Peter Welborn became a partner of the company in 1983 and has been working as the head of Africa client groups since 2007.
Mr. Welborn is a very experienced global property adviser with a demonstrable track record of working with large space users and owners of property, together with their funding institutions. He is experienced in complex problem solving and project management tasks involving multi-disciplined inputs in changing environments.
Mr. Welborn spent about 8 years based in Lagos in Nigeria, covering group clients operating in north, west and central Africa and the Middle East. He continues to advise a range of multi-national clients in more than 20 emerging countries.
Mr. Welborn has worked with Global clients in UK, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE Kuwait, Morocco, Algeria Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Cameroon, Ivory Coast Guinea, The Gambia, Togo, Chad, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Thailand and Pakistan. His major clients have included Citibank, Barclays, Lafarge, Motorola, NCR, US State Department, FCO, Australian Govt, Land Securities, ExxonMobil, AXA, Ashtenne PLC and Shell.
Mr. Welborn’s recent transactions include:
Global Oil Company:
Strategic advice in North and West Africa on both existing properties, to include disposals as well as new acquisitions.
US State Department:
Advice in a total of 11 emerging country locations relating to the acquisition of 40,000 sq m sites for new embassies in North & West Africa and the Middle East.
Middle Eastern Family:
Substantial land bank for development as a residential and commercial portfolio for an IPO.
Education
Mr. Welborn has a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban State Surveying. He is fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) and is a member of The Securities Institute (MSI).