Barcelona Meeting Point

Gerald Parkes is a Managing Director of Lehman Brothers and a principal of Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners responsible for the day to day management of the Fund’s European activities and investments.

Mr Parkes has more than 25 years experience in cross border investment for institutional funds having been a partner in Richard Ellis’ Investment Management business in the United States during the 1980’s, the initiating partner for The Yarmouth Group in Europe in 1989 and the founder of Parkes and Company in 1995. In 2001, he sold Parkes and Company to Invesco where he was a Global Partner and head of its European Real Estate Investment Management business. He joined Lehman Brothers in October 2004.

Mr Parkes is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, a Trustee and member of the Governance Committee of the Urban Land Institute and the Chairman of the Real Estate Advisory Board for Cambridge University. He holds an MA degree from Cambridge University.