Team

Prior to founding Valorem in 2017, Anthony spent 7 years with private equity fund Castleforge Partners from 2011 investing ~£100M in London City office refurbishments (2011-2014), ~£120M in regional city brownfield land (2013-2016) gaining consent for over 3,500 units. In 2015 Castleforge Partners successfully raised an opportunistic discretionary fund with £235M of equity of which Anthony invested circa £150M into UK regional office refurbishments prior to leaving the business in 2017.

Since 2017 Valorem has invested circa £80M of equity across seven assets including strategic land, office, student, residential and hotel development, realising a blended net return on equity of a 20% IRR and 2.2x Multiple.

Anthony graduated from Reading University with an honours degree in Real Estate Investment & Finance.

Business Focus: Deal sourcing, fund raising and day to management of the wider business.

Martin has extensive property experience with a focus on investment, development and asset enhancement through active management across all real estate sectors. Martin has held senior leadership and directorial positions in the property investment and development industry over the last 25 years, including roles in Sun Life of Canada, Credit Suisse, Tiger Development and Castleforge Partners.

A Senior Fund Manager, Martin has been responsible for over £1.1bn strategic asset allocation, acquisition, disposal and all aspects of asset management. Martin has overseen the redevelopment and refurbishment of over 2M sqft of commercial and residential property throughout the UK.

A qualified Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) with an honours degree from London Southbank University.

Business Focus: Delivery of development projects and asset management initiatives.

Ash Griffiths brings 25 years of experience in the property sector. He is the former Managing Director of LSL Partners, a London-based property fund established in 2017, where he oversaw investments totalling approximately £200 million in brownfield and greenfield assets across Greater London and the South-East. These investments focused on repurposing sites for residential-led developments, resulting in the delivery of approximately 7,000 homes.

Prior to his role at LSL Partners, Ash was a Partner at Strutt and Parker (now part of BNP Paribas), which he joined in 2013. In this capacity, he was responsible for the acquisition and sale of development sites for housebuilders and developers in the Greater London area, in addition to advising landowners in the South-East on strategic development opportunities and securing planning permissions.

Before his tenure at Strutt and Parker, Ash founded and managed Aurora Property Developments, a Leeds-based company specialising in office, industrial, and mixed-use developments. He began his career with Strutt and Parker and King Sturge (now Jones Lang LaSalle) in London.

Ash holds a BSc (Hons) in Real Estate Management from Oxford Brookes University and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). He serves on the Board of the Land Planning and Developers Federation (LPDF) and is an active member of The Urban Land Institute, where he is part of the Residential Council. Additionally, Ash is a Non-Executive Director at Addland, a leading PropTech company.

Adam joined Valorem Investment Partners in 2023 having previously worked as the Analyst for an £8.4bn, 150-acre London development project, focused on master planning, JVs, asset management, and sustainability investment projects. He also sits on the Oxford Real Estate Society’s committee and is the current Chair.

Adam graduated with an MA in Engineering Science from Jesus College, University of Oxford.

Business Focus: Acquisitions underwriting, transactions modelling, asset management and portfolio reporting.

Linda has over 35 years of experience working as a Finance professional in various industries including FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods), Fashion Retail and the past 7 years in Property.

She is Certified Accountant with an honours degree from London Southbank University.

Business Focus: Company accounting, project budgeting and financial management.