Team

Charles joined Gatehouse Bank as Chief Executive Officer in May 2017. Prior to joining the Bank, he was Group Managing Director at Aldermore Bank from January 2011, where he was responsible for residential and commercial mortgages, plus property development. Before joining Aldermore, Charles was with Connells, one of the UK’s largest estate agency groups, where he was Group Mortgage Services Director. Prior to Connells, he was responsible for intermediary mortgage lending at both NatWest and RBS, plus the branch mortgage sales force within NatWest. He has worked for a number of other household names in the UK banking and building society sectors, including Nationwide and HBOS where he was a senior executive, responsible for mortgage sales and portfolio acquisitions. Charles has been Deputy Chairman of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) and Chairman of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA).

Paul is the Group Managing Director of Gatehouse Build to Rent Group a vertically integrated platform that includes Gatehouse Investment Management and Ascend Property Management. He has over 25 years of equity and debt experience in the real estate including investment, development, asset management, capital markets and mortgage trades. Paul is also an Executive member of Gatehouse Bank and has been instrumental in the growth of the Gatehouse single-family track record and proposition including the first UK single-family housing portfolio of scale to transact in the UK known as ‘Project Thistle’. As well as creating joint ventures with institutions including TPG Real Estate, Carlyle Group and the launch of the first single family vertically integrated investment platform.

Paul holds a BSc (Hons) in Estate Management and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) and is an Executive member of the UK Single-Family Association (UKSFA).

Danesh was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Gatehouse Bank in July 2017. He began his career at the Bank as Vice President, Head of Finance in September 2013 and was responsible for managing the finance function.

Danesh has been an active member of key governing committees of the Bank and has worked closely with the Board in developing strategy and financial planning. Prior to joining the Bank, Danesh’s previous roles included working for Barclays Bank Plc across financial and product control. He also worked with Ernst & Young, specialising in the capital markets division.

Danesh graduated with a BSc degree in Management Sciences from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England & Wales (ICAEW).

Fahed Boodai is the co-founder and Chairman of Gatehouse Financial Group, Chairman of Gatehouse Bank plc and the founder and Chairman of Gatehouse Capital. He is also the Vice Chairman and CEO of Securities House, one of the largest shareholders of Gatehouse Financial Group. With more than 25 years’ investment banking experience specifically within the global real-estate market, he has presided over diverse real estate acquisitions and exits totalling more than US$3 billion. He holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California and a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business from the University of San Diego. He also occupies a number of external board and director positions. Mr Boodai’s family maintains overall control of the Boodai Corporation, a Kuwait-based holding company with diverse interests including construction, engineering and global real estate.