Seaforth Land has appointed Lesley Chen Davison as chief investment officer following an extensive search.
She will join the company in September.
Davison joins Seaforth from Delancey, where she has worked since 2005 as director of banking and treasury. She also served as a member of the company’s steering committee.
At Delancey, Davison was responsible for all third-party financing and banking relationships and has sourced £3bn of new financing for clients and partners since 2014.
Tyler Goodwin, founder and chief executive of Seaforth Land, who worked with Davison at Deutsche Bank 20 years ago, said: “I have known Lesley for nearly two decades and I can say with confidence that she is the right person to grow our highly specialised fiduciary operating platform.
“We have a similar approach to real estate investment, given our formative years at Deutsche Bank, and she brings a wealth of financing experience with her across a diverse range of sectors including office, retail, residential and alternatives.”
Davison added: “My 14 years of experience in UK real estate capital markets adds to the exemplary property skills that Seaforth Land already has in-house.”
An active participant in the UK real estate industry, Davison was a member of the government’s build-to-rent joint committee and CREFC Europe’s build-to-rent finance initiative committee.
She is currently a council member of Cranfield University, where she sits on the finance and nominations committees.
Listen to a podcast with Seaforth’s Tyler Good about his search for a female CIO below.
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