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17/02/2020
Legal & General Announces New Senior Appointments
Legal & General has strengthened its in-house later living division with two senior appointments.
The later-living division aims to revolutionise the way we live in older age, fulfilling a huge gap in supply for more than 12 million over 65s in the UK today.
Ben Rosewall, previously Senior Director in the Healthcare & Retirement Housing division at CBRE, joins the Later Living business as Head of Investment; and Dandi Li joins as Investment Manager, having previously held the role of Senior Associate at London & Regional Properties.
Ben Rosewall has over 15 years' experience providing consultancy and valuation services to operators, investors and lenders across the healthcare and retirement housing sector. Rosewall's experience combines a deep understanding of operational businesses with property market skills. He will be driving new deal flow, and increasing the scale of Legal & General’s later living portfolio. Rosewall will be working alongside Phil Bayliss, CEO of Later Living at Legal & General, leading the investment strategy, as it looks to deliver on its strong pipeline of later living communities.
Dandi Li joins Legal & General with six years investment experience in the hospitality and residential sector, most recently at a UK private real estate investment company where Li was responsible for investment analysis and transactions in hotel and portfolio acquisitions across Europe and North America. Li holds an MBA from Cambridge and an MS is Real Estate from MIT.
In the two and a half years since Legal & General entered the later living sector, it has established two businesses focussed on meeting the changing needs of the UK's ageing demographic: Inspired Villages and Guild Living; developers and operators of out of town and urban later living communities, respectively. Both businesses were established to address the chronic undersupply of age specific accommodation, delivering unique lifestyle led later living communities that support mental, physical and social activation in later life.
Phil Bayliss, CEO of Later Living at Legal & General Capital, said: "The Legal & General retirement ecosystem is leading the way in revolutionising the way we age. We are providing great options for our residents in order to suit their individual needs. The launch of our rental product at Inspired Villages in 2019 is exemplary of this type of innovation, and further demonstrates our ability to offer unique housing solutions across a breadth of society.
"As we continue to look at our capital strategy and review opportunities to rapidly expand our portfolio, Ben and Dandi will be integral in supporting Legal & General's continued growth in this sector. The market opportunity and purpose led, long term investment approach of Legal & General continue to give us a competitive advantage in attracting world class talent to our business. Ben and Dandi will accelerate our innovation and scale up of this incredible opportunity."
The later-living division aims to revolutionise the way we live in older age, fulfilling a huge gap in supply for more than 12 million over 65s in the UK today.
Ben Rosewall, previously Senior Director in the Healthcare & Retirement Housing division at CBRE, joins the Later Living business as Head of Investment; and Dandi Li joins as Investment Manager, having previously held the role of Senior Associate at London & Regional Properties.
Ben Rosewall has over 15 years' experience providing consultancy and valuation services to operators, investors and lenders across the healthcare and retirement housing sector. Rosewall's experience combines a deep understanding of operational businesses with property market skills. He will be driving new deal flow, and increasing the scale of Legal & General’s later living portfolio. Rosewall will be working alongside Phil Bayliss, CEO of Later Living at Legal & General, leading the investment strategy, as it looks to deliver on its strong pipeline of later living communities.
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Dandi Li joins Legal & General with six years investment experience in the hospitality and residential sector, most recently at a UK private real estate investment company where Li was responsible for investment analysis and transactions in hotel and portfolio acquisitions across Europe and North America. Li holds an MBA from Cambridge and an MS is Real Estate from MIT.
In the two and a half years since Legal & General entered the later living sector, it has established two businesses focussed on meeting the changing needs of the UK's ageing demographic: Inspired Villages and Guild Living; developers and operators of out of town and urban later living communities, respectively. Both businesses were established to address the chronic undersupply of age specific accommodation, delivering unique lifestyle led later living communities that support mental, physical and social activation in later life.
Phil Bayliss, CEO of Later Living at Legal & General Capital, said: "The Legal & General retirement ecosystem is leading the way in revolutionising the way we age. We are providing great options for our residents in order to suit their individual needs. The launch of our rental product at Inspired Villages in 2019 is exemplary of this type of innovation, and further demonstrates our ability to offer unique housing solutions across a breadth of society.
"As we continue to look at our capital strategy and review opportunities to rapidly expand our portfolio, Ben and Dandi will be integral in supporting Legal & General's continued growth in this sector. The market opportunity and purpose led, long term investment approach of Legal & General continue to give us a competitive advantage in attracting world class talent to our business. Ben and Dandi will accelerate our innovation and scale up of this incredible opportunity."
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