NEIL YOUNG

Chief Executive

Prior to founding Castlebrooke, Neil was joint owner of Carisbrooke Investments from 1998 until 2015. Carisbrooke completed over £3.0 billion worth of transactions within their ownership, in both Investment and Development. Previously, Neil was equity partner and Head of Investment and Valuation at Gerald Eve with overall responsibility for all UK investment, fund management and valuation services.

The funds under his management had an outstanding record in IPD, and his best performing fund was consistently ranked in the top percentile of IPD over a 10 year period. Neil has 35 years of property experience.  

JONATHAN MITCHELL

Director

Jonathan is a founding partner of Castlebrooke Investments and takes overall responsibility for financial reporting to investors and senior lenders. Jonathan has over 25 years of property finance experience, holding positions as Managing Director of ING Real Estate Finance (UK) and more latterly as a Director of Carisbrooke Investments. Jonathan has been involved in structuring and managing a wide variety of senior debt and mezzanine/profit share facilities in the Investment and Development sectors both in the UK and overseas.

STEPHEN MORGAN

Director

For 10 years Stephen jointly headed up Landid and prior to that held a senior position at Akeler. Stephen had been actively involved and taken the lead role in a number of major development projects in the UK, including the Ark at Hammersmith, Warner Brothers Studios and Unilever's Head Office at Leatherhead. Stephen has 30 years of property experience.  

ESTELLE HUNT

Director

Prior to joining Castlebrooke Investments, Estelle was Head of Development & Project Management at Aberdeen Standard Investments. During her 10 years at ASI Estelle was involved in the successful procurement and delivery of many large scale UK commercial developments including offices, hotels, retail parks, shopping centres and distribution sheds. Estelle holds a BSc in Building Surveying and has over 20 years of experience in Project Management and Development Management.

JAMES MOORES

Director

Prior to joining Castlebrooke Investments, James worked at Carisbrooke Investments where he primarily dealt with asset management, financial modelling, disposals and acquisitions. Prior to Carisbrooke, James was Asset Manager for CNC Property Fund Management. James is a qualified Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) and holds a BSc in Real Estate Investment and Finance from Reading University. 

LIAM BURNS

Director

Prior to joining Castlebrooke Investments, Liam was the Head of Acquisitions at Capital & Counties Properties PLC (Capco). Liam worked at Capco for 10 years, spearheading £900m of investment and development activity in the mixed-use Covent Garden portfolio. Working on the Earls Court and Olympia schemes initially, Liam moved across to the mixed use Covent Garden portfolio in 2012 following a £150m capital raise, tasked with revamping investment sourcing, underwriting, execution and portfolio analysis. Liam ended up overseeing all capital investment activity within the portfolio and was a member of the business executive committee. During Liam’s tenure in the Covent Garden business the portfolio value increased from £850m to £2.6bn delivering a significant return on capital.

SIMON GIBBS

Director

Prior to joining Castlebrooke Investments, Simon was the Director of Retail and F&B leasing at Capital and Counties Properties PLC. Setting and executing the leasing strategy for £1.7 billion of Retail and F&B property in Covent Garden, delivering significant rental growth over his 5 year tenure. Simon also previously worked as Senior Managing Director in New York for real estate brokerage firm RKF working on retail schemes in LA, Chicago and New York. Simon has 15 years of transatlantic real estate experience and is a qualified Chartered Surveyor (MRICS).

JACK SULLY

Financial Controller & Company Secretary

Prior to joining Castlebrooke Investments, Jack was Finance Manager of a portfolio of SPV’s at Equitix Limited and Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Finance. This included the overview of all financial aspects of the investment such as, reporting to shareholders and investors, statutory accounting, investment appraisal and SPV management (portfolio value est £400m). Jack is an ACCA Qualified Accountant, having previously trained at accountants Rawlinson and Hunter.