Stuart Farnell is one of the founders of Scoop. He has more than 30 years’ industry experience, successfully structuring joint ventures and procuring finance for global commercial and residential projects. His extensive career spans property asset management, development, finance, fund structuring and relationship management.

Stuart has held senior positions in property finance and development at European banks, Société Générale and KBC Bank N.V., where he was instrumental in structuring and managing senior debt, mezzanine and equity positions. He has also worked in the quoted property sector with The Morrison Construction Group plc, as a Director in charge of joint ventures and with responsibility for the procurement of finance.

He obtained valuable asset management, development and investment consultancy experience while working at Richard Ellis and St Quintin (now CBRE), together with the corporate recovery and company management experience gained while at KMPG during the recession of the early 1990s.

Prior to establishing Scoop, Stuart studied Corporate Finance and was a co-founder of a Regulated Firm and a Guernsey based fund management business.