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Marc Duschenes, 33

Chief executive

Braemar Group Plc

Greatest professional achievement: Adapting Braemar’s property investment business model to cope with the credit crunch by launching an agricultural land scheme before the food crisis hit home and it became fashionable.

Current goal: To provide an end-to-end investment solution for clients’ syndicated investments, with the aim that returns should outperform benchmark indices. And also to align the interests of Braemar’s staff through co-ownership to ensure the company continues to be rewarding for all employees, managers and directors, and that the culture, atmosphere and environment remains innovative and challenging.

Marc Duschenes founded Braemar Group in 2002 as a specialist vehicle for high-net worth individuals to invest in residential property through collective investment schemes.

It was floated on AIM in 2005 and now incorporates both property management and corporate finance, as well as pure property investment.

As chief executive, Duschenes is responsible for the day-to-day running of operations, as well as assisting with the group’s overall strategy and planning.
Prior to forming Braemar, Duschenes was director of sales and trading at Kleinwort Benson Securities, where between 1998 and 2002 he achieved top three rankings as a retail analyst in various independent surveys.

Duschenes is also executive chairman of Regenesis Group and a member of the MGS Angels, an organisation providing mentoring and venture-capital facilities to the Manchester Grammar School alumni, of which he is a member.