Expertise Investment
Deeper investment insight. We apply investment perspectives shaped by over 30 years of experience navigating market cycles. Our insight is grounded in data as much as judgement, combining long‑term outlooks with a detailed understanding of individual assets and markets. We help our partners make truly well-informed investment decisions.
Quadrant identifies, acquires and manages investment opportunities on behalf of institutional and private capital partners. We proactively unlock opportunities, drive business plans, challenge assumptions, and execute strategies that enhance income, reduce risk and maximise returns.
We think like principals, not advisers, and align our decision-making with our partners’ investment objectives, co-investing where possible and appropriate.
What We Do
- Investment sourcing and opportunity origination
- Deal structuring
- Acquisition underwriting and due diligence
- Business plan creation and execution
- Debt sourcing, refinancing and capital management
- Joint venture and stakeholder management
- Financial management including forecasting and budgeting
- Disposal strategy and exit execution
- Investor reporting and performance monitoring
- Active asset management and repositioning
- Leasing and income enhancement strategies
FCA-Regulated Investment Advisory Services
Through its Appointed Representative arrangement with RQC Group, Quadrant is authorised to provide investment advice, arrange investment transactions and support investors in pursuing real estate investment opportunities. These services are provided exclusively to professional clients and eligible counterparties.
Our team
Learn more about the team who are focusing on investment projects.
Christopher specialises in retail and mixed-use sectors and has worked in the retail park, shopping centre, and leisure markets since 1987. Christopher started his real estate career at Capital & Counties in retail asset management, followed by Matthews & Goodman in investment and development with a focus on retail parks. Since founding Quadrant with Tristam Gethin in 1997, he works with a variety of investors, including UK REITs, institutions and landowners, private equity and overseas investors and has developed over 2.5 million sq ft in the UK. Christopher has been responsible for the origination and acquisition of projects with a combined GAV of over £1.5 billion since founding the company.
John specialises in the retail sector. At Quadrant, his principal focus is to lead asset management, leasing and occupier relationships as well as retail and leisure investment underwriting, acquisitions and disposals. John was previously Head of Retail Warehouse Asset Management at British Land PLC and was responsible for managing the company’s large portfolio of retail parks and shopping parks.
Vanessa is Chief Investment Officer and a member of Quadrant’s Executive Team, helping to shape the firm’s investment strategy and support its continued growth. Since joining Quadrant in 2014, she has worked across a wide range of real estate projects and sectors, advising investors, landowners and development partners on how to create and unlock value. Her experience spans investment, development, asset management and capital partnerships. Vanessa began her career at CBRE, where she qualified as a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS), and brings a pragmatic, commercially minded approach to investment and real estate strategy.
Having graduated from Reading University in 2016 with an MSc in real estate, Rob joined the Colliers graduate scheme. He qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 2018 and completed the Investment Management Certificate.
During the 6 years spent at Colliers, Rob primarily worked in the London Capital Markets team, completing sales and acquisitions and advising a variety of private clients, institutional investors and developers. He had also gained prior experience at CBRE in London and Hong Kong and AXA Investment Managers.
Rob Joined Quadrant in January 2023 and assists the investment team with acquisitions and disposals across all sectors, with a focus on Central London offices.
Pei-Wen started her career at Rothschild in 2012 in Debt Advisory across Infrastructure and Real Estate in Europe, before joining Almacantar in 2014 as their Corporate Analyst, and later spending two years in Supply Chain Strategy at Sainsbury’s.
She joined Quadrant in 2020, where she now leads the Transactions team – overseeing, deal underwriting, investor and lender reporting, and leading debt and equity transactions.
Alice is an accomplished real estate professional with broad experience in investment analysis, asset management, and development across the UK and Asia. Prior to joining Quadrant, she was part of Greystar’s London team, managing a £3.5bn portfolio and supporting business planning, refinancing, and asset disposal strategies. Her work focused on enhancing portfolio performance through value-add initiatives and disciplined financial analysis. Earlier in her career, Alice gained commercial real estate experience in Taipei, contributing to market research, client negotiations, and government-led property projects. She brings strong analytical expertise and a global perspective to her role at Quadrant.