Bio

Alexandra Notay is Placemaking and Investment Director at PfP Capital, the fund and asset management arm of Places for People Group, overseeing a UK-wide residential strategy. She has 18 years’ strategic advisory and investment experience having worked extensively across four continents and is an internationally recognised expert on housing, placemaking and ESG. In January 2019 Alex was selected as one of the 48 women shaping the future of UK real estate at the prestigious BISNOW Women Leaders event. Alex is a published author and editor of over 30 books and reports on real estate including the renowned ULI UK Best Practice Guide on Build to Rent (2014, 2016). Alex is Chair of the British Property Federation (BPF) working group on residential ESG, former Vice-Chair of the ULI UK Residential Council and currently serves on BPF’s Build to Rent Committee, AREF’s ESG / Impact Investing Committee and is a Member of CREFC Europe. She is also a Non-Executive Director of essensys plc, Co-Chair of the Creative Land Trust, Commissioner on the UK government’s Geospatial Commission where she chairs the Property workstream and the National Land Use Data Programme Expert Advisory Group and is Trustee of the SunScreenIT Foundation and St Mary Redcliffe. With a reputation for being ‘abnormally energetic’, Alex is passionate about enabling tangible social impact through innovation and collaboration as well as mentoring the next generation of diverse talent.