ABOUT
With over 30 years’ experience in the design and operation of Real Estate assets, Graham has provided proactive direction and leadership in all Real Estate Sectors, embedding ESG principles in every stage of an asset's life cycle. Graham has been involved in the design of sustainable buildings since the 1980’s when his first 17,000sqm building won an award for Energy Efficient Design. This fundamental understanding of how a building operates has helped him to design and operate large and complex portfolios of buildings, achieving international recognition for their ESG performance when the GRESB benchmark awarded Green Stars for 15 Real Estate Investment Funds including 3 that were rated as 5 Star Funds.
DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE:
Farmiloe Building, London
Standard Life Assurance Limited
Graham played a vital part in gaining planning permission for this flagship ESG project and also played a key role in securing both the main Tenant and agreeing the scope of the Affordable Work Space that is now operated by the local authority.
David Stewart, Fund Manager at Aberdeen Standard Investments
6 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
Standard Life Aberdeen
Graham, as well as being in the Landlord’s base build delivery team was also the Landlord's representative who provided technical support to the Tenants fit-out design and construction teams, often being the ‘glue’ that kept the project moving consistently through the design, procurement and construction stages.
Andy Gill, Change Portfolio Manager at Standard Life Aberdeen
1 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
Standard Life Assurance Limited
This first of a kind office design for Edinburgh was delivered with the extensive experience that Graham has in the London market, where the exposed services were designed to a highly sustainable and aesthetically pleasing standard.
Colin Hall, Investment Director at InfraRed Capital Partners
10 Gresham Street, London
Standard Life Assurance Limited
A first ever BREEAM ‘Excellent’ building for Standard Life Assurance Limited, where Graham oversaw the successful Cat A fit-out for the Landlord and also the complex Cat B fit-out of all the Tenants in the building.
Ron Urquhart, Development Manager at Real PM
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:
Management Responsibilities
In his time as Sustainable Engineering Manager at Standard Life Investments, Graham was responsible for overseeing the maintenance and management of over £6.2bn of Real Estate assets globally, including Offices, Shopping Centres, Retail Parks, Industrial Estates and mixed-use Residential Accommodation. Graham was responsible for the procurement of all M&E FM and Lift FM consultancy and Contracting Services including Energy Procurement and Waste Management.
Environmental Performance
Graham, in conjunction with the outsourced consulting and contracting teams, was responsible for managing a globally applied targeting and reduction strategy across more than 2,700,000sqm of multi-let Real Estate Assets, resulting in a 15% reduction in the average energy intensity of all assets. This represents over 9,000MWh’s of energy reduction and over 5,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions prevented in just a 4 year period.
SOLUTIONS
Asset Acquisition
- Informing Asset Development / Repurposing Studies
- Creating ESG Action Plans
- Establishing Life Cycle Plans
Asset Management
- Advising Operating & Maintenance Strategies
- Performing Renewable Energy Appraisals
- Establishing EV Charging Strategies
Asset Development
- Assisting Feasibility Planning
- Conducting Design Efficiency Reviews
- Negotiating with Utility Company Organisations
Asset Disposal
- Assisting Sale Readiness Preparation
- Carrying Out Purchaser Briefings
- Familiarising New Managing Agents
