Company

Knight Frank

Position

Chair

Index

Power List

Location

London

Asset Class

Real estate

William Beardmore-Gray

Spear’s Review

Replacing a lifer can be daunting. Though when William Beardmore-Gray was announced as Knight Frank’s new group chairman – replacing 38-year veteran Alistair Elliott – he had far fewer reasons to be nervous.

It wasn’t just that the qualified surveyor had also racked up his own decades of experience at the firm (having joined in 1991). He had also led some of its most successful initiatives in his own right, including a global consultancy offering (aimed at occupiers) from Knight Frank’s London headquarters.

Under Beardmore-Gray’s leadership, the firm remains highly influential – not just as a top-tier player in commercial real estate, but also for its annual Wealth Report, which is a crucial tool for tracking the changing shape of global wealth. 

Rank: Top 100

Top 100 2023, Power List

Share on
Network Connections

Top Flight

Article image

Thomas van Straubenzee

Knight Frank

Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

London

Top Flight 2024 Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

Top Flight

Article image

Edward de Mallet Morgan

Knight Frank

Property Agents

London

Top Flight 2024 Property Agents

Top Flight

Article image

Rupert Sweeting

Knight Frank

Country/Rural Specialists

London

Top Flight 2024 Country/Rural Specialists

Top Flight

Article image

Rory Penn

Knight Frank

Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

London

Top Flight 2024 Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

Top Flight

Article image

Paddy Dring

Knight Frank

Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

London

Top Flight 2024 Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

Top Recommended

Article image

Charles Olver

Knight Frank

Property Agents

London

Top Recommended 2024 Property Agents

Top Recommended

Article image

Tom Smith

Knight Frank

Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

London

Top Recommended 2024 Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

Top Recommended

Article image

Will Matthews

Knight Frank

Country/Rural Specialists

London

Top Recommended 2024 Country/Rural Specialists

Top Recommended

Article image

Neir Gigi

Knight Frank

Property Agents

London

Top Recommended 2024 Property Agents

Top Recommended

Article image

Rupert des Forges

Knight Frank

Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

London

Top Recommended 2024 Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

Top Recommended

Article image

Peter Edwards

Knight Frank

Country/Rural Specialists

London

Top Recommended 2024 Country/Rural Specialists

Top Recommended

Article image

Mark Harvey

Knight Frank

Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

London

Top Recommended 2024 Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

Top Recommended

Article image

Emma Goodford

Knight Frank

Life Sciences

London

Top Recommended 2023 Life Sciences

Top Recommended

Article image

Henry Faun

Knight Frank

Property Agents

London

Top Recommended 2024 Property Agents

Top Recommended

Article image

Jon Reynolds

Knight Frank

Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

London

Top Recommended 2024 Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

Top Recommended

Article image

Matthew Armstrong

Knight Frank

Property Agents

London

Top Recommended 2024 Property Agents

Top Recommended

Article image

Alasdair Pritchard

Knight Frank

Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

London

Top Recommended 2024 Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

Recommended

Article image

Imran Hussain

Knight Frank

Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

Dubai

Recommended 2023 Property Investment, Finance, Management & Private Office Services

Recommended

Article image

Declan Selbo

Knight Frank

Property Agents

London

Recommended 2024 Property Agents

Recommended

Article image

Stuart Cole

Knight Frank

Country/Rural Specialists

London

Recommended 2024 Country/Rural Specialists