Adam Winton
Adam has more than 20 years experience in the property sector both in the UK and overseas. He is a Fellow of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS). He has worked with the Pears family since January 2000, both as a partner, establishing a UK based joint venture trading as Talisman Properties, and also working with the Group on some of its larger and/or international projects.

Most recently he has overseen the establishment of a team in London and Munich that has purchased more than €500m of property across Europe. Previously he has been involved in activities as diverse as the purchase for £2.4bn (approx. €3.6bn) of BT property assets by Telereal, retail acquisitions in North America, working in New York on the construction of a model for the evaluation of pan European property equities and a directorship of Threadneedle Property Fund Managers where he was responsible for the running of an £800m (approx. €1.2bn) property fund.

Simon Barrett
Simon joined PGREI in July 2006 as Head of Asset Management for the portfolio, to both set-up reporting systems and develop the strategic management arm of the business.

Simon initially moved into the European real estate market with DTZ Pieda Consulting in 2001. Following this, he worked on the servicing and management of Lehman Brothers’ mezzanine and equity investments across Europe and moved to be a principal in 2005, managing a number of pan-European private equity real estate funds.

Rachel Dean
Office Manager and PA
Rachel joined the PGREI Team in 2009 with 10 years experience of Office Management and Systems, PA work and data reporting.
Rachel ensures the smooth running of the PGREI office, co-ordinates the Team’s international travel and is the main point of contact whilst they are away.

Jared Hart
Jared joined PGREI in 2005. His previous experience includes working at Matrix a property investment group and Cushman & Wakefield London. Originally born in New Zealand and now a UK resident, Jared is jointly responsible for sourcing and dealing with acquisitions outside of the UK.

Paulette Bailey
Paulette joined PGREI in 2008 as Accounts Assistant. She has 15 years experience working as an accountant in the property and charity sector. Previously she was at Colliers CRE, where she managed Abbey National portfolio.

Ilyas Aslam
As the Group Financial Controller, Ilyas has overall responsibility for the accounting and finance functions of the Group. He is an accountant with over 10 years experience within the real estate sector, and joined the Group in 2007

Bob Craigie
Appointed as the Corporate Accountant in September 2009, Bob has over 20 years property experience gained within both the commercial and residential sectors of real estate. His responsibilities include financial accounting, debt servicing, and maintaining the Group’s property and accounting software – MRI.