DEREK WILLIAMS

Managing Director – Head of Investor Relations

Mr. Williams is Managing Director and responsible for Investor Relations at The Valesco Group, bringing over 30 years of experience in real estate investment management and capital raising. He has raised and deployed (either as a principal or advisor) circa $8 billion of capital over his career to date, which has been invested across real estate and private market strategies in Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Valesco, Mr. Williams was Head of UK Commercial Fund Management and Managing Director, Business Development UK at Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management. Prior to this, he was Head of Investment Management, EMEA and Head of Capital, EMEA and Americas at Global Student Accommodation, the global student accommodation manager with 500 employees across 8 markets. Here, Mr. Williams formed and managed the investment management and capital raising functions in Europe, growing AUM from €100 million to €1.5 billion in 18 months. Before this, he was Managing Director, Private Markets at bfinance and Director, Private Real Estate at Russell Investments, working in the US and UK. Mr. Williams also headed the research function at Land Securities earlier in his career. He is a trained and qualified chartered surveyor, and holds a MSc. (Distinction) in Real Estate Investment from Bayes Business School and a BSc. (First Class) in Real Estate from the University of South Wales, as well as having studied Corporate Finance at London Business School and is a holder of the Investment Management Certificate (IMC).