Our People

Andrew Jones - Chief Executive

Andrew was a co-founder of Metric and has been CEO since its inception in March 2010. Andrew was previously Executive Director and Head of Retail at British Land. Andrew joined British Land in 2005 following the acquisition of Pillar where he was on the main board with responsibilities for shopping centres, retail park investment and asset management.

Valentine Beresford - Investment Director

Valentine has been Investment Director at Metric since its inception in March 2010 overseeing all of the company's acquisition activities. Valentine was previously European Director at British Land since July 2005 following the acquisition of Pillar. He was responsible for European retail and leisure developments and investments and headed up the group's European fund management business. At Pillar Valentine had been on the main board since 2001, having joined in 1991 and was responsible for the company's out of town UK retail investment activities.

Mark Stirling - Retail Director

Mark has been Retail Director at Metric since its inception in March 2010 spearheading all of the company's asset management initiatives. Mark was previously Asset Management Director of British Land joining in July 2005 following British Land's acquisition of Pillar where he was a Managing Director of Pillar Retail Parks Limited from 2002 until 2005, having joined Pillar in 1993. At British Land he had responsibility for planning, development and the asset management of British Land's retail portfolio.

Sue Ford - Finance Director

Sue has been Finance Director at Metric since its inception in March 2010. Sue was previously Group Finance Director of Ingenious Media from 2005 until 2008 previously having worked at Channel 4 Group, initially as finance director of its commercial arm, 4 Ventures Ltd, before becoming finance director for the Channel 4 Group in 2003. Prior to this Sue was director of strategy at Deloitte and was European finance director of Deloitte's strategy consulting division, Braxton Associates. Sue is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified with Deloitte.

Andrew Huntley - Chairman

Chairman of Nominations Committee
 
Andrew joined the Board of Metric at the company's inception in March 2010. He is a former Chairman of CBRE and a former non-executive director of Pillar. He is currently a non-executive director of Capital Shopping Centres plc and Capital & Counties plc, a non-executive director of Miller Group, and a non-executive director of AIM-listed Real Office Group plc. Andrew is one of the UK's most experienced property advisers. During his extensive career, he has also served as Deputy Chairman of Beckwith Property Fund Management, as a director of OIL Property Holdings, a director of Atlantic Fund Management, a member of the board of COIF, as Chairman of New Sadlers Wells Development and as Chairman of Panceltica Holdings Limited.

Alec Pelmore - Senior Independent Director

Chairman of Audit Committee and Member of Nominations and Remuneration Committees
 
Alec joined the Board of Metric at the company's inception in March 2010. He has been a member of the supervisory board of Unibail-Rodamco SE, one of Europe's largest property companies, and is a member of its audit committee. Alec held positions as an equity investment analyst specialising in property companies from 1981 to 2007. The majority of his career as an investment analyst was spent at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson (from 1990 to 1997) and Merrill Lynch (from 1997 to 2007). Alec's team at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Merrill Lynch was voted number one for property in Europe by the Institutional Investor European Property Research Survey for twelve out of thirteen years from 1995 to 2007.

Andrew Varley - Member of the Audit, Nominations and Remuneration Committees

Andrew joined the Board of Metric at the company's inception in March 2010. He is Group Property Director and an Executive Director of NEXT. He is the main board member with the responsibility for property, franchise, corporate responsibility and code of practice related issues. Andrew joined NEXT in 1985 and was appointed to the board of NEXT in 1990. His previous experience includes twelve years in retail and commercial property. From 1999 to 2007, Andrew was a non-executive member of the British Heart Foundation's shops committee.

Philip Watson - Chairman of Remuneration Committee and Member of Audit and Nominations Committees

Philip joined the Board of Metric at the company's inception in March 2010. He is the chief investment officer of Mirabaud Investment Management Limited. Philip joined Hill Samuel in 1971 and then Robert Fleming in 1972 on the UK desk, where he worked as an investment analyst and fund manager. Philip left Robert Fleming's in 1982 to found TWH Asset Management Limited (now Mirabaud Investment Management Limited) in which he and his partners sold a controlling interest to Mirabaud Pereire Holdings Limited in 1991.

Will Evers - Investment Executive

Will joined Metric in May 2010. He was formerly an Associate Director of LaSalle Investment Management joining in September 2004 where he ultimately assumed responsibility for the acquisitions and fund management of one of the geared recovery funds with a value of £500 million. In the two years prior to that, Will was an investment analyst at Bear Stearns, where he worked on the M&A and corporate finance side of the Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging Team.

Marion Dillon - Asset Manager

Marion joined Metric in January 2011. She was previously a senior Asset Manager at British Land having joined in July 2005 following British Land's acquisition of Pillar. At British Land Marion was responsible for prime assets such as Meadowhall, Sheffield, Zaragozza, Spain and British Land's premier retail parks in the UK. Previous positions also include Retail Development Manager on Bluewater for Lend Lease and two years in China working on large scale shopping centre developments.

Nick Heath - Development Manager

Nick joined Metric in January 2011. He was previously an independent consultant, primarily as Design Director of a c. 2 million sq ft shopping scheme in a JV with British Land. Nick joined British Land in July 2005 following the acquisition of Pillar where he was head of project management & construction. He joined Pillar in 1997 and was responsible for all construction and project management including overseeing new developments and asset management programmes.

Richard Howell - Financial Controller & Company Secretary

Richard has been Financial Controller at Metric since its inception in March 2010. He was previously Financial Controller and Company Secretary at Brixton plc for five years and prior to this he was Financial Controller at Capital & Regional plc. Richard qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte.

Juliana Weiss Dalton - Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Analysis

Juliana has headed up Investor Relations at Metric since its inception in March 2010. She has over nine years experience as a sell side research analyst covering European real estate securities and was previously at Morgan Stanley, holding the position of Vice President. Prior to this she held similar positions at Seymour Pierce and Cazenove. Juliana is a CFA Charterholder and has an MBA from the Schulich School of Business, York University.