Paul Bashir
Chief Executive Officer Europe Harrison Street
Paul Bashir is Chief Executive Officer Europe at Harrison Street. He brings 26 years of industry experience to the Firm and is a member of the firm’s Executive and Investment Committees. He leads the expansion of Harrison Street’s European strategies and is responsible for overseeing and growing the firm’s team of professionals across the UK and Europe. He began his career at KPMG LLP as a senior manager in the transaction services department, he served as Chief Operating Officer at North Bridge Capital Partners Ltd. He served as a Partner at Aggmore Group, where he was responsible for raising and deploying over 500€ m of new capital and developed JV partnerships with European operators in the residential and commercial real estate space. Bashir was most recently President and Chief Operating Officer at Round Hill Capital, a real estate investment and asset management firm with a global footprint, managing a business with a 8$+ bn portfolio as well as a team of 260 people across 15 offices in 14 countries. He has overseen investment and development projects, regulatory approvals, complex refinancings and capital raises in multiple European locations across a wide array of real estate asset sectors including retail, commercial, residential and student housing. He earned a BA in Accounting and Financial Analysis from Newcastle University, is ACA qualified and is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.