Our team
John Lee is the founder of JAM, a qualified engineer with a post graduate qualification in Business Management. John is internationally experienced and has been in the property business for more than 25 years, he has seen many changes in both residential and commercial markets.
Paul Thornhill (Thornhill Capital Limited) has a long standing business relationship with JAM. His wealth of knowledge in property industry has gained himself a reputation in the market place. JAM is pleased to continue this close alliance with Paul.
In the late 1980’s John started his career in property as a residential sales agent. He later worked for a commercial property agent in Mayfair where he gained valuable experience in all aspects of retail, offices and warehouse sectors. John later took the opportunity in the early 1990's to work for one of the Crown Services which led to work in the Facilities Management (FM) Department of this Public Sector.
In the mid 1990’s John joined an international property asset management company which dealt with high net worth overseas clients and offshore companies managing their property portfolios both residential and commercial in UK. After experiencing a full scale of property work in London office and other overseas offices in the group, John was later appointed Managing Director heading the UK operation.
Through John's close working relationship with clients and business associates in the property market, he concluded there was a lack of personal service in the property industry as many of the property companies continued to consolidated and grow in size. Hence JAM was conceived and created to serve individuals and corporate clients who would prefer to deal with a boutique property operator catering for their need for a personal and quality service approach when dealing with their property requirements.
Paul is the founder director of Thornhill Capital Limited and has more than 30 years experience within the property finance sector. He is a qualified banker by profession (ACIB) and also a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment Chartered (FCSI). Futhermore, he is a Liveryman within The Worshipful Company of International Bankers. He started his banking career back in 1977 with the Midland Bank and has long standing connections with Hong Kong.
He helped helped establish a representative office for a British Merchant Bank in Hong Kong in 1988 and has helped promote bilateral trade between East and West ever since. Far Eastern clients have a strong appetite to invest in the UK and Paul has worked on a wide range of cross boarder transactions in the real estate sector. Close business relationships have been established with many Hong Kong institutions including The Hong Kong & Trade Development Council
Paul arranges finance on the following property assets such as healthcare, hotels, industrial portfolios, freehold public housing developments, office investments, residential investments, retail, restaurants units and student accommodation . Whilst most of the business is UK based, he is working on a number of international property transactions.
Thornhill Capital Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Registration number 725319)