Man Global Private Markets (Man GPM), Man Group’s private markets investment business, has appointed Shamez Alibhai as head of community housing and portfolio manager, based in London.
In this newly created role, Shamez will oversee Man GPM’s new community housing team and with the guidance of the advisory committee seek to deliver an investment strategy that achieves the dual objectives of providing both financial and social returns. He will also sit on Man Group’s responsible investment committee.
Working alongside U.K. councils and housing associations, the community housing team intends to deliver additional homes to help meet the need for 2.5 million more affordable homes over the next 15 years. The investment strategy will seek to accelerate the provision of affordable homes in the United Kingdom across both rental and ownership tenures with a strong focus on creating sustainable communities. Specifically, the strategy will accommodate a range of housing tenures from social and affordable rent, to shared ownership, rent to buy, and market rent and sale.
Shamez joins Man GPM from Cheyne Capital, where he spent 12 years and was a partner and portfolio manager. Since 2014, he managed the firm’s social property impact strategy and prior to that he established the firm’s real estate debt platform. Shamez was previously at Credit Suisse and Barclays plc.
