Real Estate Investors PLC Directors

Peter Lewin FRICS
Chairman

Peter Lewin qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1969. Whilst working for Allsop & Co between 1964 and 1970 Peter gained experience in all aspects of estate management particularly the valuation of commercial properties. Peter progressed to Samuel Properties Ltd in 1971, and eventually joining the group board 1978.

Peter left in 1987 to establish a new property investment company, Union Group plc .and in 1994 established Newport Holdings plc. In 2002 Peter stepped down from the Board which was subsequently acquired by Mintglade Limited and taken private in 2003. In 2004 Peter Lewin established Real Estate Investors Plc.

John Jack FCMA
Deputy Chairman

John Jack qualified as a management accountant and spent his early career in financial management with IBM (UK) Limited where he was appointed property director in 1984.

Jack led the management buyout of IBM (UK) Limited’s property management division to form Procord Limited, where he became Managing Director. Procord Limited was then acquired by Johnson Controls Inc in 1994. From 1994 – 1997 Jack was chairman of Johnson Controls UK Limited and Vice President of Johnson Controls Facilities Management Europe before becoming non-executive chairman of Citex Limited, a position he held until 2002.

John Jack was also a non-executive director of AIM-quoted Screen Plc from its floatation in 1997 until 2000.

Paul Bassi DL
Chief Executive

Mr Bassi is chairman of Bond Wolfe and Bigwood Chartered Surveyors. Additionally he is the Chairman of Kaupthing Singer Friedlander (Midlands) and was the former Regional Chairman & Strategy Advisor to Coutts Bank (West Midlands) and a member of the bank’s executive steering board. Mr Bassi is also Director of the Birmingham Hippodrome and Vice President of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.

He is responsible for group strategy and planning, the day to day operation and development of the group and is a member of the remuneration committee.

Marcus Daly FCA
Finance Director

He is a Chartered Accountant and has 20 years experience in advising clients on strategic matters and corporate planning, particularly in the property sector. He has responsibility for all financial and group accounting matters together with corporate finance matters. He is a non-executive director of the Tipton & Coseley Building Society and a member of the audit committee.