Paul McNamara - Director: Head of Research
Paul is responsible for the overall direction of property research within PRUPIM and is a member of the company's Board. Paul joined Prudential in 1987. He has a first class honours degree in Geography from the University of St Andrews and a PhD in Geography from the University of Edinburgh. In 1992 he became an Associate of the Institute of Investment Management and Research (now UKSIP) and is a Visiting Professor with the Center for Estate Management at Oxford Brookes University. Paul is a member of the Management Board of the Investment Property Forum and a past Chairman. He also represents the IPF on the ODPM Property Consultative Group. He is Honorary President, and a past Chairman of the Society of Property Researchers. He has recently become a non-executive director of IPD Holdings Limited and has been invited to lead the Property Workstream of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change. In June 2003 Paul was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to the property industry.






