Alan Gardner Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Gb

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Delivering workshops, lectures and seminars across a range of MSc courses including (Advanced) Real Estate Valuation and Appraisal, Real Estate Markets, Real Estate Finance & Investment, Development Process, International Real Estate Analysis and Research Methods. Supervising dissertations for MSc Real Estate students.

Providing a range of services across real estate research with particular emphasis on portfolio construction, market forecasting and technical support on various property related databases and software.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Teaching Masters level student workshops on real estate investment and real estate development whilst completing PhD thesisAssociate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Glasgow, United Kingdom

• Creating, delivering and enhancing a Real Estate Research service that supports UK property mandates across Open-ended, Closed and Segregated funds• Produce a detailed quarterly update on the latest trends in asset pricing, economic events and UK property markets incorporating a range of key market forecasts. • Present Research view and strategic implications of acquisitions and disposals as a voting member of Investment Committee• Work with fund and asset managers to integrate the ‘House’ Research view into strategic planning at portfolio and asset level• Create a range of outputs including presentation slides, investor papers and press articles • Creation and development of ‘model’ portfolio tool which defines appropriate benchmark weightings for maximising expected (risk adjusted) performance• Investigate markets at early stages for proposed acquisitions• Calculate and present a number of performance measurement metrics to principal clients • Develop and administer a number of risk measures for assisting in AIFMD compliance• Detailed analysis and pricing of ‘indirect’ property vehicles and evaluation of synthetic proxies• Deliver a range of presentations to existing and prospective investors• Managing and reviewing the performance of Research team• Manage relationships with a number of key suppliers for both Research and wider business • Creation of bespoke Research databases for portfolio and asset level analysis• Business planning with senior figures to define and implement research programme• Regular participant at industry events, IPF, IPD & SPR

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for delivering forecasts of property measures across European markets• Manage the modelling and dissemination of forecasts including various risk scenarios.• Construct and deliver ‘house view’ presentations across a wide range of markets• Managing and reviewing the performance of the EMEA forecasting team and admin staff• Manage and develop relationship with external econometric modelling provider• Deliver a range of strategic reports and analysis for a range of investment clients • Internal and external presentations on market movements and dynamics• Design & construct specific client reporting tools, including occupational cost databases.• Close relationships and input into Valuations and Derivatives teams

London, United Kingdom

• Deliver & presented strategic reports to portfolio clients • Construct proposals, pitch and manage client fee-generating projects• Research liaison with Corporate Finance dept developing tools for indirect analysis • Give presentations at client and industry events including seminars attended by 200+• Regular business planning meetings with senior figures • Design & construct specific client reporting tools, including occupational cost databases.

London, United Kingdom

• Development of portfolio simulation tools• Undertake various bespoke pieces of research for investment and planning departments for use in planning enquiries, various purchase and sale reports, etc• Responsible for forecasting, including attending IPD forecast group meetings• Paper on investment holding periods and performance costs of conventional active management (presented at IPF conference)

London, United Kingdom

• Development of portfolio simulation tools• Undertake various bespoke pieces of research for investment and planning departments for use in planning enquiries, various purchase and sale reports, etc• Responsible for forecasting, including attending IPD forecast group meetings• Paper on investment holding periods and performance costs of conventional active management (presented at IPF conference)

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Real Estate Investment

Using transaction yields to build a database that produces effective risk and return measures for the UK office market – This thesis.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Urban Environment

Researching how UK office markets slip into extended periods of mismatched prices via comparing transaction prices with investment worth.

Msc, International Financial Markets, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Class Rep, International Financial Markets Group

Master Of Arts (Ma), History & Politics, Iii

Activities and Societies: House football teams, debating, squash, archaeology