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Vic Hepburn
Chief Executive Officer
Head of Fund
Connect with meVic is the Chief Executive Officer & Head of Fund for the Housing Growth Partnership.
Vic is an investment professional with 25 years’ equity experience spanning a wide variety of sectors and deal types. Vic enjoys spending time with management teams, learning about their businesses and identifying how HGP can support their goals. As one of the founding members of HGP, Vic is focussed on supporting all forms of positive social impact on the housing market.
Vic spends his spare time with his family and friends. Married to Lynsey he has two sons and a high maintenance labrador. When the aforementioned group allow him time off, he enjoys keeping himself fit and playing a bit of golf.
Rachel Miller
Investment Director
Large Transactions & Strategy
Katie McCarron
Investment Associate
Large Transactions & Strategy
Rachel Miller
Investment Director
Large Transactions & Strategy
Rachel is responsible for originating and transacting larger equity investments across the UK and across the range of residential sectors, and is a voting member of HGP’s investment committee.
Prior to this role, Rachel worked with a residential private equity fund. She spent thirteen years at Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, most recently as Head of New Investment, responsible for deploying equity into joint venture partnerships with development partners across the UK. She was previously Head of Strategy and worked in other investment roles and on major placemaking developments in central London.
Rachel is a Chartered Surveyor and has degrees from Cambridge and Reading Universities. She is a non-executive Board Member of Soho Housing and lives with her family in London.
Katie McCarron
Investment Associate
Large Transactions & Strategy
Katie is an Investment Associate responsible for supporting deal origination, transaction execution and portfolio management in the Larger Transactions and Strategy team.
Prior to joining HGP, Katie completed Lloyds Banks Risk gradate scheme which included placements in Modelling and Validation and Commercial Real Estate Credit. Most recently Katieworked in Large Corporate Credit across the Infrastructure, Energy and Industrials portfolio.
Katie holds a degree in Geography and Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Birmingham and enjoys heading back to Birmingham to see friends and family in her spare time.
James Hutchinson
Investment Director
London & South East
Anastasios Ikonomou
Investment Manager
London & South East
Shin Li
Investment Associate
London & South East
James Hutchinson
Investment Director
London & South East
James is an Investment Director responsible for originating and completing investments in London and the South East. He is also a voting member of HGP’s Investment Committee.
James is an investment professional whose principal sector focus has been housebuilding and residential development. As a founding member of HGP, he enjoys helping management teams reach their goals and is passionate about championing change in the housing sector.
James holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland and is a CFA Charterholder. He is married with three kids and likes travelling, skiing and crossfit, all of which he does a lot less of since becoming a dad.
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Anastasios Ikonomou
Investment Manager
London & South East
Tasos is an Investment Manager responsible for supporting deal origination, transaction execution and portfolio management in the South East & London.
Prior to joining, Tasos completed Lloyds Bank’s Commercial graduate scheme which included placements in Algorithmic Trading, Bond Financing and Large Corporate Credit Risk. Most recently Tasos worked in Lloyds’ Financial Institutions division, covering EMEA Global Bank clients.
Tasos holds an integrated Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham and in his spare time enjoys travelling, sports and music.
Shin Li
Investment Associate
London & South East
Shin is an Investment Associate responsible for supporting deal origination, transaction execution and portfolio management in London and the South East.
Before joining HGP, Shin completed the Risk Management Graduate Scheme at Lloyds Banking Group, including placements in Business Banking, Market Risk and Commercial Credit Risk Assurance.
Shin holds an MPhil in Finance and Economics from the University of Cambridge. She enjoys a variety of sports in her spare time, including Pilates, tennis and swimming.
Arnaud de Blay
Investment Director
South West
Arnaud is an Investment Director responsible for origination and completing investments in the South West of England. He is also a voting member of HGP’s investment committee.
Prior to his current role, Arnaud worked for several years in Lloyds Bank in a specialist unit helping to support housebuilder clients through the recession. Prior to this Arnaud worked in a number of leveraged finance roles in London and New York where he developed a passion for understanding business models to provide bespoke and sustainable funding solutions.
Arnaud is French and speaks English and Italian fluently. He holds a B.S. in Business and Administration and a Masters in Corporate Finance. He has a keen interest in sustainable development and in particular renewable energy. During his spare time, he also enjoys cooking and organic gardening.
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Chris Bailey
Investment Manager
South West
Chris is an Investment Manager responsible for the origination of investments in the South West of England.
Prior to his current role, Chris worked as a Relationship Manager covering Challenger and Specialist Banks within Lloyds Banking Group’s Financial Institutions division. Chris joined Lloyds Bank on the Finance Graduate Scheme, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with the ICAEW and working in numerous divisions across the Bank including Retail, Group Audit and Commercial Banking. He holds a BSC in Economics from York University.
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Mike Murphy
Investment Director
Midlands & Wales
Matthew Smith
Investment Manager
Midlands & Wales
Kira Swannell
Investment Associate
Midlands & Wales
Mike Murphy
Investment Director
Midlands & Wales
Mike is an Investment Director responsible for originating and completing investments in the Midlands and Wales region. He is also a voting member of HGP’s Investment Committee.
Mike has spent the last 20 years of his banking career specialising in the real estate sector during which time Mike was also a Senior Director within SME credit sanctioning team. Prior to his current role Mike was an Accredited Property Specialist within the Lloyds Bank SME Real Estate Midlands and Wales team.
Mike is from Birmingham and has spent the whole of his 40 Year career representing the Midlands and Wales. Outside of work Mike is a season ticket holder at West Bromwich Albion and has two children.
Matthew Smith
Investment Manager
Midlands & Wales
Matthew is an Investment Manager responsible for supporting deal origination, transaction execution and portfolio management in the Midlands and Wales.
Matthew has over 8 years of banking and finance experience, at Santander and more recently Lloyds Bank. Matthew has worked within a variety of pricing, forecasting and strategy roles across banking, including within mortgages.
Matthew is married and has recently had his first child. Most of his time currently is being spent renovating the new family home and getting up to speed with being a new father! He also enjoys all things sporting and even once ran the length of Hadrian’s Wall.
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Kira Swannell
Investment Associate
Midlands & Wales
Kira joined Lloyds Banking Group on the Graduate Programme in 2018, having just graduated from the University of Birmingham. Since joining Lloyds Bank, Kira has worked in a variety of relationship management roles, including roles within Financial Markets and the Midlands SME Real Estate team. During her time in the Bank, Kira has also successfully completed her Chartered Banker qualification.
Kira lives in Birmingham and is currently looking to buy her first home in the area. Outside of work she enjoys going on long walks with her Golden Retriever, travelling and spending time with friends and family.
John McKeon
Investment Director
North West & Northern Ireland
Fraser Watts
Investment Manager
North West & Northern Ireland
Gavin Ponton
Investment Associate
North West & Northern Ireland
John McKeon
Investment Director
North West & Northern Ireland
John is an Investment Director responsible for new investments and supporting HGP partners in the North West of England and Northern Ireland.
John has been with HGP since 2017 and has an extensive career of over 20 years in the finance sector, predominantly in equity investment and real estate finance. In his various roles, John has worked closely with a large number of management teams and particularly enjoys getting to understand their business models and helping tailor bespoke funding solutions.
John is married with twins aged 9. When not attending to his children’s busy social agenda, John likes to spend his spare time watching and participating in a number of sports, in particular football, tennis and golf.
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Fraser Watts
Investment Manager
North West & Northern Ireland
Fraser is an Investment Manager responsible for new investments and supporting HGP partners in the North West of England and Northern Ireland.
Fraser is a qualified accountant with over 12 years of banking and finance experience. Fraser has worked in a variety of roles throughout Lloyds Banking Group including 3 years in the Commercial Real Estate team along with roles in Finance, Risk and Insurance.
Outside work Fraser enjoys playing a variety of sports, especially golf.
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Gavin Ponton
Investment Associate
North West & Northern Ireland
Gavin is an Investment Associate responsible for new investments and supporting HGP partners in the North West of England and Northern Ireland.
Early in his career, Gavin worked as recruitment consultant, focusing on the UK construction industry, before moving to Australia for 2 years to set up a recruitment consultancy firm. Prior to joining the Housing Growth Partnership, Gavin spent 6 years as a Commercial Property Relationship Manager for Lloyds Bank.
Gavin holds a B.A. in Business Studies from Edinburgh Napier University. In his spare time Gavin enjoys cycling and reading and intends to finally take up golf this year!
Colin Bennett
Investment Director
Scotland, Yorkshire & North East
Ross Baird
Investment Manager
Scotland, Yorkshire & North East
Scott Sanderson
Investment Associate
Scotland, Yorkshire & North East
Colin Bennett
Investment Director
Scotland, Yorkshire & North East
Colin is an Investment Director responsible for originating and completing deals in Scotland and North East England. He is also a voting member of HGP’s Investment Committee.
Colin is an investor with over 15 years’ experience spanning a wide variety of corporate and real estate transactions across the UK and Europe, including development capital and management buyouts; most recently as an investor with LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group. He enjoys working with management teams to understand their business, and how best HGP can support delivering their goals.
Originally from North West England, Colin is married to Karen and has two daughters. He likes to spend his spare time with his family and friends, enjoys keeping himself fit, reading, film and watching Liverpool’s long awaited resurgence!.
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Ross Baird
Investment Manager
Scotland, Yorkshire & North East
Ross is an Investment Manager responsible for originating and completing investments in Scotland and the North East.
With more than 15 years’ experience in originating and structuring debt and equity investments in support of a wide range of property and corporate clients, he is well placed to help HGP housebuilding partners meet their growth ambition. Ross is passionate about the industry and enjoys working with management teams to ultimately increase the supply of new homes.
Ross is married with one daughter. He enjoys time with family, travelling and also following sport (his playing days are long gone)!
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Scott Sanderson
Investment Associate
Scotland, Yorkshire & North East
Scott is an Investment Associate responsible for supporting deal origination and transactions in Scotland and the North East.
Scott has over 15 years of banking and finance experience. Scott has worked in a variety of roles throughout Lloyds Banking Group including Commercial Real Estate team along with roles in Joint Ventures, Credit, Risk and Infrastructure & Energy.
Outside work Scott enjoys spending time with his family and trying (badly) to beat his son at golf.
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Jenny Crorie
Director of Portfolio & Finance
Portfolio & Finance
James Miller
Finance Manager
Portfolio & Finance
Greig Duncanson
Portfolio Associate
Portfolio & Finance
Jenny Crorie
Director of Portfolio & Finance
Portfolio & Finance
Jenny is a Director of Portfolio & Finance and focuses on portfolio management.
She is a chartered accountant and has spent much of her career working on the origination and restructuring of residential and commercial real estate transactions.
Jenny is a keen sailor and has taken part in a leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Jenny also likes cakes, both baking and eating!
James Miller
Finance Manager
Portfolio & Finance
James is a Finance Manager responsible for providing financial support and oversight to HGP and its investments.
He is a Chartered Accountant with several years’ experience in financial services. Prior to joining HGP he worked in several divisions within Lloyds Banking Group including Joint Ventures, Commercial Banking and Insurance.
In his spare time James enjoys cooking, music and travelling.
Greig Duncanson
Portfolio Associate
Portfolio & Finance
Greig is a Portfolio Associate who is responsible for supporting the Portfolio & Finance managers within HGP.
He is a banking professional with over 18 years experience working for Lloyds Banking Group. Greig has built up a broad knowledge within the group through working in a variety of roles across the Finance, Group Operations and Retail divisions.
In his down time Greig spends most of this with his young family (2 boys under the age of 4), any time left after this tends to be used by keeping fit and watching football.
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