About our people
Our management team has substantial property management, valuation and financial services experience.
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Colin Wagman, ChairmanColin was admitted as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1970. He practiced as a specialist in business structuring and tax planning and became a senior partner of his central London practice in the 1980s. His firm was a ‘top ten’ ranking London practice and is now part of Baker Tilly. Since 1998 he has been Deputy Chairman of Delancey which has been the principal adviser to the Delancey property funds (two of which are DV3 and [DV4 Limited]), which manage several billion pounds of property investments and development in the UK. Back to Top |
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Duncan Young, Group Chief ExecutiveDuncan spent the first 12 years of his career at Hambros Bank rising to be the executive director in charge of the capital markets division. In 1986 he left to start a mortgage lender Household Mortgage Corporation which was sold to Abbey in 1994. Following this Duncan has worked on two further financial service launches – Savills Private Finance and HomeSelect Holdings, an equity share business funded by Daiwa Europe. Otherwise he has been active in financial service consultancy on new initiatives and merger and acquisition work. Duncan joined Retirement Plus in 2004 as its first managing director. Back to Top |
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Christopher Rumsey, Group Managing DirectorChris qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1984 having gained experience in commercial and residential property with Milton Keynes Development Corporation and afterwards as development director of Burton Property Trust. In 1995 he joined the Dusco Group, a regulated property investment business known for its innovations, becoming its chief executive. In 2000 he led the successful management-buy-out of Dusco, allowing him to concentrate on his research into the potential for retirement-age individuals to gain more from their property ownership. In turn this led to the creation of Retirement Plus, which he co-founded in 2004. He is a director of SHIP. Back to Top |