Real estate investor, developer and asset manager, Firethorn Trust has appointed Charlie Ingham as director of Firethorn Investment Management, its third-party investment, development and asset management services offering.
Bringing more than 14 years’ experience working across investment strategy and management, capital raising and investor relations, Ingham was most recently a founding partner at Gerald Eve Capital Partners, launched in 2020.
He previously held senior positions at Praxis Capital, Square Metre Asset Management and BNP Paribas Real Estate, where he represented the firm’s EMEA & Asia business in the US.
In his new role, Ingham will be responsible for deploying Firethorn’s specialist expertise and full-service capabilities to owners, occupiers and investors, to maximise the performance of commercial real estate assets and development opportunities.
Since entering the market in 2018, Firethorn has established a strong track record in growing and realising the value of its own developments and investments. Having sold a 24-unit, UK-wide logistics portfolio to Cain International for more than £550 mln (€650 mln) in 2022, Firethorn has continued to act as development, leasing and asset manager across the sites.
Ingham will utilise Firethorn’s full-service capabilities and market expertise across Industrial & Logistics and Living to provide asset/development management services to a wide range of owners, alongside investment management services for capital seeking direct exposure to UK commercial real estate.
Ingham said: 'Since its inception and in a relatively short period of time, Firethorn has built an enviable reputation in the UK real estate sector, with a strong track record of creating best-in-class assets and being a trusted professional partner.
'With the team’s diverse experience across the real estate spectrum, Firethorn is uniquely positioned to extend its expertise to third parties, providing advisory services as well as investment and development management strategies that will generate exceptional returns.'
Firethorn’s co-founding partner, Chris Webb, added: 'The launch of Firethorn Investment Management marks an important milestone for the business. We have a proven track record of driving asset value and maximising returns, and we have strong in-house capabilities across multiple disciplines spanning investment, development, finance, legal, leasing and asset management.
'Charlie’s experience will be invaluable to delivering these services to our clients and we are excited to have Charlie on board and part of the Firethorn journey.'
