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Guy BarkerManaging DirectorPalmer Capital Partners
After law studies in England, Guy joined Knight Frank and Rutley in London in 1985 where he qualified as a chartered surveyor, specializing in investment and asset management. He moved to Düsseldorf in 1992 to establish Knight Frank’s German operations, which he managed for six years. In 1998 he joined HypoVereinsbank in Munich as head of real estate asset management, building up a team of 25 and overseeing the launch of eight real estate funds between 1998 and 2004 which have subsequently invested about €2bn across Europe on behalf of German and Austrian institutions. In 2004, the business unit was merged into a joint venture with Invesco Real Estate. Guy became chief executive of Invesco Real Estate Europe in 2005. In 2007 he left Invesco to establish Palmer Capital Investments, together with three ex-Invesco colleagues and PCP London. PCI now directly manages property assets worth €350m in 11 European countries and provides strategic fund management advice for an additional €760m in fund assets. Currently a resident of Prague, Guy is a fluent German speaker and a native English speaker. |
