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Headquartered in London, OUTPOST has assembled a world class team who have invested over £5 billion into residential real estate; with deep experience delivering operational assets for residents and investors.

Troy Tomasik

Founder & CEO

Troy is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of OUTPOST. Prior to founding OUTPOST, Troy was a Managing Director at Greystar—the world’s largest operator of residential assets. In over 6 years at Greystar, Troy led multiple functions including acquisitions, asset management, development, and portfolio management in the UK and Europe; deploying over £5 billion across 30,000 beds of student accommodation and 3,500 units of residential accommodation. Prior to Greystar, Troy worked in consulting at the Cadmus Group with a focus on environmental and sustainability issues.

Troy received his M.B.A from Harvard Business School and holds a B.A. in Chemistry and B.A. in Business Management from Taylor University. Troy is a member of the Urban Land Institute.

Laura-Jayne Canneman

Director of Operations

Laura-Jayne (LJ) is the Director of Operations at OUTPOST. LJ has extensive experience delivering operational real estate in the PBSA, BTR, and Co-Living sectors. Formerly of Greystar, LJ held responsibility for +1,400 BTR units across multiple portfolios, and also led pre-development services, including design, fit-out, mobilization, and lease-up, for leading Investment Funds.

Laura-Jayne received her Masters Degree from the University of Oxford, and her B.A. from Oxford Brookes University. LJ is a member of Ladies in Real Estate (LiRE) and the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM).

Michael Hawthorne

Director of Development

Michael is a Director of Development at OUTPOST, with extensive Real Estate experience delivering multi-million pound projects. Prior to joining OUTPOST, Michael was Director of Development at SUSD and provided Development Consultancy and Technical Due Diligence on projects totaling over £1 billion in GDV. He has worked with leading Real Estate Investment Funds and a diverse portfolio of Developers, including The Collective - the world’s largest Co-Living developer and Top Hat Industries - the UK’s most advanced fully automated Modular company.

Michael holds a Construction Management and Surveying BSc (Hons) degree from The University of Reading and is a Chartered Construction Manager with the Chartered Institute of Building.

Nayan Jobanputra

Finance Director

Nayan is the Finance Director for OUTPOST. Nayan has extensive experience in Real Estate Finance, previously holding senior roles at Landsec, where he managed the financial performance of a £6bn portfolio including asset management and development, and at the Unite Group, where he was the Finance lead on all developments including sourcing debt facilities, managing corporate structures, JV relationships and capital allocation strategy. Most recently Nayan was the Head of Finance for the regeneration arm of Associated British Ports.

Nayan holds a BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance and is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).

Dovid Sharman

Director of Transactions

Dovid is a Director of Transactions for OUTPOST. Dovid has over £1.6 billion of real estate transaction experience in the UK over the past 15 years, including serving as the head of Kingsbridge Partners; a real estate focused family office in London. Previously, Dovid was Director of Development for the Bondcare Care group—the fifth largest private care-home group in the UK—where he was responsible for origination, strategic planning, design and build input, as well as the operational performance of his care home and multisector care portfolio.

Dovid has an LLB (Hons) from University College London and completed his LPC from the College of Law. He sits on a number of local community charities in London.

Hannah Miller

Marketing Director

Hannah is the Marketing Director at OUTPOST. She has extensive experience building brands for and marketing PBSA, BTR & Co-Living properties. Prior to joining OUTPOST, Hannah held a European Marketing Director role where she built & mobilised brands, managed a Pan-European team and generated leads for 35,000 PBSA beds and 7500 residential units across seven years. Prior to working in real estate, Hannah worked for The Independent and London Evening Standard newspapers.

Hannah is a certified digital marketer (CDMP) and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM).

Niall Sheridan

Director of Investments

Niall joined Outpost in 2024, prior to which he was a Vice President in Cain International’s Equity Investments team. During this time, he was involved in the underwriting, due diligence, acquisitions, asset management and disposition on over €1bn in real estate. This was on a pan-European basis across sectors including office, residential, hotel and logistics on transactions totalling over 2 million square feet across countries such as the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain and Poland.

Niall holds a MA in Modern Languages from Cambridge University.