OUR TEAM

Founder
Lawrence has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry both at corporate director level and as a regulated fund manager.
Lawrence was Chief Investment Officer and co-founder of Coral Portfolio, a regulated Luxembourg based fund investing in the student accommodation and prime residential property sectors. This position involved managing developments throughout the UK but with particular emphasis on London and the South East. Lawrence sold his 50% shareholding in 2014.
Previously Lawrence was a senior shareholder of a commercial property fund which attracted investments of over £350 million, before selling his shareholding in 2011. Lawrence has also held the position of Director for the Far East and Mediterranean regions for a leading international life and investment management company.

KEITH GILBERT
Founder
Keith has spent over 30 years in the financial services industry, holding UK Sales Director and International Sales Director positions at two separate major international life companies. In addition, Keith helped take a leading UK based investment group into the international market place.
In 2001 he was co-founder of a boutique investment group which attracted funds of over £500 million across a range of alternative investments, including over £350 million in its flagship UK commercial property fund, before it was sold in 2011.

ANTHONY ABRAMS
Founder
Having received a degree at UMIST in Manchester and a masters degree at Liverpool John Moores University, Anthony worked for a niche London property consultancy firm, Dalgleish & Co, before becoming a chartered surveyor at CBRE, widely recognised as a leading international property advisory company.
Originally specialising in retail agency and commercial investment, Anthony has since spent 15 years focussing on real estate investment, development projects and overseeing site assembly and planning gain opportunities throughout the UK.

MICHAEL DRAKE
Head of Planning
Prior to joining the team at Eden Michael had spent almost 12 years with three different local planning authorities. He has worked as a Senior Town Planner in the development management teams at East Devon District Council and Westminster Council. Michael then worked at the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation which was established by the Mayor of London to manage the largest regeneration project in the UK. He has been a chartered member of the Royal Town Planning Institute since 2010.

MAX WRIGHT
Head of Acquisition
Max is a Member of the RICS and chartered in residential property practice and investment. He has a strong focus on asset management, investing institutional funds in the residential investment market since 2007. Max joined Student Cribs as Head of Investment in 2012, gaining significant market knowledge throughout England, Wales and Scotland.

BELINDA DONN
Head of Marketing
Experience in the creative industries, having developed and advised internationally for leading brands on product, identity and marketing. Graduated from the University of the Arts London and is currently enrolled on a PHD programme.

SHANKAR MANOHARAN
Senior Investment Analyst
Shankar is an analytical individual with extensive experience in building financial models and appraising investment opportunities, possessing a high level of understanding in asset valuation.
Prior to joining Eden, Shankar was working on the trading desk of a large UK equity fund as an analyst. He has also managed large-scale data analysis projects with McKinsey and private equity fund ECI Partners.
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