Our leadership team

Get Living’s 170-strong team is led by industry experts with a wealth of experience in real estate, asset management, and sustainability. Their unique blend of expertise and knowledge drives Get Living’s strategy forward as we continue to grow.

Executive Team

Kate Freer

Chief Executive Officer

Kate Freer is a senior UK real-estate executive with more than 25 years’ experience across investment, development, asset management, and residential operations. As CEO of Get Living, Kate is focused on building on the company’s position as a pioneer of the UK build-to-rent sector. Her priorities include delivering strong operational and financial performance, enhancing the resident experience, investing in Get Living’s people and culture, and creating sustainable long-term value for residents and investors.

Prior to joining Get Living, Kate spent 12 years at Realstar, where she played a leading role in establishing and growing the company’s UK and Ireland platform. She was instrumental in building its UK multifamily business and the UNCLE residential brand from the ground up, helping to create a significant portfolio of high-quality rental homes. Before Realstar, Kate spent a decade at Blackstone, where she worked across a diverse range of major real-estate investments and operating platforms, including NHP, Nido, Center Parcs, Logicor, MultiRetail and Chiswick Park.

Dan Greenslade

Chief Financial Officer

As Get Living’s Chief Financial Officer since 2022, Dan Greenslade leads the financial management, reporting and debt strategy for the company. With over 20 years of finance experience, Dan has a proven track record of building robust finance operations to support companies during periods of growth.

Prior to joining Get Living, Dan served as Director of Group Finance at Logicor, a prominent European owner and manager of logistics real estate, where he worked for over five years. Before his tenure at Logicor, Dan spent more than four years at Quintain. He began his career as a Chartered Accountant at PwC.

Non-Executive Team

Jeremy Helsby

Chair

Jeremy Helsby, our Chair, brings strategic advice, guidance and support to drive Get Living’s shareholder performance and reputation.

With a 40-year tenure at Savills, including eleven years as Chief Executive, Jeremy has deep real estate and operational expertise. Having retired in 2019, Jeremy now lends his vast knowledge to propel Get Living forward.

Mathieu Elshout

Non-executive Director

Mathieu leads the European Property team and strategy at Aware Super. He is a seasoned investment director and experienced board member, having been active in direct and indirect real estate for over 20 years. Before joining Aware Super UK he was the Head of Sustainability & Impact Investing at PATRIZIA, responsible for driving its Sustainability agenda  as well as growing its assets under management in Impact Investing.

Previously Mathieu was a Senior Director with PGGM, a top 10 European institutional manager with over €200 billion in assets, where he was responsible for over €2 billion of new investments in the UK and Europe.

Until recently Mathieu served on the Board of the GRESB Foundation, after having served as Non-Executive Director on the Board of GRESB. Previously he was the co-chair of the ULI Europe Sustainability Product Council, a former member of the Advisory Board of ULI’s Centre for Sustainability and Economic Performance and he was a member of the CRREM Global Scientific & Investors Committee. He was also Chair of the INREV Sustainability Committee and past member of the INREV Investor Advisory Council.

Rafael Torres Villalba

Non-executive Director

Rafael Torres Villalba is a Senior Portfolio Manager at APG Asset Management, focusing on APG’s European residential investment. APG is the pension fund manager for the Dutch civil service pension fund ABP.

Rafael has been working for APG’s real estate group for over 20 years, working on both Asian and European real estate. After heading the European real estate team for almost 15 years, Rafael has taken responsibility for some of the residential investments in APG’s portfolio. His skillset entails both transactional as well as portfolio management skills. Rafael is a board member of the Spanish PRS Socimi Vivenio and Oslo based shopping centre company Steen & Strom.

Stephen Murphy

Non-executive Director

Stephen Murphy is currently Chairman at London & Capital/Waverton Group, Elder Technologies and F1 Arcade. He is also a Director at Personalised Diagnostics Ltd and a Strategic Advisor at Get Living plc.

Previously, Stephen was Group CEO of Virgin Group from 2005-2011, where he succeeded Sir Richard Branson in the role. Since 2012 Stephen has pursued a plural NED career having previously chaired Jumeirah Hotels, OVO Energy, Byron Restaurants, Wyevale Garden Centres and The Learning Clinic.

Stephen qualified as an accountant and has held various CFO roles across a number of industries prior to his move to executive leadership.

James Boadle

Non-executive Director

James is Managing Director, Europe at Oxford Properties Group. Oxford is the real estate arm of OMERS, one of the largest Canadian Pension plans. His remit extends across all major asset classes, as well as the development of Oxford’s wider European strategy.

James has a 20-year track record in the real estate sector with global transaction experience across residential, office, retail and industrial, and led Oxford’s involvement into the UK residential sector through DOOR. Prior to joining Oxford, James spent seven years at real estate advisory firms Savills and CBRE.