James Raynor

For over 300 years we’ve been pioneering new ways of thinking about property. Today, we’re focused on redefining the relationship between property owners, occupiers and communities, based on a model of mutual success, that puts the environment at the heart of every decision we make.

James has overall responsibility for Grosvenor’s international property activities, which invest directly in the UK and Canada and back local likeminded property investment partners globally.

Until 2025, James was CEO of Grosvenor Property UK, which owns and manages the business’ historic holdings in London’s Mayfair and Belgravia, a regional portfolio of prime city centre offices and a private credit business. 

James joined Grosvenor’s Paris team in 2004, where he led Grosvenor's international fund management activity. He was then appointed Chief Executive of Grosvenor Property Europe in 2013 before his appointment to Grosvenor’s UK property business in 2020. 

Prior to this, James was the Senior Director of European Real Estate at Royal Bank of Scotland in Paris and a Non-Executive Director of Nordisk Renting in Sweden.

James is a Chair of the Westminster Property Association and sits on the BPF’s Policy Committee. He was previously a board member of the New West End company and INREV. He was educated at the Universities of Greenwich and Lille, France.