Sam Leon has over 35 years of experience across all sectors of the property industry with 20 years at Investec Property in South Africa, firstly as a director, then managing director and currently as deputy chairman.

He was a founder and integral to the transformation of Growthpoint into South Africa’s largest listed property fund and was a director until Investec sold its interest in October 2007. Sam was also a director of the specialist listed property fund, Metboard Properties Limited, until it was sold to Growthpoint in April 2007, as well as a board member of SAPOA (the South African Property Industry body). He is currently a member of the board of directors and advisory board of the Investec GLL Global Special Opportunities Real Estate Fund, a R3.7 billion Luxembourg based fund for investment in global real estate.

Sam is currently also chief executive officer of Investec Property Fund Limited, a R5.3bn property fund listed on the JSE.