European IOS

Prior to co-founding NW1 Partners, Mr. Boyle was Managing Director, Co-Head & Chief Investment Officer of the AIP Real Estate team at Morgan Stanley. He joined Morgan Stanley in 2008. During his tenure at the firm and as Chair of the AIP Real Estate Investment Committee, he invested over $1.2billion into co-investments, secondaries, and primary fund investments.

Mr. Boyle set the overall investment philosophy, strategy, and process for the AIP Real Estate business within Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

Whilst at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Boyle also spent four years as a member of the overall AIP Executive Committee, helping to set strategic direction and policy for the $36 billion business, focused on private equity, hedge funds, real estate, and outsourced CIO solutions for clients.

Mr. Boyle enjoyed previous senior roles at Brookfield Asset Management, APG Investments US, and Deutsche Bank. In these positions, he led or was substantially involved in investing more than $1.1 billion into equity and mezzanine debt investments.

Mr. Boyle is a former Board of Director of Tishman Hotel & Realty and a past Co-Chair of PREA’s conference planning committee. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University and a Master of Public Affairs from Columbia University.

Since joining NW1 Partners in 2022, Mr. Gravina has been actively involved in the investment team, working on evaluating and launching new platforms across the US and Europe, as well as deploying the existing European platforms.

Prior to joining NW1 Partners, Mr. Gravina was an Investment Analyst at an ultra-high net worth family office based in London. As part of the family office, Mr. Gravina analysed a diverse range of venture opportunities across real estate, retail technology, and web3. He was responsible for writing Investment Committee Memos, conducting detailed analysis, and monitoring existing investments.

Mr. Gravina holds a first-class BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

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Prior to joining NW1 Partners, Mrs Stanley was an Investor Relations Associate at Nuveen Real Estate where she was responsible for investor relations and reporting across several real estate Funds, SMA’s and Joint Ventures throughout EMEA and APAC.

Mrs Stanley has more than 10 years of experience in investor relations and reporting. Prior to joining Nuveen, she worked at Man Group as a Client Reporting Analyst.

Mrs Stanley graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Swansea University and is also a CAIA Charterholder.

Before joining NW1, Mr. Kenneally specialised in Industrial Outdoor Storage having sourced, underwrote and acquired IOS at a London-based operating partner in JV with a large-cap US investor.

Prior to that, he worked for Lapithus Management LLP, managing positions across industrial & logistics, PRS and credit, on behalf of Apollo Global Management’s European Principal Finance fund series.

Liam began his career at Danske Bank, working across rates, FX and commodities. He was also a real estate investment analyst at a family office.

Mr. Kenneally holds a BSc. in Finance from University College Cork and an MSc. in Finance from the Smurfit Business School at University College Dublin. He is also a CFA® charterholder.

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Prior to joining NW1, Mr. Sharafali worked at NW1’s strategic partner, Delancey Real Estate Asset Management. At Delancey, Muhamed was part of the investment team focused on executing investments acquisitions across various real estate asset classes (including PRS, offices, ground rents), corporates and platforms. He was heavily involved in the creating the Get Living residential rental business and launching the Delancey’s DOOR residential focussed fund.

Prior to joining Delancey in 2015, Mr. Sharafali spent over 7 years at Willis Towers Watson (previously Towers Watson) where he was an Investment Consultant in their Investment Strategy team. As part of this role, Muhamed advised institutional clients (pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds and family offices) on their investment strategy, portfolio allocations and, facets of risk and return.

Mr. Sharafali has an undergraduate degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and postgraduate degrees from Imperial College London and University of Reading. He is also a qualified Actuary (Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries).

Prior to joining NW1, Samantha was a Personal Assistant at Harbour Litigation Funding where she worked for the founder and a small team. Prior to joining Harbour Litigation Funding Sammie gained 3 years of experience working as a copywriter at a media agency alongside freelance work.

Sammie graduated from Goldsmiths University in 2017 with a BA in English and Comparative Literature.

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Following the completion of a 6-month internship with NW1 Partners during her final year of Undergraduate study, Miss Verma joined the firm full-time as an Investment Analyst in September 2024. Miss Verma has since actively contributed to the evaluation and execution of real estate private equity platforms across Europe and North America. Collaborating closely with senior team members, Miss Verma focuses on analysing market trends, assessing investment opportunities, and driving the strategic expansion of the firm’s multiple platforms.

Prior to joining NW1 Partners, Miss Verma gained almost four years of experience as a Parliamentary Researcher in Westminster, whilst simultaneously completing her studies. Additionally, in 2023, Miss Verma completed an Internship with Baring’s Real Estate Equity team in London.

Miss Verma holds a First-Class Honours (BSc) in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from King’s College London.

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Prior to joining NW1 Partners, Mr. Wardle was an Assistant Manager at KPMG in the Real Estate Valuations team that forms part of the Transactions Advisory Services department in Deal Advisory.

He performed and reviewed Real Estate valuations across a diverse range of sectors that were for business, financial reporting or tax purposes. Mr. Wardle initially joined KPMG on the Audit Graduate scheme in 2018 where he trained to become a Chartered Accountant (ACA) focusing on large private and listed entities.

Mr. Wardle graduated from Newcastle University with First Class Honours in Accounting and Finance and is a member of the ICAEW.

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