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The Team

Simon Short

Simon Short

Simon has over 22 years experience in the commercial property market. He started his career at Churston Heard and thereafter worked with Jones Lang Wootton (now Jones Lang Lasalle) and Donaldsons (now DTZ). He was a founding partner and principal of West Bow Properties, a property investment, advisory and asset management house from which he exited profitably to form Brooks Litchfield. He is experienced in structuring complex commercial property investments and asset management strategies. Simon was a founding director of Brooks Litchfield with Rikus and is responsible for all aspects of investment acquisition and company strategy.

Email simon@brookslitchfield.com
Mobile +44 (0)7870 571699

Rikus Gerber

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Rikus started his career as an auditor and then became a management consultant, working in South Africa, USA, and the UK for a number of large multi-national institutions including Sanlam (South Africa), BT, IBM and RBS where he was directly involved in the major Nat West integration project. During this time he developed extensive management expertise, developing and implementing billing and financial controls systems relevant to trading businesses. Together with Simon, he was a founding director of Brooks Litchfield where he is responsible for all aspects of investment and asset appraisal, financial controls and coordination of professionals.

Email rikus@brookslitchfield.com
Mobile +44 (0)7799 346652

Chris Hepburn

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Chris has a career background in fund management and equity capital markets both in the UK and Far East. He has held management positions at Jardine Fleming, Banque Nationale de Paris, the Credit Suisse private banking group and Citigroup. He has successfully managed multiple investments on behalf of both private and institutional clients across a range of different asset classes as well as participating in many successful capital raisings for a range of prominent corporate clients. Chris is responsible for relationships with wealth managers and the development of investment products.

Email chris@brookslitchfield.com
Mobile +44 (0)7799 114580