Desert Island Risks
13 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago -In each episode of Desert Island Risks, we talk to industry leaders in the real assets space to hear about the risks and rewards behind their success. Whether setting up their own business, taking a chance on the market or backing people over numbers, we explore the lessons learned throughout our guest's careers. Unlike our namesake, we don't play any music to accompany each interview, instead sharing sound clips from friends, colleagues and confidants of our speakers who were impacted along the way.
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Episodes
Richard Croft - Revisited
April 21, 2023 15:04 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBIn a change from our usual podcast format – today, Emily revisits her conversation with Richard Croft, Executive Chairman and founder of M7 Real Estate, three years’ on from their original conversation over zoom, during the Covid pandemic. This time, we hear from Richard about M7’s recent deal with Oxford Properties, discuss his departure from the business’ executive leadership team and dig deeper into his thoughts on leadership, futureproofing a business and putting your best foot first when...
Joanne McNamara
February 10, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBIn our tenth episode, Emily meets Joanne McNamara, Head of Europe at Oxford Properties. Having joined Oxford in 2010 as an Investment Analyst (and as one of the first of three employees in the team) Jo rose through the ranks as Oxford grew its AUM to $10bn and its headcount to 40 people. She played a central role in Oxford’s merger with M7 Real Estate in 2021 and was awarded PERE industry figure of the year in the deals aftermath. In this episode, we learn Joanne’s thoughts on what it takes t...
James Thornton
December 23, 2021 00:01 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBIn our ninth podcast episode, Emily talks to James Thornton, former CEO and current Non-Executive Chairman of Mayfair Capital. After 20 years working on the advisory side with Jones Lang Wooton and Savills, James took the leap in setting up Mayfair Capital with his former JLW colleague, Guy Brogden, in 2002. Since then, he has helped the business to invest hundreds of millions of pounds of capital, culminating in the sale of Mayfair to Swiss Life in 2016. In this episode, we hear from James ...
Mark Robinson
November 19, 2021 00:01 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBIn our eighth podcast episode, Emily meets Mark Robinson, co-founder of Ellandi, the UK’s leading owner-operator of retail and town centre spaces. He is an award-winning entrepreneur and one of the market’s leading advocates for placemaking and community creation. Mark’s success has been recognised through a number of accolades including being chosen as President of Revo and his Government appointment as Chair of the High Street Task Force in 2020. Having begun his career in retail 28 years ...
Jos Short
August 19, 2021 23:01 - 40 minutes - 56 MBOur seventh episode sees Emily meet Jos Short, Co-Founder of Internos (now part of Principal Global Investors) and an active board member of firms including Big Yellow, Great Portland Estates and Annington. Having set up his business in the wake of the GFC, Jos shares his insights on taking responsibility as an executive, adapting your business to the times and finding the best way to futureproof your company against a changing and challenging market – something that has only become more prev...
Helen Gordon
January 15, 2021 00:01 - 44 minutes - 60.9 MBIn our sixth episode, Emily meets Helen Gordon, CEO of Grainger, the largest, listed residential landlord in the UK. No stranger to adversity, Helen has navigated some of the toughest crises to hit the real estate industry to date, including running RBS’ Global Asset Management team in the wake of the global financial crisis and managing the sale of Railtrack’s real estate assets following the collapse and government takeover of the British Railway system in 2001. Helen shares her views on t...
Ian Marcus
December 04, 2020 00:01 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MBIn our fifth episode of Desert Island Risks, we meet Ian Marcus, powerhouse of the advisory world and arguably one of real estate's best-connected individuals. Ian has spent almost 40 years working across banking and real estate, redefining the value of independent advisors in the industry. It’s no surprise that earlier this year he was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list in recognition of his outstanding contribution to real estate and the economy as a whole. A past President...
Roger Orf
August 13, 2020 23:01 - 47 minutes - 46.1 MBIn our fourth podcast episode, we meet Roger Orf, Partner & Vice-Chairman of Apollo Global Management’s European Principal Finance and Real Estate businesses. Born and raised on a Missouri farm, Roger was the first in his family to attend university - a risk he credits as one of the most important of his career - before kickstarting his rise through the real estate world and joining the first American pioneers on their venture into Europe. In this podcast, Roger talks about the value of human...
Richard Croft
June 19, 2020 08:38 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBIn our third episode, Emily “meets" Richard Croft, founder and Executive Chairman of M7 Real Estate. Despite strict lockdown measures, Bohill Partners spent a morning with Richard over video call to hear the story behind the making of two real estate businesses, one formed in the midst of the financial crisis and now arguably one of the most successful pan-European players in the market today. Learn about the best (and worst!) ways to win over investors, how success can come from the most unl...
Keith Breslauer, Patron Capital
May 31, 2020 23:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBThis week we meet Keith Breslauer, founder and Managing Partner of Patron Capital. Born and bred in New York, Keith left a Partner role at Lehman Brothers to set up Patron 21 years ago, which has now raised €4bn to date and is one of the few independent platforms remaining in Europe. In this podcast, Keith shares the secrets behind what it really takes to build a real estate business from scratch, the importance of giving back and, an avid climber and mountaineer, the best way to tackle climb...
Keith Breslauer
May 31, 2020 23:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBThis week we meet Keith Breslauer, founder and Managing Partner of Patron Capital. Born and bred in New York, Keith left a Partner role at Lehman Brothers to set up Patron 21 years ago, which has now raised €4bn to date and is one of the few independent platforms remaining in Europe. In this podcast, Keith shares the secrets behind what it really takes to build a real estate business from scratch, the importance of giving back and, an avid climber and mountaineer, the best way to tackle climb...
Ric Lewis
May 14, 2020 15:59 - 38 minutes - 35 MBRic Lewis is the Founder, Executive Chair, and CIO of Tristan Capital Partners. After early success in his native North America, Ric moved to London to become CIO of AEW Europe, before striking out on his own to form Curzon Global Partners and then creating Tristan. In this interview with Emily, Ric tells the story of his move to Europe, a good friend who took a chance on him when he was a teenager, those famous Tristan parties, his many philanthropic ventures including his own charity, The B...
Ric Lewis, Tristan Capital Partners
May 14, 2020 15:59 - 38 minutes - 35 MBRic Lewis is the Founder, Executive Chair, and CIO of Tristan Capital Partners. After early success in his native North America, Ric moved to London to become CIO of AEW Europe, before striking out on his own to form Curzon Global Partners and then creating Tristan. In this interview with Emily, Ric tells the story of his move to Europe, a good friend who took a chance on him when he was a teenager, those famous Tristan parties, his many philanthropic ventures including his own charity, The B...