Meet the team
More than 70 years’ experience across real estate, finance and investment banking.
Partners
David Cunnington
Senior Partner
David has over two decades of experience in finance and real estate. Prior to founding Charles Irvine, David served as the Head of Corporate Finance at Savills Investment Management, where he joined as a founding partner in 2004. David also held positions as Managing Director of Savills IM in Italy and Chief Financial Officer, Fund Operations. During his career he has been involved in projects to raise equity of c. £1.5bn and debt financing & refinancing of c. £2.0bn . Previous to his posts at Savills Investment Management, David was a director at Close Brothers, the UK merchant bank, and worked at Arthur Andersen, now Deloitte in the UK. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Manchester and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1999.
Tim Clegg
Senior Partner
Tim joined Charles Irvine in 2022. He has been in finance for over 25 years, and more recently raising capital for alternative assets for over a decade. He started his career in investment banking in equity research before moving into equity sales then prime brokerage capital introductions. He has worked for UBS, ABN Amro, Citi and Morgan Stanley.
At Morgan Stanley, Tim headed the firm’s Middle East hedge fund capital introductions effort before joining a start-up hedge fund with the backing of a Swiss family office. In 2019, Tim moved to Aerium to Head Business Development before starting his own commercial real estate asset raising consultancy.
Tim Hugill
Partner
Previously, Tim was a Partner at Knight Frank specialising in Capital Markets transactional agency with a focus on Central London across office, retail, leisure, and residential/mixed-use sectors. A Chartered Surveyor with over 25 years of experience, his expertise includes asset management, valuation, and capital markets. Prior to Knight Frank, Tim was at BNP Paribas Real Estate and Allsop, where he was also a RICS Registered Valuer.
Tim has advised on c.£3bn of Capital Markets transactions, covering freehold/LLH investments, developments, long-dated income-producing assets, and ground rent investments across London and the UK. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and holds a Real Estate Degree from the University of Northumbria. Tim is responsible for Charles Irvine Real Estate Ltd, our RICS regulated business.
Nick Hayward
Partner
Nick joined Charles Irvine in 2024, bringing 18 years of experience in real estate investment management. At Savills Investment Management and JPMorgan, he was responsible for all aspects of institutional business, from product formation to capital raising and investor relations. Nick has raised approximately €2 billion for real estate funds and joint ventures. He has also been instrumental in launching several successful real estate start-ups, including a London serviced office business and a US-backed asset management firm. Nick holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Manchester, is a member of the Investment Property Forum, and volunteers with NACRO, a housing, justice, and education charity.
Thomas Bland
Partner
Thomas joined Charles Irvine in 2021 and was previously an investment analyst at Bleinheim Chalcot, a venture capital adviser and fund. Prior to that he spent two years with Deloitte in London. At Charles Irvine, Thomas is responsible for financial modelling and works on equity and debt capital raising mandates.
Thomas qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2020 and has a B.A. in Modern Languages from Durham University. He also holds the IPF Postgraduate Diploma in Real Estate Investment and Finance from Reading University (Henley Business School) and is a member of the Investment Property Forum. Thomas is also a fluent French and German speaker.
Archi Wallace Griffin
Partner
Archi joined Charles Irvine in 2019 with a varied background in security analytics and entrepreneurship. He studied Safety & Security Management at the Hague University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands and specialised within the intelligence and terrorism-counter terrorism field. After returning to the UK, he spent some time in private intelligence, gaining experience in varied fields of information gathering and analysis. Now Archi is focused on real estate and utilises his analytical skills to contribute to the Charles Irvine team. He predominantly works on capital raising projects for commercial and residential developers as well as contributing to wider business projects such as localised sales data gathering and database management.
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