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Team

  • Directors
  • Acquisitions
  • Operations
  • Development & Design
  • Stewart Knight
    Stewart Knight
    Acquisitions Director
  • Matt James
    Matt James
    Senior Project Manager
  • Jean-Marc Vandevivere
    Jean-Marc Vandevivere
    Chief Executive
  • Jonathan Rae
    Jonathan Rae
    Finance Director
  • Matt Willcock
    Matt Willcock
    Development Director
  • Stewart Knight
    Stewart Knight
    Acquisitions Director
  • Kevin Watson
    Kevin Watson
    Operations & Commercial Director
  • Tom Pearsall
    Tom Pearsall
    Senior Acquisitions Associate
  • Alan Cheung
    Alan Cheung
    FP&A Manager
  • Sawan Sangha
    Sawan Sangha
    Senior Asset Manager
Stewart Knight
Acquisitions Director

Stewart has 28 years of experience in the property industry, where he has originated and lead transactions across the office, retail, residential, hotel and leisure sectors. Stewart has been involved with many landmark developments in London, often coordinating the planning and design whilst negotiating complex ownership structures and financing.

Before PLATFORM_, Stewart worked as a director at Candy & Candy, the world’s leading luxury residential developer. Earlier in his career, Stewart was a partner and Head of City Development at Weatherall, Green & Smith (now BNP Paribas Real Estate).

He graduated with an Honours degree in Law from the University of Bristol.

Matt James
Senior Project Manager

Matt joins PLATFORM_ from Berkeley Homes Central London, where he held a role as Quantity Surveyor, responsible for cost and contract control, on numerous high-profile flagship schemes.

He was involved in projects following purchase of land, through to client handover for high end residential projects across Central London. He is used to working with complex package contracts to bring about best value.

Previously to this, Matt worked for a Central London Consultant within Residential, Healthcare and Government schemes in London.

Matt holds a 1st Class Hons degree from the University of Reading.

Jean-Marc Vandevivere
Chief Executive

Jean-Marc has 20 years of experience in the Property, Retail and Consumer Goods industries. Prior to PLATFORM_, he spent 7 years at the Executive Committee of The British Land Company PLC, joining as Head of Strategy in 2009 to set up the new department, and later on becoming Head of Residential.

Jean-Marc started his career at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), spending time across the Paris, Washington DC and London offices as a Principal.

Jean-Marc is a Non-Executive Director of Vivid, Hampshire’s largest provider of affordable homes with 30,000 homes in the South East. He also sits at the IPF Strategic Board and the BPF Residential Board.

He holds an MBA from Essec in Paris.

Jonathan Rae
Finance Director

Jonathan has over 10 years of finance experience in the property industry. Prior to joining PLATFORM_, he held a number of senior finance positions at British Land, including Head of Finance for the £7bn Retail division and Head of Investor Relations. Jonathan’s experience also includes corporate finance, risk management, financial reporting, finance operations and systems implementation.

Jonathan is a Chartered Accountant, gaining his qualification at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2005. He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Masters degree in Manufacturing Engineering.

Matt Willcock
Development Director

Matt has 25 years of experience in the development industry. He holds an Honours Degree BSc in Land Economics and is MRICS qualified.

Prior to working with PLATFORM_, he was a Senior Director & Head of Development Management at Savills. His previous positions include Development Director at Native Land; Project Director at Taylor Woodrow Capital Developments; Senior Development Manager at Lynton PLC; Development Manager at Barings.

Stewart Knight
Acquisitions Director

Stewart has 28 years of experience in the property industry, where he has originated and lead transactions across the office, retail, residential, hotel and leisure sectors. Stewart has been involved with many landmark developments in London, often coordinating the planning and design whilst negotiating complex ownership structures and financing.

Before PLATFORM_, Stewart worked as a director at Candy & Candy, the world’s leading luxury residential developer. Earlier in his career, Stewart was a partner and Head of City Development at Weatherall, Green & Smith (now BNP Paribas Real Estate).

He graduated with an Honours degree in Law from the University of Bristol.

Kevin Watson
Operations & Commercial Director

Kevin has 15 years of experience in the Property, Telecommunications and Media industries spanning Operations, Pricing, Customer Service, Business Transformation, Strategy and M&A.

Alongside his role as Operations & Commercial Director at PLATFORM_ he is co-chair of the UKAA Operations Committee and sits on the British Property Federation’s Residential Management Committee.

Prior to joining PLATFORM_, he held a number of senior roles at Virgin Media, including Head of Customer Value Management for the 5 million household Consumer business and Head of Value Creation. Kevin began his career at L.E.K. Consulting in London advising leading corporates and PE funds.

He holds a degree in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.

Tom Pearsall
Senior Acquisitions Associate

Tom recently joined PLATFORM_ from Lall Property Group, where he was Investment Director at the company. Whilst there, Tom was responsible for sourcing new development opportunities, undertaking financial appraisals and executing acquisitions across the South East. He has experience across both residential and commercial real estate sectors.

Tom holds a BA (Hons) History degree from the University of Southampton and is currently studying MSc Real Estate at Kingston University.

Tom supports the acquisitions team in appraising and delivering new projects for the pipeline.

Alan Cheung
FP&A Manager

Before joining PLATFORM_, Alan worked at Swire Properties Limited in Hong Kong, where he managed the debt portfolio and arranged funding for development and investment projects in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and the US. Prior to this, Alan was employed within the treasury team at MTR Corporation Limited and the financial advisory team at Grant Thornton. He also interned as an Analyst at Evans Randall, focusing on commercial real estate transactions in central London.

Alan is a CFA® charterholder and holds an MBA from the University of Oxford. He supports the PLATFORM_ team with asset management and financial reporting requirements.  He also undertakes analysis in relation to the performance of portfolio assets.

Sawan Sangha
Senior Asset Manager

Sawan leads the Asset Management team at PLATFORM_, looking after the existing JV portfolio of 600 units.

Prior to joining PLATFORM_, Sawan was involved in strategic asset management of a 1,100-bed care home portfolio.

His academic background spans an MSc in Real Estate Investment from Cass Business School, and a BMedSc in Medical Science from the University of Birmingham.