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Meet the team

Get to know the professionals in our investment team and our board of directors 

Investment management team
Board of directors

Jason Baggaley

Fund Manager

Jason Baggaley manages the Guernsey registered and London-listed abrdn Property Income Trust. Jason, who joined the company in 1996, has over 30 years' industry experience and has managed API since August 2006. Jason is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Mark Blyth

Deputy Fund Manager

Mark Blyth is the Deputy Fund Manager on the abrdn Property Income Trust. Mark joined the company in 2011 and has 20 years of industry experience and is also a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. 
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Mike Balfour

Chairman of the Board

Mike Balfour is a UK resident. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and was chief executive at Thomas Miller Investment Ltd from 2010 to January 2017. Prior to this, he was chief executive at Glasgow Investment Managers and chief investment officer at Edinburgh Fund Managers Limited. Mike has 30 years of investment management experience and was appointed to the Board on 10 March 2017. He is also a director of Fidelity China Special Situations PLC, BSC Social Impact Trust plc and chairs the Investment Committee of TPT Retirement Solutions. 

Michael Bane

Chairman of the Audit Committee

Appointed a Director on 1 February 2022, Mike retired as an assurance partner in Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") on 30 June 2018. He has over 35 years' experience in practice with a focus on the asset management and real estate industries. He was a member of EY's EMEIA Wealth and Asset Management Board and was responsible for EY's services to those industries in the Channel Islands. He moved from London to Guernsey in 1997, where he has been resident ever since. Mike is a non-executive director, and chairman, of HICL plc. In addition, he is a non-executive director of The Health Improvement Commission for Guernsey & Alderney LBG.  
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