Robert has a wide range of expertise with a particular focus on opportunity spotting, new business start up and financial analysis.

Robert began his career on the agency side of real estate working for Knight Frank after graduating from the University of the West of England in 1991. He subsequently qualified as a Chartered Surveyor before moving to Jones Lang LaSalle.

After completing a full-time MBA at the University of Cranfield in 1999, he changed career focus to become a principal working for Europa Capital Partners in Western Europe. In 2001 Robert left Europa to pursue the acquisition of a substantial mixed-use real estate investment opportunity the F15Partnership (see residential section of website) in which he co-invested with both Tim Barlow and James Morse. This led to the formation of SPIM and his current working partnership with Tim Barlow, in 2002.

As well as being a co-founder of SPIM, Robert has his own investment company, Granton Investments Limited, which he uses as a vehicle to seed new opportunities and co-invest in SPIM originated projects.