Nicholas Porter

Nicholas Anthony Porter (born 20 October 1969) is Founder and Executive Chairman of Global Student Accommodation.[1]

Porter was born in Bristol, UK. He attended Clifton College, Bristol, and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.

Porter founded The UNITE Group in 1991.[2] UNITE was the pioneer of the student accommodation sector and as CEO Nick grew UNITE Group into both a FTSE 250 company, building and operating 40,000 student rooms across 35 university markets in the UK.[3]

Porter stepped down as CEO of UNITE in 2006, but stayed on as non-executive deputy chairman until 2009.[4]

Porter established Capital Values Group (CVG) and its subsidiary Global Student Accommodation (GSA), initially building the Urbanest student brand in Australia, central London and Ireland.[5]

Global Student Accommodation Group (GSA) acquired a 50% stake in Coral Portfolio‚ a provider of funds invested in European student accommodation and the wider property sector.[6]

Porter was key note speaker for the Property Week Student Accommodation Conference in December 2013.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Global Student Accommodation Group | Study Accommodation GroupHome | Global Student Accommodation Group". Gsa-gp.com. 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  2. ↑ "UNITE Group PLC - Directors". Unitegroup.hemscott.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  3. ↑ "Home". Unite-group.co.uk. 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  4. ↑ Nicholas A. Porter. "Nicholas Porter: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  5. ↑ http://student.propertyweek.com/speaker/nicholas-porter/
  6. ↑ http://www.international-adviser.com/news/products/global-student-accomdation-group-takes-50
  7. ↑ "Student Accommodation conference 2013 » Nicholas Porter". Student.propertyweek.com. 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
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