Friends Provident he was responsible for an investment and development portfolio of approximately £2 billion. Between 1976 and 1988 he was Property Director of NM Rothschild Asset Management Limited, the Investment arm of NM Rothschild and Sons, the Merchant Bank.