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• #132 RECAP with Morwenna Hall - Chief Operating Officer - Related Argent

  Revisiting: How Developers Are Becoming City Builders – with Morwenna Hall, COO, Related Argent In this special recap episode, we revisit one of our most thought-provoking conversations — with Morwenna Hall, Chief Operating Officer at Related Argent. As we reflect on the highlights from this episode, we explore how Morwenna redefines the role of the modern developer — far beyond bricks, leases, and rent reviews. From rebuilding schools and delivering healthcare infrastructure to cultural placemaking and tenant matchmaking, her insights challenge outdated models of real estate and asset management. 💡 Key themes in this recap: • Why developers now have civic responsibilities • The rise of cross-disciplinary teams in real estate • How to stay relevant in a rapidly evolving industry • Why curiosity and flexibility matter more than qualifications • What makes someone indispensable in modern placemaking If you missed the full conversation, this recap will give you a powerful snapshot. And if you’ve heard it before, this is your chance to revisit the big ideas — and reflect on how much the industry has already shifted.   Got any thoughts or questions about this podcast? Feel free to share them in the comments, I’m always up for a chat! And if you’re enjoying what I’m putting out, don’t forget to hit subscribe and turn on the notification bell so you’ll never miss out on the next podcast.   🎧 Listen On: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6oCDnwWSTP685l6sn8F0a6 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/people-property-place/id1652694140   The People Property Place Podcast is powered by Rockbourne – Recruiting Leadership & Future Leadership hires for Real Estate Funds, Owners, Investors & Developers. You can also connect with me on social media, I’d love to hear from you there too. Thanks again for hanging out with me!   🔊 LIKE ➡ SHARE ➡ SUBSCRIBE ►Rockbourne Website: www.rockbourne.com ►PPP Podcast LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/people-property-place-podcast/about/?viewAsMember=true ►Matthew Watts LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-watts-51575a57/ ►Business Enquiries: [email protected] #RealEstate #Placemaking #UrbanDevelopment #Leadership #RelatedArgent #MorwennaHall #Proptech #PodcastRecap #CityBuilding #ModernDeveloper

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• #131 Natan Lempert, Co-Founder and CEO of Built AI

  Natan Lempert, Co-Founder and CEO of Built AI, joins me on the People Property Place Podcast 🎙️ this week. We unpack his journey from investment banking in New York and London to real estate private equity, and ultimately founding Built AI - a platform using AI to streamline underwriting and asset management for institutional real estate investors and brokers. Having been a practitioner, Natan brings deep technical knowledge and has a strong entrepreneurial mindset. If you’re a leader currently looking at your business, working out how you can utilise AI products to streamline decision making this one’s for you.   Key Topics Covered In This Episode: ·    His origin story, growing up in the 90 ·    His early career moves, in investment banking at Baupost, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup ·    Transitioning into real estate, principal investment gaining value add & opportunistic deal experience across Europe ·    The “1-minute on a Friday” story that inspired Built AI’s creation ·    What is Built AI, what does it do, and who uses it? ·    How Built AI enables Investors to screen deals rapidly, removing the inefficiencies and grind of manual underwriting at scale ·    Advise to investors looking at tech adoption & why you shouldn’t build products in-house ·    The future of AI agents in real estate and autonomous task management ·    His vision for Built AI as the operating system for real estate professionals ·    What the investment manager of the future might look like   And finally… With £500m to invest - which People, what Property, and which Place would he choose? Enjoying the show? Follow and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode. The People Property Place Podcast 🎙️ is powered by Rockbourne - Giving Real Estate Investors a difficult choice of who to hire. If you’re serious about adding game-changing talent in 2025 and are open to doing it differently, DM me on LinkedIn.

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• #130 RECAP with Keith Breslauer- MD & Senior Partner at Patron Capital

  Keith Breslauer, Managing Director & Senior Partner at Patron Capital Partners, joins me on the People Property Place Podcast this week.   Please note that this conversation was originally released on the 18th July 2024, and we have decided to re-release it given the recent news that Mitsubishi Estate Co. has acquired a majority stake in European private equity property fund manager Patron Capital.   In this conversation, we trace Keith’s journey from a self-funded entrepreneur in New York to building one of Europe’s leading opportunistic real estate investment firms - Patron Capital Partners, with over €5.4bn raised across 17 countries.   Keith is honest, reflective, and deeply driven by purpose. He doesn’t shy away from the challenges and lessons learned from nearly three decades in private equity real estate.   If you’re interested in real estate fund management, distressed investing, fundraising, or leadership driven by long-term thinking and values, this episode is jammed packed full of wisdom.   Key Topics Covered In This Episode:   •       Early career lessons and building a software business to fund his education •       How a career in secured credit at Lehman Brothers led him into European real estate •       Why he left Lehman to start Patron and how he raised his first fund •       What made Patron’s hybrid local partner model so effective across Europe •       Alignment between LPs, Patron’s internal team, and local operating partners •       Why discipline on leverage preserved Patron’s position through GFC and COVID •       What he learned from raising and deploying seven funds •       We discuss the most recently €860m raise for Fund VII •       The opportunity set today - distress, ESG, supply-demand mispricing •       Fund structure, deal sizing, and where specifically Patron deploys it capital •       The evolution of his investor base and the shift away from US LPs •       How political and macro uncertainty is affecting decision-making •       Reflections on legacy, purpose, and why charity work has become so central to him   And finally… With £500m to invest – which People, what Property, and which Place would he choose?   Enjoying the show? Follow and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode.   The People Property Place Podcast is powered by Rockbourne – Giving Real Estate Investors a difficult choice of who to hire.   If you’re serious about adding game-changing talent in 2025 and are open to doing it differently, DM me on LinkedIn.   #realestate #privateequity #property #fundmanagement #podcast

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• #129 Kevin Aitchison MBE, Managing Director – Savills Investment Management (Europe)

  In this episode, I chat with Kevin Aitchison, MBE and Managing Director – Head of Europe at Savills Investment Management, about his remarkable journey from building surveyor to being an accomplished CEO, having led firms such as ING Real Estate, Knight Frank Investment Management, and Savills Investment Management’s European platform. Kevin is unassuming, empathetic, honest, open, thoughtful, self-depreciating, humble and is not the stereo typical caricature of a CEO that immediately springs to mind. But boy oh boy does he speak with such authority, wisdom and perspective. If you're interested in leadership, real estate investment management, personal development, lessons learnt, or finding meaning beyond the bottom line, this episode is packed with gems.   Key Topics Covered In This Episode: ·    Early moves from building surveying into asset management and then leadership ·    Different skill sets needed to start something vs scale something ·    His take on leadership, the Peter Principle, and sticking to your values ·    The phone call he thought was a hoax that turned out to be an MBE for services to wheelchair rugby ·    Market views, structural shifts, and where he sees the opportunity ·    Therapy, mental health, and the regrets he lives with due to the family time he sacrificed ·    Fear of failure as a motivator, and how he’s learned to reframe it ·    Why he writes about leadership, musings, family and mental health on LinkedIn ·    Advice for people earlier on in their careers ·    And so much more – the above summary does this conversation a dis-service!   And finally... With £500m to invest – which People, what Property, and which Place would he choose?   Enjoying the show? Follow and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode. The People Property Place Podcast is powered by Rockbourne - Giving Real Estate Investors a difficult choice of who to hire. If you’re serious about adding game-changing talent in 2025 and are open to doing it differently, DM me on LinkedIn.

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• #128 Zena Couppey - CEO of Altum Group

  In this episode, I sat down with the absolute powerhouse that is Zena Couppey, CEO of Altum Group, to unpack her extraordinary journey from leaving school at 16 to leading Altum, a rapidly scaling global fund administration business more than 200 people across six international offices. If you’re interested in business building, private markets, fund administration, or scaling a high-performance team, this one’s worth a listen.   Key Topics Covered In This Episode: * Leaving school at 16 to join Ernst & Young full time * How she led a management buyout, and rebrand of Altum, raising PE money, and growing the business from 35 to 200+ people across six offices * Using tech to optimise, and drive efficiencies across the business * Her approach to client acquisition, retention, and why service trumps scale * Why culture beats strategy – and how she leads by example * Key trends in capital flows – including the rise of Middle Eastern family offices and JV structures * The growing focus on operational real estate, life sciences, and healthcare assets * How she balances motherhood, leadership, and a global travel schedule Advice for women returning to work and what true equity in the workplace looks like * What makes a great fund administration partner – and why most providers still get it wrong * Zena also shares what she would tell her younger self, and why being underestimated was her biggest motivator.   And finally... With £500m to invest – which People, what Property, and which Place would she choose?   Enjoying the show? Follow and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode.   The People Property Place Podcast is powered by Rockbourne - Giving Real Estate Investors a difficult choice of who to hire.   If you’re serious about adding game-changing talent in 2025 and are open to doing it differently, DM me on LinkedIn.

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