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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.
Email: Vic.Hepburn@housinggrowth.comJames 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.
Email: James.Hutchinson@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07850723430Prior to joining HGP in 2020, 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, has passed all 3 levels of CFA and in his spare time enjoys travelling, sports and music.
Email: Anastasios.Ikonomou@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07825705851Prior to this role, Lewis worked in Corporate Relationship Management and Credit Risk roles across various sectors, most recently in Corporate Real Estate. He spent twelve years at Lloyds Banking Group, having started his career through the Lloyds Banking Group Graduate Programme.
Lewis holds a BSc (Hons) in Business Management from Loughborough University and is a chartered Banker.
Lewis lives with his wife Katherine in London, and enjoys playing golf, football, and travelling. He ran the London Marathon the past two years, having raised over £10,000 for various children’s charities in the process.
Email: Lewis.Botham@Housinggrowth.com Tel: 07880138327Gow Jeevan
Investment ManagerGow joined HGP having worked in Real Estate debt origination at Scottish Widows, prior to which Gow worked in Fund Investment Valuations and completed the Lloyds Banking Group Commercial Banking Graduate scheme, undertaking a variety of relationship led roles.
Gow holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Southampton and has completed all 3 CFA exams. In his spare time, Gow enjoys playing football on the weekends, long walks and travelling.
Email: Gowtham.Jeeven@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07384244929Liza Smith
Portfolio ManagerLiza joined Lloyds Banking Group on the Retail Graduate Scheme, having graduated from the University of Glasgow. Over the last 24 years Liza has built her real estate-related experience in roles spanning residential mortgage lending to Corporate Real Estate development and investment finance.
Outside of work Liza is a busy mum-of-two (plus one fur-baby) and enjoys travelling, music and spending time with family and friends.
Email: liza.smith@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07789035183Yasin Hassanin
Investment AssociatePrior to joining HGP, Yasin completed the Lloyds Bank Commercial graduate scheme which included placements in Portfolio Management, Large Corporate Coverage and Corporate & FI Loan Syndication and most recently worked in Lloyd’s Structured Distribution team.
Yasin holds a degree in Finance, Accounting and Management from the University of Nottingham and enjoys travelling and playing a variety of sports outside of work.
Email: Yasin.Hassanin@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07534413355Kyle Waldie
Investment AssociateKyle first worked at HGP during his time on the Lloyds Banking Group Finance Graduate Scheme and returned to the fund following the completion of his other placements in Commercial Banking and Corporate Treasury.
He holds a Batchelor’s in Economics from the University of Exeter and is also a qualified Chartered Accountant. In his spare time, he enjoys skiing, football, travelling and music festivals.
Email: Kyle.Waldie@housinggrowth.comAlex Maltby
Investment DirectorAlex leads the team responsible for growing HGP’s footprint across both the SME for-sale and Living sectors. He has more than 15 years of residential real estate investment and funding experience in both debt and equity.
Rebecca Hewitt
Investment AssociateBefore joining HGP, Rebecca was a Real Estate Relationship Manager in the South West SME Real Estate Team at Lloyds, and prior to that was a Development Finance Analyst at Homes England in the region. Rebecca studied Economics at the University of Nottingham. She enjoys a variety of sports in her spare time, including football, tennis and padel.
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.
Email: Katie.McCarron@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07885435410Mike 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.
Email: Mike.Murphy@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07766442660Kira 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.
Email: Kira.Swannell@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07776671426Prior to joining the HGP team, Josh worked in a variety of roles throughout Lloyds Banking Group in a range of relationship management roles. These included financial adviser in wealth management and as an associate director in financial markets, specialising in interest rate derivatives. During his time with the bank, Josh has completed various professional qualifications including his degree in Commercial Relationship Management as part of the group’s financial markets apprenticeship. Josh is currently studying to become a Chartered Management Accountant.
Outside of work, Josh enjoys spending time with his young family – both children are four and under – with spare time beyond this being spent on the rugby pitch.
Email: Joshua.Gilson@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07385144275John 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.
Email: John.McKeon@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07500951361Fraser 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.
Email: Fraser.Watts@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07468712494Sophie is a Chartered Accountant with several years audit and finance experience. After university Sophie joined the corporate audit graduate programme with Deloitte where she worked with a number of high-profile clients across different sectors. After qualifying with ICAS, Sophie left audit and joined Lloyds Banking Group as part of Group Finance Support where she had several roles within the Retail Financial Control and Reporting team.
Outside of work Sophie enjoys spending time with family and friends, going to live music events and travelling.
Email: Sophie.Kerr@housinggrowth.comHolding a B.A. in Business Studies from Edinburgh Napier University, Gavin initially started out in the Recruitment sector both in the UK and Australia, before moving into financial services in 2014 with Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. Gavin then joined HGP in March 2021.
In his spare time Gavin enjoys cycling and travelling.
Email: Gavin.Ponton@housinggrowth.comRoss has over 20 years’ experience in the finance sector, across various facets of lending, equity investment and asset management. Most of his career has been with Lloyds Banking Group across various real estate roles covering the UK and Europe; he was part of the HGP business from launch and enjoyed a brief stint at an external care home fund before returning to HGP in 2024. He is passionate about the residential sector, enjoys working with management teams to support their growth ambition and unlock opportunities that deliver a strong social impact.
Ross is married with two young kids, enjoys travelling and is a keen sports enthusiast.
Email: Ross.Baird@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07868675008Neil has previously held senior land positions in national and regional housebuilders and has also run his own land promotion and advisory business. He has also spent time in real estate finance funding a broad range of real estate transactions including student, residential and commercial property. Neil specialises in strategic and immediate land acquisition, planning promotion and deal structuring and brings a brings a wide range of experience, contacts, and skills to the HGP team.
Neil is a Chartered Surveyor and outside work Neil enjoys trail running, spending time with his family and walking in the North Yorkshire Moors.
Email: Neil.Terrett@housinggrowth.comColin 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!.
Email: Colin.Bennett@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07766366327Scott 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.
Email: Scott.Sanderson@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07879435105Mhairi has over 13 years of banking and Real Estate finance experience. Prior to joining the HGP team, Mhairi has previously worked in various roles in Lloyds Banking Group including BoS Joint Ventures where she gained valuable experience across a variety of Real Estate sectors and was responsible for portfolio management and supporting clients. More recently Mhairi worked with the Scottish Widows Loan Investments team investing in various Real Estate sectors to support the Bulk Annuities business.
Outside of work Mhairi enjoys city breaks, walks with her Whippet and spending time with friends and family.
Email: Mhairi.McGiffen@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07862236193She 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!
Email: Jennifer.Crorie@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07747638917He 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.
Email: James.Miller@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07385024262Prior to joining Chris worked in various roles across corporate finance, including M&A Corporate Development for a FTSE 250 Challenger Bank and Transaction Advisory with PwC.
Chris is a Certified Chartered Accountant (FCCA) and holds a BSC (Hons) Mathematics from Heriot-Watt University, and currently pursuing the CFA qualification.
In his spare time Chris enjoys spending time with his young family and participating in various sports, in particular snow skiing and water skiing.
Email: Christopher.McKeown@housinggrowth.comHe 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.
Email: Greig.Duncanson@housinggrowth.com Tel: 07385032273