links to other articles to help integrate it into the encyclopedia . please help improve this article by adding links that are relevant to the context within the existing text . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message british property federation formation 1963 type trade association legal status private company purpose promoting the real estate sector of the united kingdom location st albans house 5th floor 57 59 haymarket london sw1y 4qx region served united kingdom membership property companies based in the united kingdom chief executive melanie leech cbe main organ board website www.bpf.org.uk british property federation bpf is a not for profit membership organisation representing companies involved in property ownership and investment . the bpf work s with government and regulatory bodies to help the real estate industry grow and thrive to the benefit of its members and the economy as a whole . . 1 it comments regularly on proposed government policies that will impact its members including topics such as infrastructure 2 3 build to rent development 4 and reit legislation . 5 6 its membership comprises a wide range of companies including real estate companies institutional investors fund managers investment banks housing associations and professional firms . 7 the bpf operates in scotland as the scottish property federation from offices in edinburgh . 8 bpf chief executive melanie leech was appointed in october 2014 . 9 chris taylor of hermes real estate investment management is president and david sleath of segro is vice president . other board members are from prominent property and investment companies . contents 1 objectives 2 governance 3 members 4 presidents 5 directors general and chief executives 6 references 7 external links objectives edit the bpf has three objectives according to its website 10 to improve the legislative fiscal and regulatory conditions that affect the real estate industry to help bpf members access information understand policy and promote best practice to raise the profile of the real estate industry . governance edit 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 . 11 members edit 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 . 12 the bpf s policy work is overseen by a range of committees each one made up of a chairman and between 15 and 30 people from its member companies . it currently has 18 committees involving over 400 direct members in total . 13 presidents edit 1974 76 victor lucas 1976 77 sir richard thompson 1977 79 david llewellyn 1979 81 nigel mobbs 1981 83 christopher benson 1983 84 dennis marler 1984 86 harry axton 1986 87 john brown 1987 88 geoffrey carter 1988 89 brian cann 1989 90 michael mallinson 1990 91 peter hunt 1991 92 trevor osborne 1992 93 john parry 1993 94 james tuckey 1994 95 roger carey 1995 96 trevor moross 1996 97 lorraine baldry 1997 98 stuart corbyn 1998 99 gordon edington 1999 00 ronald spinner 2000 01 christopher bertram 2001 02 jeremy newsum 2002 03 ian henderson 2003 04 david hunter 2004 05 martin moore 2005 06 ian coull 2006 07 nicholas ritblat 2007 08 ian marcus 2008 09 francis salway 2009 10 rupert clarke 2010 11 john richards 2011 12 toby courtauld 2012 13 chris grigg 2013 14 david marks 2014 15 bill hughes 2015 chris taylor directors general and chief executives edit 1974 80 sir eugene melville 1980 85 sir donald tebbit 1986 93 sir peregrine rhodes 1993 02 william mckee cbe 2002 14 liz peace cbe 2015 melanie leech cbe references edit about the bpf british property federation british property federation response to the london infrastructure plan 2050 2014 infrastructure investment to drive economic recovery 2011 bpf says build to rent fund has laid the foundations for long term prs success 2014 memorandum by the british property federation 2009 autumn statement 2013 a mixed picture for property as osborne tinkers 2013 bpf membership british property federation scottish property federation bpf appoints melanie leech as chief executive about the bpf british property federation board british property federation membership british property federation committees british property federation external links edit official bpf website official scottish property federation website v t e real estate in the united kingdom real estate economy of the united kingdom companies developers and owners allied london argent group assura group balkan dream properties banks group brent walker british railways property board bruntwood capital & centric cls holdings coin street community builders daejan holdings downing developments goodman uk grainger grosvenor group lexi holdings the maghull group mepc minerva london & associated properties opal property group st. modwen properties sellar property group span developments st martins property group targetfollow the bedford estate the peel group trafalgar house west properties housebuilders barratt bellway berkeley bloor boot bovis countryside properties crest nicholson keepmoat lend lease mccarthy & stone miller muir persimmon redrow taylor wimpey united house property services adzuna alpha1estates atlantis bidwells bnp paribas real estate carter jonas cbre group chestertons ckd galbraith rh & rw clutton cluttons colliers international connells group countrywide cushman & wakefield cyril leonard drivers jonas dtz ec harris edinburgh solicitors property centre foxtons gerald eve gva hamptons international harrods estates isold estate agents jones lang lasalle king sturge knight frank lsl property services nathaniel lichfield and partners nestoria northwood osborne king primelocation regus rightmove savills smiths gore spicerhaart strutt & parker uk property shop whelan commercial winkworth zoopla real estate investment trusts big yellow group british land brixton derwent london great portland estates hammerson hansteen holdings intu properties land securities london & stamford property primary health properties segro shaftesbury plc workspace group industry bodies british institute of facilities management british property federation national association of estate agents law and regulation assured shorthold tenancy building regulations in the united kingdom land tenure in england the property ombudsman right to manage short assured tenancy scotland tenancy deposit scheme england and wales tenancy deposit schemes scotland other council for licensed conveyancers crown estate estate agent estates gazette land agent uk mortgage terminology property retailer property week public estate in the united kingdom category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title british property federation & oldid 742063895 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