THE TEAM

A world-class team at the top of their game.

The company is comprised of professionals with a background in Real Estate, Law, Investment Banking, Corporate Finance and Private Equity.

OUR VALUES

We are a service business and our first priority is our clients’ best interests and wellbeing. Our team has a global network with connections at the highest level of governments, leading institutions and professional practices. We look to share the benefit of these contacts with like-minded clients. We are available to our clients at all times and look to protect them over a long-term relationship. We seek to add value in everything that we do and to act with excellence and integrity. We proactively identify the best opportunities to meet our clients’ individual requirements and then look how to maximise and enhance the benefit to our client from each opportunity. Every one of our clients is highly valued. Our role is to provide investment opportunities to each client and their family, through a personal and bespoke service.

OUR TEAM

Meet our people

Kash Lais
Chief Executive Officer

Kash has established private equity, mezzanine finance and senior debt for real estate projects internationally. He also has experience in creating cross border investment structures. He holds responsibilities in all aspects of the business but has a particular focus upon identifying the optimum use of land and property to create shareholder value. Kash has expertise in taking projects through planning consent and is heavily involved in the financial, commercial and strategic aspects in the delivery of property development. His project history spans city centre residential, offices, business parks, serviced apartments and hotel resorts.

Kash currently holds the position of Director for a number of Real Estate Projects with a gross development value in excess of £100m..

Simon Gusterson

Simon Gusterson
Development Director

Simon graduated with a Diploma in Valuation Surveying and Construction Management joining Cambridge Trust as a Commercial Development Surveyor in 1988.

He has since led projects from acquisition to exit with over 100 schemes completed in London, Cambridge and overseas including a £25m national award winning mixed use scheme in Krakow, Poland.

Simon has a particularly strong track record with CamProp identifying projects in the Cambridge and London market and an ability to visualise schemes at inception with expertise in development appraisal and design.

Simon is a Cambridge resident, where he has been active in the property development market for over 35 years, cultivating trusted relationships with agents, design teams and property professionals alike.

Michael Gunn
Director & Risk Officer

Michael is an international lawyer with over 25 years’ experience of banking, corporate, commercial, construction and property law. Michael worked with international law firm Allen & Overy, working in London, Brussels and Dubai and was a partner with UK law firm Bond Pearce. In 2003 Michael retired from private practice to concentrate upon real estate and international investment structures, acting in the capacity of legal consultant and director. Michael is a member of the Law Society of England & Wales.

Michael’s responsibilities include contract negotiation and management, acquisition due diligence, risk management, regulatory compliance and corporate governance.

Ashley Edwards
Chief Operating Officer

Ash has 16 years Investment Banking experience, his longest serving role was as COO of Flow Credit and Derivatives Trading at UBS in London. He was responsible for e-trading, regulatory change and business model innovation, and driving the internal logistics functions such as Finance, Operations, Legal, Market Risk, Compliance, Group Tax and IT.

His banking experience includes analysis of key business drivers to gain competitive advantage, time to market and product optimisation, resourcing, efficiency, process and cost management. Ash then founded and managed a successful property development group in Asia (2013-2016).

In Camprop today, Ash works as COO and is responsible for group-wide coordination, efficiency, process, resourcing, cost management, budgeting, and some funding and cashflow tasks.

Chris Williams
Chief Financial Officer

Chris’ experience has centred on managing and advising fast growth businesses, from start-ups to large groups.

Chris’ advisory career includes 12 years in corporate finance as Partner in Deloitte where he was Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions for Technology, acting as trusted adviser to a range of entrepreneurs, private equity firms and companies of all sizes, bringing deep experience of transaction planning, negotiation and structuring.

Chris also has over 15 years experience as a CFO and currently leads the Finance team where responsibilities include financial management and reporting , forecasting and risk management.

Nick Cheesman
Senior Analyst

Nick’s background was originally in luxury hotels and real estate in Spain. He then spent 10 years working as a Sales & Marketing manager for overseas property companies specialising in emerging markets and the Caribbean.

Nick joined GCR at their formation whilst living overseas, as an Operations Consultant and Analyst. In 2022 Nick relocated to Cambridge taking up the role of Senior Analyst.  He is responsible for forecasting, modelling and research. He also currently manages the marketing & production of documentation for the GCR and the GCR Camprop companies. Nick is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Tatiana Potashova
Business Development Manager

Tatiana is engaged in raising capital for projects, working with families, high net worth’s and institutions both through their professional advisers and through Tatiana’s personal connections. She works with an international client base emanating from the UK, UAE and Asia.

Tatiana has studied International Real Estate and Urban Planning to Masters level at University College, University of London. Tatiana’s experience also includes working with private clients from Germany and Austria in the luxury goods sector. Tatiana is fluent in German, Russian & French.

Michael Buttress
Development Manager