The Seneca Property team brings together decades of real estate experience alongside first class capabilities in finance, structuring and underwriting.
The Seneca Property Team
Board
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Jeff Morton MRICS
Chief Executive Officer
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Jeff Morton MRICS
Chief Executive Officer
Jeff co-founded Seneca Property in 2017 having enjoyed a long and distinguished career in real estate, working for some of the UK’s leading property companies.
Jeff is a Chartered Surveyor, and his 30 years of real estate experience has seen him transact in excess of £3bn worth of property in the UK and Europe. Most recently, he was an equity partner and CIO at Henley Investments, as well as having been a Managing Director and Head of Investment at BlackRock and Merrill Lynch respectively. Jeff’s broad real estate experience also includes roles with numerous operating businesses, and he has served on the Board of Premier Marinas, Tower 42, BlackRock Workspace Property Trust and The General Practice Group.
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Chris Bullough ACA
Managing Director
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Chris Bullough ACA
Managing Director
Chris joined Seneca Partners in January 2016 prior to co-founding Seneca Property during 2017. He is responsible for the financing and structuring of Seneca’s property investments, as well as wider management and operational matters.
Chris comes from a private equity background having joined Seneca from Henley Investments, a real estate focused private equity firm. At Henley, Chris managed the Deals Team and transacted on deals worth several hundred millions of pounds across multiple sectors and territories and during this time Henley’s AUM tripled to over £800m. Chris spent the first six years of his career at PwC, where he worked in the Deals team on a range of corporate transactions in PwC’s Leeds and London offices, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2010.
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Richard Manley ACA
Chairman
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Richard Manley ACA
Chairman
Richard serves as Chairman of Seneca Property having also been an original partner, and now CEO, of Seneca Partners, the founding member of the Seneca group of companies.
He qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in 2003. He worked for KPMG for over five years, initially in their audit business and latterly in their corporate recovery division working on financial and operational restructurings and formal insolvencies. In 2007, Richard joined NM Rothschild’s leveraged finance team in Manchester before joining Cenkos Fund Managers in June 2008. During his time with Cenkos he was the manager of a £60m pre-IPO investment fund. Richard has extensive experience of flotations, fundraisings, mergers, acquisitions and restructurings and holds a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics from the University of Birmingham.
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Ian Currie ACA
Non-Executive Director
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Ian Currie ACA
Non-Executive Director
Ian Currie is a senior figure in the North West corporate finance community having enjoyed a successful and high profile career spanning 35+ years. Ian was a founder of the Seneca group, and remains actively involved in a number of businesses including Seneca Property where he serves as Non-Executive Director.
Ian qualified as a chartered accountant in 1986 with KPMG and has been involved in corporate finance with Peel Hunt & Co, Apax Partners & Co and Altium Capital. Ian sits on the Board of Hedley & Co Stockbrokers, is Chairman of Seneca Investment Managers, is a partner of Palatine Private Equity LLP and is on the Board of Trustees for the Lowry Arts Centre in Salford, Manchester.
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Tim Murphy AICB
Non-Executive Director
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Tim Murphy AICB
Non-Executive Director
Tim is an experienced Investment and Banking professional who brings a wealth of experience to his role as Non-Executive Director of Seneca Property.
Tim commenced his finance career with Barclays in 1983 where he fulfilled various corporate and credit roles, before joining County Natwest in 1990 where he held a number of positions in structured and acquisition finance.
In 1993, Tim joined the Royal Bank of Scotland’s fledgling Acquisition Finance business, initially establishing the Leeds office. He was subsequently responsible for all UK regional teams before in 2002, founding RBS Corporate & Structured Finance. As Joint Managing Director, he had overall responsibility for the National Mid-Cap structured finance business, whilst also being a member of the Banks Corporate Credit Committee.
In 2005, Tim was hired by Deloitte (Manchester) as a corporate finance partner with the remit to establish the National Debt Advisory business, advising on capital raising and stressed debt refinancing.
Management Team
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Stuart Blair LLB
Investment Director - Seneca Social Housing
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Stuart Blair LLB
Investment Director - Seneca Social Housing
Stuart joined Seneca Property in 2019 to co-found its social housing investment business, Seneca Social Housing, which is focused on investment in residential property serving a social or government purpose. Stuart has extensive experience of the social housing and alternative market sectors, as well as the wider UK real estate investment market, gained over a 25 year career.
Stuart is a bachelor of law (LL.B) after studying at Brunel University
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Zoe Evans ACA
Head of Finance
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Zoe Evans ACA
Head of Finance
Zoe joined Seneca Property in 2018 as Financial Controller and is responsible for the day to day management of finance operations across Seneca Property’s portfolio.
Zoe graduated with a degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Lancaster before joining Deloitte where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2004. In 2005, Zoe moved into the manufacturing sector, initially working for Georgia Pacific before joining Carlisle Companies Inc in 2008. Zoe enjoyed 10 successful years with the multinational manufacturer serving as the FC for the group’s UK Interconnect Technology Division. In this role Zoe was responsible for managing the finances of the multi-site OEM provider and its 80-strong workforce.
As Seneca Property’s portfolio expands, a key aspect of Zoe’s role will be to seamlessly integrate accounting systems across acquisitions and help drive bottom-line improvements through streamlining of cost centres and improving revenue management. The experience Zoe brings from her previous employers will be fully utilised in this important role.
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Paul Fitzsimmons MBA
Head of Commerical - Biz Hub
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Paul Fitzsimmons MBA
Head of Commerical - Biz Hub
Paul joined Seneca Property in 2018 as Head of Sales for Biz Hub, Seneca’s serviced office business, and is responsible for growing occupancy through successful partnerships with agents and introducers.
His structured approach to sales management, commitment to service delivery and experience of managing complex multi-tenanted assets will help ensure our business centre proposition is a great choice for SMEs looking for flexible space and a high quality service proposition.
Paul graduated with a degree in Urban Planning from the University of Nottingham. He started his career in the rail industry, initially working on the West Coast route upgrade programme, before managing major stations in central London. He then moved to BAA where he spent 8 years as a Senior Manager at Edinburgh Airport. Consulting roles at Manchester and Dublin Airports followed, before Paul moved into a commercial role within the real estate and alternative lending sectors.
Paul has an MBA (with Distinction) from the University of Strathclyde. His dissertation explored the wider economic impacts of EIS investing into both privately-held and AIM-listed companies.
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Victoria Seymour
Head of Facilities - Biz Hub
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Victoria Seymour
Head of Facilities - Biz Hub
Vicky has over 20 years’ experience working in the property management industry, having worked for some of the largest multi-occupancy operators in the UK. Vicky brings creative flair to the Biz Hub team and is currently leading a £500,000 transformation of our estate as we modernise facilities and introduce a wide range of new amenities for our customers.
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Jade Kelsall ACA
Investment Manager - Seneca Social Housing
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Jade Kelsall ACA
Investment Manager - Seneca Social Housing
Jade joined Seneca Property in 2019 as Investment Executive and in this role she provides broad transactional support to all of Seneca Property’s growing investment activity including the structuring, financing and executing of new transactions. Jade previously qualified as an ACA with Grant Thornton where she worked in the Assurance and Corporate Finance teams.
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