Paul Forshaw

Mr. Paul Forshaw is a Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer at Blue Noble LLP.
He has over 20 years of real estate investment experience.
He was previously Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate Fund Management for HSBC Alternative Investments Limited, a division of HSBC Private Bank and latterly HSBC Global Asset Management in London.
In this role, he was responsible for devising, implementing and overseeing the real estate investment strategy within the Bank and managed a team of investment professionals with responsibility for over $5 billion of real estate transactions and assets.
He was Chairman of the Real Estate Investment Committee; a member of the Alternative Investment Group Risk Management Committee; a voting member of HSBC’s Private Equity Steering Committee and a member of the HSBC Alternative Investments Limited Executive Committee.
Prior to his time with HSBC, he was part of a small real estate proprietary investment team at Kaupthing Investment Bank.
In his earlier years, he was a Director of CBRE and spent time at both Fuller Peiser and Knight Frank.
As an adviser, he worked closely with pension funds, property companies, private clients, and Government divisions on real estate strategy, acquisitions, disposals and fundings.
He holds a Bachelor of Land Economy (Hons) degree from the University of Aberdeen and the Investment Management Certificate.
He is a member of both the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Investment Property Forum.