Ben Jones has over 25 years of experience in European and Australian markets and a long track record of developing and growing innovative real estate funds that deliver market-leading performance. For 13 years he worked in London with M&G Investments as Head of Real Estate Long Income, managing £8.5 billion of assets, including the M&G Secured Property Income Fund, which under his leadership had assets of £4.5 billion and a 10-year un-geared annualized return of 9 percent  p.a. net of fees at the end of 2019. He has a deep understanding of real estate through direct investment of over £5 billion across multiple countries, with significant experience in underwriting operational assets such as healthcare, hotels, leisure and student accommodation.