Debra has over 25 years’ experience in residential property and is recognised as one of the major contributors to the industry. Before starting SAY with Charles Seifert, Debra was Director of Asset and Property Management at Grainger plc for ten years. She was responsible for building Grainger’s asset and property management expertise, as well as being part of the leadership team.

Debra is an expert in residential property and asset management with a particular focus on Build to Rent, Place Making, Regeneration and industry innovation. Debra has a keen interest in the positive social impact that can be delivered through new development and recently founded Do Some Good, a platform to offer and receive pro bono and voluntary support between charities and the Real Estate Sector.

Debra has non-executive roles on the boards of Grove End Housing Limited, M&G Shared Ownership Fund, is an advisor to DeverellSmith Recruitment and served on the Board of Notting Hill Housing for nine years. She is a recognised spokesperson on behalf of the residential sector and is a member of Property Weeks Resi Senate.

Harvey founded James Andrew International in 1974 following the first part of his career at Peachey Property Corporation and Guardian Properties (Holdings) Plc. He has been involved in many major property developments and investment acquisitions and disposals in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and USA over the past 40 years and is well known within the property business.

​After 64 years in the real estate industry, I feel like I’ve seen all the ups and the downs.  As JAI enters its 50th year in business, it still gives me great pleasure meeting new and old clients and developing relationships.  Come and meet me and my diverse and highly respected team and let’s do some business together.

With over 40 years of experience, Mark is widely regarded as one of London’s leading real estate investment advisors. As a founding partner of Michael Elliott, Mark has successfully advised on the acquisition and disposal of over £20 billion of UK commercial real estate.

Mark has been involved with numerous high-profile transactions including some of Central London’s best-known buildings such as the Millennium Dome, Centre Point, the Burlington Arcade, Earls Court & Olympia, Queensberry House, 60 Sloane Avenue and 1 Strand.

Other transactions have included strategic loan workouts for the likes of Nippon Credit Bank, Swedbank and Westpac and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Mark is a senior partner of Metrus, our sister management company helping to grow the portfolio from £300 million in 2001 to more than £5 billion today.

He is a generous philanthropist and board member of Rays Of Sunshine – a UK charity that brightens the lives of seriously ill young people and their families across the UK by granting wishes and providing ongoing support within hospitals.

Marc Goldberg is the Commercial Finance CEO – Sales & Distribution at Together.

Having joined the company as office junior in 1989, he has climbed the Together ranks, and has 35 years’ experience in the specialist lending market.

Darren Arnold is a Director of the Land team which he jointly runs and manages within the London Residential Development department based in Savills global head office in Central London.

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Darren’s property career began in 1990 when he joined Austin & Wyatt. He was recruited by Savills in 1995, working in their Social Housing Team. Having moved to Savills Hampstead office in 1997 he worked in the Development and Investment team where he qualified as a chartered surveyor and became Head of Department in 2002.

Darren moved to the West End office in 2005 and has been a Director in the London Residential Development department since 2007.

He specialises in the acquisition and disposal of development opportunities throughout London and also provides development consultancy advice.

Darren and his team transacted 35 development sites and opportunities in 2023 with a total land value of £400 million.

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Jacob is the founder and CEO of General Projects, the award-winning creative-led development company. The business focuses on the reinvention of real estate to deliver sustainable, inspirational, design focused, buildings for the next generation. Across the UK, General Projects is developing over 1.5 million sq ft of new space - from HQ offices to SME workspaces, film studios to industrial complexes, loft apartments to new public places. 

He leads on all thing’s vision and strategy, although he loves to get into the detail when it comes to architecture and design. Over his career he has the led the acquisition and development of over £2bn of real estate spanning over 2m square feet of mixed-use projects, winning a number of notable industry awards in the process.

Prior to founding General Projects, Jacob was Head of UK at Resolution Property, a £3bn pan-European real estate private equity fund.

Jacob holds an MSc in Real Estate from London Southbank University and a BA in International Relations from Boston University.

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