Helen is a highly experienced, proven and well regarded real estate investor.
She has significant experience working across a wide range of real estate asset classes, including residential property.
This is combined with an extensive knowledge of the City. Helen is the senior independent non-executive director of Derwent London plc, a non-executive director of BusinessLDN, vice chair of EPRA, a member of the New Towns Taskforce and a board member of the British Property Federation.
She is a chartered surveyor and before joining Grainger was global head of Real Estate Asset Management of Royal Bank of Scotland plc.
She previously held senior property positions at Legal & General Investment Management, Railtrack and John Laing Developments.
Rob has 30 years’ experience in finance. Rob was previously the chief finance and operations officer and interim chief executive of St Modwen plc, where he worked from 2015 to 2021. Prior to that, Rob was the group financial controller at British Land plc from 2011 to 2015. Rob joined PricewaterhouseCoopers on graduation, then moved to Experian plc in 2000 where he held a number of senior financial roles, including global finance director of its Decision Analytics business and UK finance director. Rob is a qualified chartered accountant
Eliza is Director of Operations and Asset Management. Eliza is a senior leader within the business who first joined Grainger in 2000 as Sales and Acquisitions Manager within the Investment team.
Since then, Eliza has progressed through a number of roles, specialising in acquisitions, asset management and overseeing Grainger's significant portfolio of PRS and build to rent assets.
In her role as Director of Operations and Asset Management, Eliza oversees Operations, Asset Management, Sales, Valuation, Commercial and Leasehold for Grainger's operational portfolio of 9,727 rental homes.
Michael is Director of Land and Development at Grainger, with overall responsibility for the delivery and growth of our Build to Rent development pipeline.
Michael has 30 years of hands-on real estate and development experience. His expertise includes management of complex residential-led mixed use developments across the whole development lifecycle from identification and acquisition through to town planning, funding, construction, marketing, operation and exit.
Prior to joining Grainger, Michael was Development Director at Concord London Developments Ltd, where he led on the acquisition of the Moxon Street car park site in London’s Marylebone, and played an instrumental role in a Joint Venture with Brookfield to develop Principle Place in London EC1.
Michael leads on Grainger’s Joint Venture with Transport for London, a partnership that will see the delivery of 3,000 new homes across London.
Steven has worked in real estate for over 20 years across a range of disciplines including investment,
fund management and corporate finance. Having first joined Grainger in 2009, Steven re-joined the
business in 2022 following two years spent as Residential Investment Director at Lendlease Europe.
In his current role, Steven heads the team responsible for the sourcing and execution of residential
investments, namely the the acquisition of stabilised assets and forward funding of assets from third party developers.
A Chartered Accountant, Steven brings a wealth of residential and specifically BTR investment
experience to the Grainger team.
Under Paul’s direction, technology is being introduced across our business operations to enhance the customer experience, improve operational efficiencies further and protect Grainger’s license to operate.
Paul has over 20 years of extensive experience leading the delivery of global technology and digital business transformation programmes for major brands including Hewlett Packard, Airbus and Fujitsu. During his 7-year tenure at Hewlett Packard, Paul acted as Delivery Director for HP Defence UK, led the Group’s ES Business Transformation Programme within the EMEA Region, and was ultimately responsible for a US$250m Global Account and Sales team.
Michelle’s most recent role was People Director at Nationwide Building Society, the world’s largest building society. Prior to Nationwide Michelle held senior roles at Santander and RBS.
People at the heart is a core value for Grainger and as Grainger’s Chief People Officer, Michelle will support our ambitious growth plans and drive forward our Inclusion and Diversity agenda, securing the business as a leading employer in the real estate sector.
With more than 15 years’ experience in the real estate sector, Kurt is an Executive Committee member with responsibility for investor relations, communications, government relations, ESG, branding and marketing. Kurt is also a Board Director of Grainger’s affordable housing arm, Grainger Trust.
Kurt is a member of EPRA’s Investor Relations Committee and the British Property Federation’s Residential Board, Build to Rent Committee and Corporate Affairs Advisory Panel.
Prior to Grainger, Kurt worked at the British Property Federation and the Social Market Foundation.
David has more than 10 years of real estate experience in sell-side, buy-side and advisory roles. Prior to joining Grainger, David worked for Dutch investment bank Kempen, having previously worked as a research analyst at Barclays and Aviva Investors.
Helen is a highly experienced, proven and well regarded real estate investor.
She has significant experience working across a wide range of real estate asset classes, including residential property.
This is combined with an extensive knowledge of the City. Helen is the senior independent non-executive director of Derwent London plc, a non-executive director of BusinessLDN, vice chair of EPRA, a member of the New Towns Taskforce and a board member of the British Property Federation.
She is a chartered surveyor and before joining Grainger was global head of Real Estate Asset Management of Royal Bank of Scotland plc.
She previously held senior property positions at Legal & General Investment Management, Railtrack and John Laing Developments.
Rob has 30 years’ experience in finance. Rob was previously the chief finance and operations officer and interim chief executive of St Modwen plc, where he worked from 2015 to 2021. Prior to that, Rob was the group financial controller at British Land plc from 2011 to 2015. Rob joined PricewaterhouseCoopers on graduation, then moved to Experian plc in 2000 where he held a number of senior financial roles, including global finance director of its Decision Analytics business and UK finance director. Rob is a qualified chartered accountant
Eliza is Director of Operations and Asset Management. Eliza is a senior leader within the business who first joined Grainger in 2000 as Sales and Acquisitions Manager within the Investment team.
Since then, Eliza has progressed through a number of roles, specialising in acquisitions, asset management and overseeing Grainger's significant portfolio of PRS and build to rent assets.
In her role as Director of Operations and Asset Management, Eliza oversees Operations, Asset Management, Sales, Valuation, Commercial and Leasehold for Grainger's operational portfolio of 9,727 rental homes.
Michael is Director of Land and Development at Grainger, with overall responsibility for the delivery and growth of our Build to Rent development pipeline.
Michael has 30 years of hands-on real estate and development experience. His expertise includes management of complex residential-led mixed use developments across the whole development lifecycle from identification and acquisition through to town planning, funding, construction, marketing, operation and exit.
Prior to joining Grainger, Michael was Development Director at Concord London Developments Ltd, where he led on the acquisition of the Moxon Street car park site in London’s Marylebone, and played an instrumental role in a Joint Venture with Brookfield to develop Principle Place in London EC1.
Michael leads on Grainger’s Joint Venture with Transport for London, a partnership that will see the delivery of 3,000 new homes across London.
Steven has worked in real estate for over 20 years across a range of disciplines including investment,
fund management and corporate finance. Having first joined Grainger in 2009, Steven re-joined the
business in 2022 following two years spent as Residential Investment Director at Lendlease Europe.
In his current role, Steven heads the team responsible for the sourcing and execution of residential
investments, namely the the acquisition of stabilised assets and forward funding of assets from third party developers.
A Chartered Accountant, Steven brings a wealth of residential and specifically BTR investment
experience to the Grainger team.
Under Paul’s direction, technology is being introduced across our business operations to enhance the customer experience, improve operational efficiencies further and protect Grainger’s license to operate.
Paul has over 20 years of extensive experience leading the delivery of global technology and digital business transformation programmes for major brands including Hewlett Packard, Airbus and Fujitsu. During his 7-year tenure at Hewlett Packard, Paul acted as Delivery Director for HP Defence UK, led the Group’s ES Business Transformation Programme within the EMEA Region, and was ultimately responsible for a US$250m Global Account and Sales team.
Michelle’s most recent role was People Director at Nationwide Building Society, the world’s largest building society. Prior to Nationwide Michelle held senior roles at Santander and RBS.
People at the heart is a core value for Grainger and as Grainger’s Chief People Officer, Michelle will support our ambitious growth plans and drive forward our Inclusion and Diversity agenda, securing the business as a leading employer in the real estate sector.
With more than 15 years’ experience in the real estate sector, Kurt is an Executive Committee member with responsibility for investor relations, communications, government relations, ESG, branding and marketing. Kurt is also a Board Director of Grainger’s affordable housing arm, Grainger Trust.
Kurt is a member of EPRA’s Investor Relations Committee and the British Property Federation’s Residential Board, Build to Rent Committee and Corporate Affairs Advisory Panel.
Prior to Grainger, Kurt worked at the British Property Federation and the Social Market Foundation.
David has more than 10 years of real estate experience in sell-side, buy-side and advisory roles. Prior to joining Grainger, David worked for Dutch investment bank Kempen, having previously worked as a research analyst at Barclays and Aviva Investors.