Harry de Ferry Foster is Head of UK and the Fund Director for The Charities Property Fund with responsibility for all aspects of the management of the Fund and for ensuring the Fund fulfils its objectives. He has held this post for 16 years.
Harry’s role encompasses setting the strategic framework of the portfolio, equity raising, investor relations and marketing, sourcing property investments and investing new subscriptions and managing the Fund team. Harry is also head of Savills Investment Management UK business and has been with Savills Investment Management for over 20 years. He sits on the UK Management Committee, the Transaction Advisory Committee, the ESG Committee and the Portfolio Advisory Committee. Harry started his career at Cushman & Wakefield (formerly Healey & Baker) in investment agency before assisting with the establishment of their Fund Management team in 1998 and worked on a number of pension fund and charity accounts, including The Wellcome Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charitable Foundation. Harry became RICS qualified in 1999 and has over 25 years experience in property investment and fund management. Harry completed the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) exams in 2003.