ESG & Impact Investing Committee biographies

Katie is the Chair of the AREF ESG & Social Impact Investing Committee. 

Katie is a Fund Manager within LaSalle Global Partner Solutions, having joined the team in 2010.  She holds a degree in Architecture from the University of Toronto, a MSc. in Real Estate from CASS Business School and the CFA Society of the UK, Investment Management Certificate. 

As well as being Chair of the AREF ESG & Social Impact Investing Committee, she is also Chair of the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) Advisory Committee and member of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative Property Working Group.

Dan Grandage is Head of ESG, Real Estate at Aberdeen Standard Investments. Dan supports Aberdeen Standard’s global real estate investment division to protect and enhance investment performance through integrating ESG in all elements of the investment process. Dan represents Aberdeen on the AREF, INREV, British Property Federation, Better Building Partnership and the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) sustainability and property committees.

Dan joined Aberdeen Standard Investments in 2013 from WSP Group where he had responsibility for the Sustainable Real Estate team delivering practical sustainability and cost saving solutions for investors such as Standard Life Investment, Legal & General and GE Capital. Prior to that, Dan worked for RPS Consultants with a focus on the environmental management of corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Dan graduated with a BSc in Environmental Geology from Sheffield University, and holds an MSc from Manchester University in Urban Geoscience.

Andy is Head of Sustainability at BMO Real Estate Partners and leads on the company’s responsible property investment strategy.

Born in Manchester, he gained extensive experience in building construction, refurbishment and property management with ICI, British Railways and Sun Alliance Insurance Group. In 1996, with Royal & Sun Alliance Investments, he assumed responsibility for property compliance matters - developing, implementing, and co-ordinating policy and strategy on a wide range of issues including health and safety, property insurance and environmental issues. Through a series of subsequent mergers and acquisitions, he has continued to pursue the ESG agenda.

A former co-chair of the UNEPFI Property Working Group, Andy is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Institute of Safety & Health.

Ann joined CBRE Global Investors in May 2016 and works on the CBRE UK Property PAIF. Her role includes asset management and transactions, in addition to reporting. Prior to this, Ann was on the graduate training program at Savills.  
 
Ann is a chartered surveyor and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Land Economy from Cambridge University.

Nick joined Threadneedle Property Investments in 2004. He is a Senior Asset Manager working across the Threadneedle Property Unit Trust and the Zurich Assurance Ltd Property Pension and Life Funds.  He has previously worked on the Threadneedle Pension Fund and the Threadneedle Strategic (Tandem) Fund.

Nick currently chairs the Columbia Threadneedle property ESG Steering Committee.

Before joining the company, Nick was an Asset Manager at Green Property for five years, where he began his career and qualified as a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Nick holds a BSc degree in Land Management from The University of Portsmouth.

Chris is Managing Director and a co-founder of PfP Capital, a specialist residential led real estate fund and asset management business. Chris is also a trustee on the Places for People Retirement Benefits Pension scheme. 

Chris has 23 years’ experience within real estate finance specialising in investment, tax, treasury and financial management. As the director of the tax, treasury and financial services functions at property developer and regeneration specialist, Places for People, Chris has raised nearly £2 billion of funding from the UK and overseas financial markets. 

Lucy joined Savills Investment Management in April 2012 and has a background in Investor Relations with a focus on ESG issues. In 2018 Lucy became Head of ESG and works with global fund teams to develop and implement ESG strategies.

Lucy is a member of Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments, the INREV UK Young Professionals Working Group and the EU H2020 Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor (CRREM) project to improve energy efficiency and to decarbonize the building sector by 2050.

Lucy is currently studying for an MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development at the Bartlett, UCL.

Jacqui Bungay is responsible for Code compliance reviews for new members and for monitoring the compliance of existing funds.  Jacqui provides policy guidance and secretariat services for the following AREF Committees: Corporate Governance, Indices & Performance Management, Investor and Regulation.