Rupert Clarke

Background

About Rupert Clarke

ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONCo-Founder (with his family) and Trustee of The Sophie Clarke Foundation, 2021 - present; TSCF raises awareness of mental health and suicide related challenges and issues.Chairman, MEPC 2006 - 2010Director, Argent 2005 - 2008Director, IPD 2005 - 2009Chairman, Investment Property Forum, British Property Federation, 2009/2010OTHER ACTIVITIES- The Commercial Real Estate Black Hole, 2018: 47 page research and analysis Paper demonstrating that in each of the 3 commercial real estate cycles from c.1960-2014, U.K. property lenders' write offs exceeded their cumulative lending profits from the rest of the cycle up to that point. Included very specific recommendations to avoid history repeating itself, much of which have been adhered to since then- Chair PIA Long Term Value Working Group, 2014 - 2017: Industry Paper identifying ways of preventing the Banking sector lending too much against over inflated property values at financial and property cycle peaks- Leader in Responsible Investment Management; 2007 - 2012: As CEO of Hermes, developed the first U.K. Market Responsible Investment Management principles to supplement Hermes existing Responsible Asset Management SRI principles- Created the first Institutional “Responsible Property Investment” guidelines and related annual Awards, 2005 onwards: An institutional pioneer of socially responsible investing in the U.K. Property Industry- Founder and Leader of the Property Derivatives Trading Forum, 2006: The catalyst for developing the World’s first active property derivatives trading market 2007 - 2010- Leader of White Knight Investor Consortium for IPD independence (the industry Performance benchmark gold standard), 2005: Led institutional backed equity package support for IPD shareholder base to defend an unwanted takeover bid- Chair, BDO Property Industry Accounts Awards, 2004 - 2009: Expanded Award coverage to the whole of the quoted property sector, leading to Property becoming one of the most financially transparent industries in the U.K. quoted market- Built first real estate Agency team to lead the Property Company M&A market, 1997 - 2003: Executed multiple private company M&A mandates throughout U.K. and Europe- Co-creator of Commercial Mortgage Indemnity (CMI) Market 1988 - 1992: JV with Willis Faber to create, promote and lead the property lending insurance indemnity market, creating insurance products which became a widely used property lending tool.