Hardman’s Aboria Capital makes three key hires

Aboria Capital has made a trio of hires as it makes progress following its launch in July this year. The investment manager and partner focused on the European living sectors was co-founded by Downing Group and Jessica Hardman. Rob Tyson (pictured above, left) has now been appointed as its chief financial officer, joining from Mark Capital Management, where he was a senior managing director. Aboria has also hired investment manager and Mark senior vice president Will Lucas (centre), who was previously a senior associate at PwC. Aboria’s third key new hire is senior associate Nick Cochrane (right), who worked with Hardman at DWS. Hardman said: “We are thrilled to welcome Rob, Will and Nick to the team. All bring experience, bags of enthusiasm and complementary skills to Aboria. As a small team, it is helpful that Nick and I, and Rob and Will have worked together previously, and I am looking forward to welcoming them when they join us in the next month. “Since unveiling the new business in the summer, we have been delighted by the reaction to Aboria – we have received so much interest and support, while investors from every key global market have been in touch to learn more about our investment approach. “These important first hires will allow us to move at pace from our initial phase to the execution phase – raising our first club investment vehicle.” Aboria co-founder Bay Downing added: “We have hit the ground running, with an exciting brand, a new office and great team, whose entrepreneurial mindset, financial skills and deep industry experience will be invaluable to Aboria. “As we said from the outset, Aboria unites outstanding European investment management credentials with Downing’s 35-year development and operational track record in the UK living sector, and we see this as being a winning combination and compelling proposition for investors. “Our development portfolio consisting of more than 4,000 beds across seven prime Russell Group locations is ready to go. We have started preliminary conversations with investors and will look to develop these conversations over the first half of next year.” Photos © Aboria Capital, courtesy of Influential