Mark J Cutting
Chief Executive Officer

Mark has extensive experience in Asset and Fund Management as well as broader investment advisory over the past 20 years. Mark advises both domestic and international clients, be they vendors, buyers or investors targeting real estate.

Mark has worked extensively across Europe and in his last role managed in excess of EUR 1.6 billion of commercial real estate, from all sectors, across eight countries with 350 assets and over 1,500 tenants.

Mark has also directly acquired in excess of £500 million of commercial real estate across Europe. Mark works with Chilean Family Offices focused on investing into UK, wider Europe and US commercial real estate. Mark also provides these clients with asset management and joint venture management services. These services cover sourcing and transacting real estate assets, specifically targeting off-market opportunities.

Mark has a BSc Hons degree in Urban Land Economics from Sheffield Hallam University, from where he graduated in 1994, and is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors since 1996.

Matthew Bann 
Non-Executive Director

Matthew has held senior roles in the Pan-European asset acquisition and management field. With over 25 years of property experience, Matthew was previously Head of Central and Eastern Europe for Valad Fund Management and prior to that he was Head of Asset Management at Hatfield Philips.

Matthew has extensive expertise in business planning, strategy, acquisition and asset management across a broad range of real estate asset classes; covering development, finance, value-add and core investments. Matthew brings considerable expertise as well as market contacts to Atacama Europe in his role as non-executive director.

As a UK resident Matthew ensures that there is significant expertise and know-how close to hand to deal with any issues or situations. Matthew also has responsibility for staff training and continuous professional development whilst ensuring that the Atacama Europe Office continues to produce professional work of the highest standards.

Matthew holds a Masters degree in Real Estate Investment from City University and is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

John Benfold 
Chief Financial Officer

John is an experienced Chartered Accountant and businessman, with early management experience gained in the investment banking world in the City of London and New York. In the 1990’s, he successfully built an accounting practice and management consultancy.

In the 2000’s, John also played a central role as CFO, in planning, funding and managing various large-scale commercial property developments in Central Europe. John brings considerable commercial and financial expertise to the company as well as strong fiduciary oversight.