Ric Lewis is the Executive Chairman and CIO of Tristan Capital Partners, a property investment company based in London with over €11 billion in assets under management. The firm specialises in investment strategies for private wealth, institutional and endowment investors, focusing on all types of property across Europe and the UK. Ric founded the company and continued the partnership and track record he had formed with his partners at Curzon Global Partners (AEW Europe).
With more than 115 workers in eight locations around Europe, Tristan Capital Partners is majority-owned and managed by its principals. The company has developed a multi-fund, multi-year track record which has established them as one of Europe’s top property investment management firms.
Tristan was twice voted by industry peers as the European Real Estate Private Equity Firm of the Year and Ric is the only two-time recipient of Real Estate Private Equity Professional of the Year. In 2017, the firm also won The Queen’s Award for Enterprise and International Trade.
Ric volunteers much of his time to organisations...Ric Lewis is the Executive Chairman and CIO of Tristan Capital Partners, a property investment company based in London with over €11 billion in assets under management. The firm specialises in investment strategies for private wealth, institutional and endowment investors, focusing on all types of property across Europe and the UK. Ric founded the company and continued the partnership and track record he had formed with his partners at Curzon Global Partners (AEW Europe).
With more than 115 workers in eight locations around Europe, Tristan Capital Partners is majority-owned and managed by its principals. The company has developed a multi-fund, multi-year track record which has established them as one of Europe’s top property investment management firms.
Tristan was twice voted by industry peers as the European Real Estate Private Equity Firm of the Year and Ric is the only two-time recipient of Real Estate Private Equity Professional of the Year. In 2017, the firm also won The Queen’s Award for Enterprise and International Trade.
Ric volunteers much of his time to organisations dedicated to improving education for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Ric founded The Black Heart Foundation which supports initiatives that improve educational benefits for young people and provides opportunities to those otherwise denied them. The Foundation offers various educational scholarships to youths in need in the UK and elsewhere. Ric is also an Advisory Board member of the 10,000 Black Interns programme and a Founding Trustee of the Black Equity Organisation.
Ric serves on many educational and community Boards, including the Belfer Center at Harvard University; Dartmouth College (USA); Eastside Young Leaders Academy; King Solomon Academy; the Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation; and the Institute of Imagination (London Children’s Museum). In October 2021 he was appointed to the governing Council of Imperial College London.moreless
Tristan Capital Partners is a privately held real estate investment firm based in London and widely recognised as one of the best in Europe. Ric is a founding Partner of the firm and also serves as Chair of the Investment Committee.
AEW Europe
Chief Investment Officer and Board Director
Jan 1999 - Apr 2009
London, UK
AEW Europe is one of the world’s top real estate asset managers, employing over 600 people in offices in London, Paris, Hong Kong and Boston. Separate accounts, comingled funds and securities mandates are just some of the property investment solutions offered by the company.
Curzon Global Partners
CEO & Founder
Jan 1999 - Apr 2009
Part of property investor AEW Europe, Curzon Global Partners was founded in London in 1999.
AEW Global provides property investment management services to investors around the world. With more than 600 employees operating from 15 locations in Europe, North America, and Asia, it provides customers with the local property resources they need to meet their investment goals.
Legal & General is a London-based global financial services corporation. Ric brings to the Board a wealth of investment management experience, with a special focus on the real estate sector.
The Institute of Imagination (iOi) is a London-based charity that aims to equip children with the confidence, skills and desire to succeed in a changing world.
The Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs is a think-tank based at Harvard. Founded in 1973 its original goal was to provide analysis of nuclear dangers and arms control. Today it focuses on research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, diverse and peaceful world.
Backed by its influential membership, London First is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to make London the best city in the world to do business.
Imperial College’s Council is responsible for the investment, finance, property and general business of the College, and for agreeing its strategic direction.
The Black Equity Organisation (BEO) is a national civil rights group, formed to dismantle systemic racism in Britain, deliver better lived experiences for Black people across the country and drive generational change.
The Black Heart Foundation supports programmes that aim to improve learning, educational access, achievement, and aspiration for children from disadvantaged backgrounds all around the world.
Sported is a UK charity that assists over 3,000 youth and community sport groups flourish. Members use sport to improve the lives of marginalised and underprivileged young people and to create safer, stronger communities.
The objective of the Eastside Young Leaders Academy is to help kids, particularly BAME males, succeed academically and grow into transformational leaders and role models for future generations.
International Inspiration is a charity that harnesses the power of sport to inspire children and young people. IN has helped over 25,000,000 children around the world to get involved with sport.
Ric Lewis talked to Channel 4 News about how power is changing in the UK. Other contributors included Sir Kenneth Olisa, Karen Blackett, Sir David Adjaye and Tom Ilube.
Ric Lewis talks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy of Channel 4 News on being voted the most influential black Briton and the experiences that have shaped his world view.
The Powerlist is an annual list of the 100 most influential people of African and African Caribbean descent in Britain. Produced in collaboration with JP Morgan and sponsored by EY, Linklaters, and the Executive Leadership Council, the list recognises outstanding men and women from a variety of fields, including technology, science and the arts.
Oxford Foundry has developed an initiative that will help Black, Asian and people from minority ethnic backgrounds become better represented in senior leadership roles in the corporate world.
