The People
The MSS Real Estate team consists of extremely talented individuals, coming from a diversified background. The team has broad experience in property fund management, derivatives trading and structuring, finance and research and strategy.
Mark Ellis
Chief Executive Officer
Mark is responsible for overseeing the business strategies within MSS Real Estate. He was formerly head of derivatives marketing for Abbey National Treasury Services plc between 1998 and 2001. Prior to this he was Managing Director responsible for the marketing of structured products to UK clients at UBS. His recent experience includes structuring a range of funds for retail and institutional investment.
Mark Ellis graduated from Cambridge University with an MSc in Chemical Engineering in 1985.
Sath Sabendran
Partner
Sath joined MSS Real Estate in April 2006 and is responsible for all operational, finance and tax issues. Prior to joining MSS, Sath Sabendran worked as a Fund Accountant and Funds Treasurer across several Pan European property funds for Curzon Global Partners/IXIS AEW Europe from 2004 to 2006.
Sath graduated from the University of Southampton in 2000 with a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (ACMA)
Sevi Rixson
Investment Manager
Sevi joined MSS Real Estate from UBS Global Asset Management and is responsible for all investment allocation, investment management for the direct and indirect real estate funds. Whilst working at UBS, he was an investment/asset manager on the UBS SERF and UBS Triton Funds. Previously, Sevi worked at King Sturge as an asset manager/Fund co-ordinator on a close-ended, regional french property fund. Sevi is a qualified chartered surveyor. Sevi graduated from the University of Leeds with a BA in Geography in 2002 and subsequently attained a distinction in his Masters of Estate Management at South Bank University.
James Wells
Analyst
James joined MSS Real Estate in October 2009 and is responsible for analysing fund performance, researching real estate investment strategies and assisting with investment management. He graduated from London South Bank University with a distinction in Estate Management MSc and is currently working towards completing his APC and IMC. He also has a 2:1 BA (hons) degree in Economics with Hispanic studies obtained from Nottingham University. | 
