Allan joined Richard Ellis in 1974 where he qualified as a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

After working in London, Chicago and Vancouver, Allan moved to San Francisco where he set up Somerston’s North American operations.

Allan has extensive property development experience having led major projects in the land development, retail, office, hotel, industrial and telecom sectors.  In 2004, Allan led the team responsible for the contribution of the Somerston Group’s data centre assets into Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR) as part of its IPO.

Alex is the managing partner of the Jersey office of the leading offshore law firm, Carey Olsen.  He specialises in corporate and finance law.  He is recognised as a key individual in his practice area by Chambers legal directory and is ranked in the top tier of corporate lawyers in the Jersey Legal 500 directory.

Alex has substantial experience in corporate and property finance, mergers & acquisitions and capital market transactions.

Alex has been a Somerston Board member for over 20 years.

Jon joined Andersons in 1974 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant before transferring to their Vancouver Office in 1975.  Jon left Andersons in 1977 to go into industry and has since accumulated over 40 years experience in senior positions within the real estate industry.  Jon’s particular areas of expertise include finance raising through public equity offerings, syndications and bank financing, as well as managing corporate re-organisations and restructuring.  Jon has been a NED on Somerston’s Board since 2004.

Susan has been part of the Cambay Group US Real Estate team for more than 25 years.

Susan specialises in land planning, development and entitlement.  In her early years with the Group, Susan worked on the entitlement and sale of one of the largest and most successful master planned communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, the 2,300 acre Windermere community.

Susan is currently Board Director for River Islands, a mixed use master planned community  in California with 4,800 acres, projected 11,000 homes, a business park, and nine schools.

Steve Stegenwalner is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years operational experience in a professional services environment.  Having qualified with Ernst and Young, Steve joined Carey Olsen in 1996 (then Olsen, Backhurst & Dorey).  Steve left Carey Olsen in 2004 to head up the family office of the Somerston Group.  Steve continues to act as Chief Financial Officer to the wider Group and is, in particular responsible for the management of the Group’s Treasury assets which, owing to the success of the Group, have become substantial.