Oliver Smith has more than 29 years of experience as an international real estate investment professional. He has invested in all major asset classes across his career from office, industrial, retail, residential, healthcare, leisure and asset-backed operating businesses.
Mr Smith is also a partner of Mansford Real Estate, a private European multi-strategy real estate investment firm owned and controlled by its management. Mansford was formed in 1995. Since inception, along with investment partners, Mansford has invested directly in income producing properties, real estate development projects, indirect investments and managed structured transactions totalling circa £2.4 billion. Prior to founding Mansford, Mr Smith was funding director for Arlington Securities with responsibility for Arlington’s investment sales, development funding, financing and joint venture negotiations as well as its operations in continental Europe and the US. Prior to Arlington, he was at Goldman Sachs within their Real Estate Investment Banking Group.
Mr Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts in Law from Trinity College, Cambridge.