RANGEFORD VILLAGES KEY PEOPLE

Ed joined Octopus in 2010 and is Portfolio Director in the Specialist Finance team. Ed is responsible for the portfolio management of the Octopus Inheritance Tax Service, which includes Fern Trading, and Octopus EIS, as well as being a member of the Specialist Finance Investment Committee. He is a director of a number of Octopus’ investee companies and has experience structuring in and investing across a number of sectors including energy, real estate and media.

Ed was originally a finance lawyer at SJ Berwin for five years before relocating to Los Angeles as head of business affairs for cineFinance LLC, a subsidiary of Houston Casualty Company. Ed has an LLB (Hons) degree in law from Manchester University, is a qualified solicitor (non-practising) and holds the Investment Management Certificate.

As CEO, Howard drives the overall business strategy across all key disciplines, with a clear view of growing the number of high-quality integrated retirement communities Rangeford Villages operate.

Prior to joining Rangeford Villages in 2018, Howard was previously an Executive Director at Anchor for 9 years, one of the UK’s largest providers of housing and care for older people. Howard is experienced in the delivery and management of high performing later living communities and managing over 30,000 retirement units across England. Howard is also a Director on the ARCO Board.

Ryan has over 20 years’ experience in property, development, and construction. Prior to joining Rangeford, Ryan spent 3 years as Development Director at EQUANS UK & Ireland where he was responsible for the establishment and implementation of their residential development growth strategy.

Previously, Ryan was a Board Director at market-leading student accommodation provider, UPP, where over a 10-year period he was instrumental in securing and delivering a number of high-profile developments across the UK.

Sarah Burgess has over 30 years’ experience in property sales and marketing, with over 20 years specifically in the later living sector. Sarah spent 15 years as a director for Retirement Villages Group and was a key part of their significant expansion programme across the UK. Most recently, Sarah has been running her own successful later living consultancy.

Angela has been in the housing industry since 1999, holding senior positions with plc, private and housing association developers including those specialising in retirement living. Angela has experience across all the sales and marketing functions from development inception to sell out, customer experience, brand awareness, sales strategies and regulatory compliance.

Jonathan is a qualified chartered accountant with over 20 years’ experience in finance, property and senior living. Prior to his appointment at Rangeford Villages, Jonathan spent 5 years with luxury residential developer Berkeley Homes Group and latterly 8 years with leading retirement operator Sunrise Senior Living playing a central role in its expansion and corporate acquisitions. Jonathan acted as Finance Director for Sunrise as well as interim Managing Director during a management transition.

Doug has over 30 years’ experience in the later living sector, where he specialised in identifying, acquiring, and obtaining planning consent for later living schemes, working with key sector players such as Pegasus, Churchill, and Castleoak Care Development. During this time, Doug acquired more than 80 sites with a combined gross development value (GDV) of £1 billion.