British Property Federation


British Property Federation is a British not-for-profit membership organisation representing companies involved in property ownership and investment.
The BPF "work with Government and regulatory bodies to help the real estate industry grow and thrive, to the benefit of members and the economy as a whole". It comments regularly on proposed Government policies that will impact its members, including topics such as infrastructure, build-to-rent development, and [Real estate property investment|investment trust|REIT] legislation.
Its membership comprises a wide range of companies, including real estate companies, institutional investors, fund managers, investment banks, housing associations, and professional firms. The BPF operates in Scotland as the Scottish Property Federation from offices in Edinburgh.
BPF Chief Executive Melanie Leech was appointed in October 2014. David Partridge, Senior Partner, Argent LLP & Chairman, Argent Related is President, and Guy Grainger, Global Head of Sustainability Services & ESG, JLL, is Vice President. Other board members are from prominent property and investment companies.
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Objectives

The BPF has three objectives according to its website:
  • to improve the legislative, fiscal and regulatory conditions that affect industry
  • to help members access information, understand policy, and promote best practice
  • to raise the profile of the real estate industry.

Governance

The BPF is governed by a Board, composed of four officers – President, Vice President, Junior Vice President and Immediate Past President – as well as the Chief Executive, an Honorary Treasurer, and six other industry professionals.

Members

The BPF currently has around 400 member companies, roughly made up of a third real estate companies, a third professional firms, and a third other organisations such as investment banks and fund managers.
The BPF's policy work is overseen by a range of committees, each made up of a chairman and between 15 and 30 people from its member companies. It currently has 21 committees involving over 400 direct members in total, as well as 13 working groups and six regional forums.

Presidents

1974 – 76 Victor Lucas1976 – 77 Sir Richard Thompson1977 – 79 David Llewellyn1979 – 81 Nigel Mobbs1981 – 83 Christopher Benson1983 – 84 Dennis Marler1984 – 86 Harry Axton1986 – 87 John Brown1987 – 88 Geoffrey Carter1988 – 89 Brian Cann1989 – 90 Michael Mallinson1990 – 91 Peter Hunt1991 – 92 Trevor Osborne1992 – 93 John Parry1993 – 94 James Tuckey1994 – 95 Roger Carey1995 – 96 Trevor Moross1996 – 97 Lorraine Baldry1997 – 98 Stuart Corbyn1998 – 99 Gordon Edington1999 – 00 Ronald Spinner2000 – 01 Christopher Bertram2001 – 02 Jeremy Newsum2002 – 03 Ian Henderson2003 – 04 David Hunter2004 – 05 Martin Moore2005 – 06 Ian Coull2006 – 07 Nicholas Ritblat2007 – 08 Ian Marcus2008 – 09 Francis Salway2009 – 10 Rupert Clarke2010 – 11 John Richards2011 – 12 Toby Courtauld2012 – 13 Chris Grigg2013 – 14 David Marks2014 – 15 Bill Hughes2015 – 16 Chris Taylor2016 – 17 David Sleath2017 – 18 Paul Brundage2018 – 19 Robert Noel2019 – 20 Helen Gordon2020 – David Partridge

Directors-General and Chief Executives

1974 – 80 Sir Eugene Melville1980 – 85 Sir Donald Tebbit1986 – 93 Sir Peregrine Rhodes1993 – 02 William McKee2002 – 14 Liz Peace2015 – present Melanie Leech