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PRUPIM

LEADING REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

The Team

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.

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Katie Smith - Analyst, Performance Measurement

Katie joined PRUPIM in 2005, as a performance analyst. She currently assists Nick Blakemore in providing in-depth performance analyses on the £17 billion UK & International portfolio and supports the fund strategy recommendation process.

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Nick Blakemore - Director of Performance Management

Nick joined the Prudential in 1975. Following work with the Pensions Department and then with legal aspects of property, in 1983 he moved in to the role of performance measurement. Since that time Nick has led the development of an in-house property performance measurement system (PIRAMID) and provides regular and detailed performance analyses on PRUPIM’s client funds under management. Nick is a member of the IPF and currently serves as an expert user on IPD’s Performance Analysis Service (PAS) Consultative Group.

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Cuong Nguyen - Analyst, Property Research

Cuong Nguyen joined PRUPIM in 2007 and has a MSc in Finance from the University of London and a PhD in Finance from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. His research interests include applied econometrics, the economics of microfinance, financial derivatives, and various topics in property research. Prior to joining PRUPIM, Cuong has worked as a contract consultant for Watson Wyatt LLP. Cuong now works on modelling the central London office markets and is also responsible for analysis of certain North America property markets. He is also actively involved in a range of in-house, topic based research projects. Cuong is a member of the Royal Economic Society and the Scottish Economic Society.

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Henri Vuong - Analyst, Property Research

Henri Vuong has a First Class Honours Degree in Statistics, Computing, Operational Research and Economics from University College London and a Masters Degree in Statistics from University College London. Henri joined PRUPIM in October 2007. Immediately prior to joining PRUPIM, Henri was working as a research analyst with the Estates Gazette, with responsibility for its central London offices quarterly market analysis report. Henri concentrates on the analysis and rental modelling of the UK high street retail and shopping centre markets..  She is also responsible for researching and analysing the office and residential markets in Europe, as well as the UK residential market.  She will also be very actively involved in a range of topic-based research projects that PRT is planning.

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Richard Gwilliam - Analyst, Property Research

Richard joined the Property Research and Information Team in Summer 2006. Prior to this Richard worked for Investment Property Databank (IPD) for three years as an Investment Performance Analyst and Research Analyst. As a Performance Analyst, he analysed and reported on the performance of client property investment funds. Later he was responsible for commissioned research studies based on IPD data. Richard has a BSc (Hons) in Economics and has passed his IMC.

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Scott Girard - Head of Research and Investment Strategy, Asia-Pacific

Scott has been active in Asian real estate capital markets since 2002. Previously based in Korea and Japan for Jones Lang LaSalle, he has been involved at senior levels in investments, corporate finance, research and property advisory for a wide range of clients. Scott started his career in Australia in 1995 with ANZ Funds Management before moving into the consultancy business. He graduated from Curtin University of Technology with a Bachelor in Commerce and holds a Master of Applied Finance and Investment from Macquarie University.

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Will Robson - Analyst, Property Research

Will holds a first class BA honours degree in Economics from the University of Newcastle and also an MSc degree in Economics from the University of York. Will joined PRUPIM in 2006. Prior to joining PRUPIM he worked as an Economist in the Strategy and Regulatory Affairs team at Royal Mail with a focus on forecasting market demand and competitive entry as well as being engaged in pricing strategy modelling. Will is currently responsible for analysis of Asia Pacific and UK property markets, including rental growth forecasting, economic analysis and inputs into investment strategy. Will is also involved with the development of PRUPIM's thinking on emerging issues within real estate such as Absolute Returns and Property Derivatives.  Will is a member of both the Society of Business Economists and the Society of Property Researchers.

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