British Property Federation

British Property Federation
Formation 1963
Type Trade association
Legal status Private company
Purpose Promoting the real estate sector of the United Kingdom
Location
  • St Albans House, 5th Floor, 57-59 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4QX
Region served
United Kingdom
Membership
Property companies based in the United Kingdom
Chief Executive
Melanie Leech
Main organ
Board
Website www.bpf.org.uk

British Property Federation (BPF) is a not-for-profit membership organisation representing companies involved in property ownership and investment.

The BPF “work[s] with Government and regulatory bodies to help the real estate industry grow and thrive, to the benefit of [its] members and the economy as a whole.”.[1] It comments regularly on proposed Government policies that will impact its members, including topics such as infrastructure,[2][3] Build-to-Rent development,[4] and REIT legislation.[5][6]

Its membership comprises a wide range of companies, including real estate companies, institutional investors, fund managers, investment banks, housing associations, and professional firms.[7] The BPF operates in Scotland as the Scottish Property Federation from offices in Edinburgh.[8]

BPF Chief Executive Melanie Leech was appointed in October 2014.[9] Bill Hughes of Legal & General is President, and Chris Taylor of Hermes Real Estate Investment Management is Vice President. Other board members are from prominent property and investment companies.

Objectives

The BPF has three objectives according to its website:[10]

Governance

The BPF is governed by a Board, composed of four officers – President, Vice President, Junior Vice President and Immediate Past President – as well as the Chief Executive, an Honorary Treasurer, and six other industry professionals.[11]

Members

The BPF currently has around 400 member companies, roughly made up of a third real estate companies, a third professional firms, and a third other organisations such as investment banks and fund managers.[12]

The BPF's policy work is overseen by a range of committees, each one made up of a chairman and between 15 and 30 people from its member companies. It currently has 18 committees involving over 400 direct members in total.[13]

Presidents

  • 1974 - 76 Victor Lucas
  • 1976 - 77 Sir Richard Thompson
  • 1977 - 79 David Llewellyn
  • 1979 - 81 Nigel Mobbs
  • 1981 - 83 Christopher Benson
  • 1983 - 84 Dennis Marler
  • 1984 - 86 Harry Axton
  • 1986 - 87 John Brown
  • 1987 - 88 Geoffrey Carter
  • 1988 - 89 Brian Cann
  • 1989 - 90 Michael Mallinson
  • 1990 - 91 Peter Hunt
  • 1991 - 92 Trevor Osborne
  • 1992 - 93 John Parry
  • 1993 - 94 James Tuckey
  • 1994 - 95 Roger Carey
  • 1995 - 96 Trevor Moross
  • 1996 - 97 Lorraine Baldry
  • 1997 - 98 Stuart Corbyn
  • 1998 - 99 Gordon Edington
  • 1999 - 00 Ronald Spinner
  • 2000 - 01 Christopher Bertram
  • 2001 - 02 Jeremy Newsum
  • 2002 - 03 Ian Henderson
  • 2003 - 04 David Hunter
  • 2004 - 05 Martin Moore
  • 2005 - 06 Ian Coull
  • 2006 - 07 Nicholas Ridblat
  • 2007 - 08 Ian Marcus
  • 2008 - 09 Francis Salway
  • 2009 - 10 Rupert Clarke
  • 2010 - 11 John Richards
  • 2011 - 12 Toby Courtauld
  • 2012 - 13 Chris Grigg
  • 2013 - 14 David Marks
  • 2014 - Bill Hughes

Directors-General and Chief Executives

References

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