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James is Chairman of Darwin Property Investment Management Limited and chairs the Investment Committee. He was previously the owner and Managing Director of Darwin Consulting, a strategy consulting firm he co-founded in 1997. This firm provided strategic advice to directors and investors in a range of industries, including financial services, private equity and media. In 2003 James co-founded the Darwin Group with Anthony Esse. Prior to founding Darwin Consulting, James had an academic career, which included undergraduate and postgraduate research at Trinity College, Cambridge, followed by six years as Principal Lecturer at Westminster College, Oxford. After Oxford, James was a Sloan Fellow at London Business School from which he has an MSc in Management Studies. |
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Anthony Esse is CEO of Darwin Property Investment Management Limited, the Investment Advisor to the Fund, and sits on the board of the Investment Manager. Anthony has worked in the investment management profession for over twenty five years and held directorships with Hermes, Newton (Bank of New York Mellon Group) and GT Management plc. At Hermes, he was involved in the acquisition of MEPC plc, the joint venture between Hermes and GE Capital, which at the time was the UK's largest ever private-equity backed management buy-out. He was also instrumental in bringing the Hermes Property Unit Trust (formerly Hill Samuel Property Unit Trust) to Hermes. |