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Ric Lewis

Founder/Chairman/
Chief Executive,
Tristan Capital Partners

n the world of international real estate there are few disadvantaged children. In 2009, he founded a charity, The
more respected people than Ric Lewis. The company he Black Heart Foundation, which has been active in supporting
Ifounded and runs, Tristan Capital Partners, is known as initiatives that improve educational benefits for young
the ‘Goldman Sachs’ of the European real estate world. It is people.
the largest black-led private company in Britain. Ric serves on the Board of Governors of King Solomon
Ric serves as chief executive and chairman of the firm Academy and the Board of Directors of the Eastside Young
which, over the past year, increased its total assets under Leaders Academy. He is also chairman of the Board of
management by more than 20 per cent from the previous year Trustees of The Institute of Imagination at London Children’s
to exceed €10 billion. Museum and a Trustee of The Springboard Bursary Trust.
Ric also engineered what the industry says is talking about Ric studied at Dartmouth College in the US, and is an
as the real estate private equity deal of the year. One of the alumnus of Harvard Business School. He followed his studies
world’s largest insurance groups, New York Life, bought a with a successful spell as the Partner and Senior Managing
minority equity stake in Tristan. The deal enables Ric and Director of AEW Capital Management, a US-based investment
his other senior partners to create an ever-larger investment management business with $25billion under management.
business while retaining independence and control of the After moving to Europe, he became Chief Investment
franchise. Officer and Board Director of AEW Europe, a pan-European
With more than 90 staff across eight locations across real estate investment management business that operated
Europe, Ric brings more than 25 year’s of experience and 11 offices, nearly 300 staff members and €18billion in assets
investment success to his role. under management.
Outside of the boardroom Ric is one of the City’s leading His experience and expertise in the area then led him to
philanthropists. He is a passionate advocate of charitable found and serve as Chief Executive for London-based real
causes that work to improve access to quality education for estate investment company Curzon Global Partners.

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