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Generation Logistics Case Study
Annabel Freeman, Associate Director, UK Investment - SEGRO
Annabel’s role in the UK Investment team at SEGRO mainly covers acquisitions into and disposals out of its UK portfolio, as well as oversight of the bi-annual valuation of all of SEGRO’s UK assets.
Day-to-day she may be running a cashflow to buy a warehouse on the M25, visiting a newly completed SEGRO development, or speaking to agents to understand what its industrial property competitors are doing.
When she joined SEGRO as a graduate, she needed a RICS-accredited degree, which she had achieved in the form of an MSc in Real Estate at Reading University.
"At the end of my two-year graduate scheme, I sat an exam to become a Chartered Surveyor and am now a member of RICS," says Annabel.
Annabel originally found out about the SEGRO graduate scheme at the Reading University Real Estate careers fair while studying for her MSc. For her current role, she was approached internally when her time on an internal secondment was coming to an end.
"I was attracted to the market-facing nature of the investment role and the team members that I would be working with," she says. "The best thing about my role is that no day is the same and there is always a learning opportunity."
Annabel gained specific real estate knowledge throughout her MSc that is still directly relevant to her job and enabled her to have a solid foundation when starting the SEGRO graduate scheme.
Going on a secondment with SEGRO to Paris for a year and working with her development and investment colleagues in France, Spain and Italy to present and bring forward opportunities in those countries have been career highlights.
Published On: 21/11/2024 15:00:00
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