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Mark Long* – Director, Strategy, Research and Forecasting<br />
Mark joined the Investment Manager in October 2003 and has extensive experience in developing<br />
investment processes and formulating portfolio strategy having held similar positions at Gatehouse<br />
Investment Management, Aberdeen Property Investors and Celexa Real Estate Investment<br />
Management. Mark is a member of the Investment Committee for Insight Foundation Property Trust<br />
Limited. Mark worked for a number of years in strategy and research for SPP a large Swedish<br />
pension and life company with approximately A5 billion of property invested across Europe. Mark<br />
was a key member of the team responsible for developing their pan-European investment process and<br />
helped to develop pan-European forecasts and investment strategies. The implementation of their<br />
investment process saw the demerger of SPP’s European property asset management business to form<br />
Celexa Real Estate Investment Management, where Mark became Head of UK research. In this role,<br />
in addition to his UK responsibilities he also sat on the pan-European investment strategy committee.<br />
The main focus of this work is formulating ‘‘top down’’ investment strategy and controlling portfolio<br />
risk for both domestic UK and Continental European markets. He is an economist by training<br />
having gained his first degree at Swansea University before completing a second degree in Property<br />
Investment at City University. He is an FSA Approved Person.<br />
Veronica Gallo-Alvarez* – Director, European Property<br />
Veronica joined the Investment Manager in September 2005 to provide senior support to the<br />
European property business in implementing its acquisitions and investment management programme.<br />
She was formerly a Vice President at Harbert Management Corporation, being primarily responsible<br />
for the asset management of the European Property Fund. Prior to this, she was an analyst at the<br />
European real estate research group of Security Capital based in Brussels. She started her career at<br />
the Business Consulting departments of Arthur Andersen and later, GOPA Consultants in Brussels.<br />
She holds a degree from Universidad Autónoma of Madrid (Spain) and an MA in Economics from<br />
Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium). Her mother tongue is Spanish and she is fluent in English<br />
and French.<br />
Marius Levinger – Associate Director, European Property<br />
Marius joined the Investment Manager in September 2006 to assist in the acquisition and<br />
management of Continental European assets. Prior to this Marius was an associate in the Structured<br />
Finance and Investment Banking team at Hypo Real Estate Bank International in London where he<br />
undertook underwriting analysis for loans in respect of real estate assets in Germany and other<br />
European countries. He began his career at Internationales Immobilien Institut GmbH (a subsidiary<br />
of HVB) in Munich where he was responsible for over A200 million of acquisitions in France and<br />
Belgium. Marius has a degree in Business Management gained in Munich and has studied in the UK<br />
and USA. His mother tongue is German and he speaks English and French.<br />
Jasper Gilbey – Assistant Fund Investment Manager, European Property<br />
Jasper joined the Investment Manager in September 2004 as an Assistant Fund Manager, initially<br />
focusing on UK retail property investment prior to joining the European business in September 2005.<br />
Jasper supports the Continental European team in deal sourcing, transaction management, deal<br />
execution and investment management. Prior to joining Invista, Jasper completed a degree in Built<br />
Environment and Investment Studies at the University of the West of England, which included one<br />
year working for Jones Lang LaSalle in Paris and a summer internship with Atis Real. Jasper is<br />
currently studying for a Masters degree at the College of Estate Management with a view to gaining<br />
accreditation from The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He is fluent in French.<br />
Investment Management Agreement<br />
The Company and the Investment Manager have entered into the Investment Management<br />
Agreement, a summary of which is set out in paragraph 8.2 of Part XII of this Prospectus, under<br />
which the Investment Manager will be entitled to a base management fee of 0.95 per cent. per annum<br />
of the Adjusted Gross Assets. This base management fee is payable monthly in arrear subject to a<br />
recalculation provision designed to allocate any growth in Adjusted Gross Assets from quarter to<br />
quarter on a straight line basis. The Investment Management Agreement also provides for the<br />
Investment Manager to be reimbursed by the Company for costs and expenses incurred by it,<br />
including (without limitation) all costs and expenses relating to accounting, tax, due diligence, legal,<br />
surveyors, building contractors, estate managers and other properly appointed service providers.<br />
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