Richard
Croft

Chief Executive

Richard Croft is the Chief Executive, responsible for the company’s strategic direction and capital raising and leads the real estate fund management function.

Prior to Martley, Richard co-founded M7 Real Estate which was sold to Oxford Properties in 2021. At the time of the sale, M7 employed over 220 people across 13 countries, with €4.3bn of assets under management.

Prior to M7, Richard founded Halverton REIM (subsequently GPT Halverton), a European real estate fund management business which was sold to The GPT Group in July 2007. At the time of the sale, the company managed over €2bn of assets.

Before Halverton, Richard was International Investment Director of The IO Group Ltd, Property Fund Management PLC (now Cromwell).

He has been involved in over €15bn of transactions over his 30 years of real estate experience.