Home About us Investor centre Contact Home > About us > Prestbury Investments About us Strategy The Board Prestbury Investments Prestbury Investments The Company is exclusively advised by Prestbury, which is controlled by Nick Leslau and Mike Brown. The Prestbury team comprises Nick Leslau, Mike Brown, Sandy Gumm, Ben Walford and Tim Evans, a team of property and finance professionals who between them have extensive experience in the UK real estate market over more than 25 years, and with a track record of having successfully created value for shareholders through previous economic cycles, including significant market out performance during the recessions of the early 1990s and late 2000s. Nick Leslau, Mike Brown and Sandy Gumm are non-executive directors of the company. From left to right: Nick Leslau, Tim Evans, Ben Walford, Sandy Gumm and Mike Brown of Prestbury Investments LLP Nick Leslau Nick Leslau, 55, BSc (Hons) Est Man, FRICS, is Chairman of Prestbury Investments LLP, Investment Adviser to the Group. He is a Chartered Surveyor who has been Chairman and Chief Executive of Prestbury Investment Holdings Limited since it commenced business in 2000 and Chairman of Prestbury Investments LLP since its establishment in 2006. He was Chief Executive of Burford Holdings Plc for approximately ten years up to 1997 and Group Chairman and Chief Executive of Prestbury Group Plc from 2008. He has sat on many quoted and unquoted company boards including, most recently, Max Property Group Plc, and is a Member of the Bank of England Property Forum. Tim Evans Tim Evans, 46, MA Hons (Cantab), MRICS, is a Chartered Surveyor of 25 years’ experience. Tim joined Prestbury Investment Holdings Limited as a Senior Surveyor in June 2002 and became Property Director in June 2005. Prior to joining Prestbury, Tim held positions with Jones Lang LaSalle, Hill Samuel Asset Management and MEPC plc. Tim is the Property Director of Prestbury. Ben Walford Ben Walford, 36, BSc (Hons) Est Man, MRICS, is a Chartered Surveyor of more than ten years’ experience. Ben joined Prestbury Investment Holdings Limited as a Trainee Surveyor in May 2002 and rose to become a Prestbury partner in 2011. Ben has a wealth of experience in property investment, refurbishment and design. Sandy Gumm Sandy Gumm, 48, BEc, CA (ANZ) is an Australian-qualified Chartered Accountant and Chief Operating Officer of Prestbury Investments LLP, Investment Adviser to the Group. She trained at KPMG in Sydney and worked for nine years at KPMG in Sydney and London before becoming Group Financial Controller of Burford Holdings Plc in 1995. She was appointed Finance Director of Prestbury Group Plc 1997 and became its Chief Operating Officer in 2007. She is a Trustee of registered charity Action Breaks Silence. Mike Brown Mike Brown, 54, BSc (Land Man) MRICS, is Chief Executive Officer of Prestbury Investments LLP, Investment Adviser to the Group. A Chartered Surveyor with over 30 years’ experience, he joined Prestbury in 2009, at the time of the flotation of Max Property Group Plc, a limited life opportunity fund which was sold to Blackstone in August 2014. Previously he was Deputy Chief Executive of Helical Bar Plc with responsibility for all their investment and trading activities from 1998 to 2009 and a Director of Threadneedle Property Fund Managers running their largest property fund from 1992-1998. Mike is also Chairman of the Property Advisory Committee to Weybourne Partners. Contact us Prestbury Investments LLP Cavendish House 18 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PJ enquiries@prestbury.co.uk 0207 647 7647 News alerts Receive news alerts. Latest News © 2015 Copyright Secure Income REIT Plc. All rights reserved. Terms of use Privacy Policy Site Map Contact