Sir John Ritblat Honorary FRIBA
Non-Executive Chairman (Aged 74)
Appointed 15 June 2001, re-elected 12 May 2008
Chairman of the nomination committee and member of the audit committee.
Sir John was a founder, Senior Partner and Chairman of Conrad Ritblat & Co since its inception in 1959. He was from 1970 until 31 December 2006, the Chairman of The British Land Company Plc and is now the Honorary President.
Sir John is an Honorary Fellow and Chairman of the board of governors of the London Business School and is Deputy Chairman and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. He is Vice Chairman of the International Students Trust. He is Vice President of the Royal Institution and is Chairman of the Trustees of the Wallace Collection as well as holding several other appointments. He is also President of Snowsport GB.
David Izett BA
Chief Executive (Aged 52)
Appointed 15 June 2001, re-elected 10 June 2009
Member of the nomination committee.
David joined Conrad Ritblat in April 1994 as a director in the Retail Division and the following year became head of the In Town Retail Department. He was appointed Managing Director of the Company in 2001.
David is a Director of Colliers International Property Consultants Inc; he is joint Chairman of Colliers EMEA and a member of the International Governing Committee of Colliers International. He is Chairman of Colliers Real Estate SL and Colliers Jackson-Stops, the Group's Spanish and Irish subsidiaries.
Douglas Frye BA
Non-Executive Director (Aged 49)
Appointed 29 October 2009
Douglas has been the President and CEO of Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc. since 2001. Previously he was President of the Financial Services Group President at Grubb & Ellis from 1991 to 2001 and VP of Acquisitions/Dispositions at Shidler Group from 1988 to 1991.
Douglas owns 90,000 shares in Colliers CRE is a director of the following companies:
- FirstService Commercial Real Estate Services Inc.
- Colliers Macaulay Nicolls, Inc.
Christopher McLernon BA
Non-Executive Director (Aged 44)
Appointed 29 October 2009
Christopher has been an employee of Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc. for over 23 years and has extensive experience in the commercial property services industry.
Geoffrey Bledin
Non-executive Director (Aged 56)
Appointed 13 November 2009
Geoffrey is a chartered accountant having trained with Arthur Anderson and Company in Cape Town, South Africa from 1977 to 1980. Following this he served with PriceWaterhouse in Toronto, Canada from 1980 to 1990 and was subsequently President and CEO of the Equitable Trust Company from 1990 to 2007.
Geoffrey is, or has been within the last 5 years, a director of the following companies:
The Equitable Trust Company* (1990 - 2007)
Mandarin Capital Inc (1990 - 2004)
Equitable Group Inc (2004 - 2007)
Bledin Holdings Ltd (1990 - 2007)
GEEBEE Holdings Ltd (2008 - present)
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Fund* (2008 - present)
*Public company, traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange
John Manser CBE, FCA, DL
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman (Aged 69)
Appointed 18 June 2001, re-elected 10 June 2009
Chairman of the remuneration committee and member of the audit and nomination committees.
John was Chairman of Delancey Estates Plc from 1998 to 2001 and was formerly Chairman of Robert Fleming Holdings Limited. He is Chairman of Intermediate Capital Group Plc and Shaftesbury Plc, and is a non-executive director of SAB Miller Plc.
Christopher Newell FCA
Non-Executive Director (Aged 49)
Appointed 15 May 2007, elected 12 May 2008
Chairman of the audit committee and member of the remuneration and nomination committees.
Christopher is Non-Executive Director at Altium Capital (formerly Apax Partners Corporate Finance), Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the audit committee for Paragon Group of Companies Plc. Christopher was a founding Director of Altium then Joint Chief Executive before stepping down in 2003. He was a Director of Artemis Investment Management, from its foundation in 1997 until 2005, and his earlier career included a corporate finance role at Morgan Grenfell & Co.
Gareth W. Jones MSc, FRICS
Chief Operating Officer (Aged 53)
Appointed 1 January 2009, elected 10 June 2009
Gareth joined Conrad Ritblat in 1981 and has been responsible for the development of what is now the Specialist division within Colliers CRE. He is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and was appointed Chief Operating Officer in December 2008. Gareth is a Non-Executive director of Merchant Inns Group Limited.
Howard Goldsobel MBA
Company Secretary (Aged 63)
Appointed 15 June 2001
Howard is a practising solicitor, admitted in 1967, specialising in corporate and commercial work and a partner in the firm of Michael Conn Goldsobel. From 1994 to 1999 he was Group Company Secretary (part-time) of Milner Estates Plc, a property group fully listed on the London Stock Exchange of which the Colliers CRE business was a subsidiary. From 1983 to 1987 he was Company Secretary and a non-executive director of United Leasing Plc, the first computer leasing company to be admitted to the Official List.