Our Team
Arshad Bhatti
The founder of Apex Housing Group, Arshad is responsible for developing the business plan and delivering consistent growth. He is passionate about delivering innovative methods to help London’s housing shortage, founding Apex Housing Solutions in 2009 and Apex Airspace in 2015. He utilises a hands-on and personable approach to provide day-to-day operational and personnel direction, ensuring functional efficiency and sustainability across the company.
Andrew Powell
Andrew joined as Finance Director in June 2019 and has extensive property experience working in both the public and private sector, most recently spending the previous 12 years in senior finance positions within Morgan Sindall Group plc. He takes responsibility for the overall financial strategy, leading the financial aspects of all of our activities, including driving business efficiencies through system integration.
Jessica Zoutsos
Jessica advises the company on financial and strategic initiatives, while also managing external shareholders. She is an advisor to a range of UK based companies, working with pre-revenue start-ups to FTSE-listed corporates, advising on capital structure, acquisitions and fundraising. She has also sat on the boards of a number of SMEs operating across the technology, business services and consumer sectors.
Mohammad Shoaib Khwaja
Mohammad provides operations direction across the company and is responsible for managing delivery including the internal acquisition, property management and maintenance teams. He has an extensive background stretching across 20 years in the London property market, working for a number of Local Authorities including Waltham Forest, Lewisham, Camden, Westminster, Barnet and Watford.
Abishake KC
Responsible for all financial aspects of Apex Housing Group, Abi’s focus is on running the company’s finance department in a smooth, transparent and efficient manner – working closely with a range of stakeholders and providing regular insights to the senior management team. A strong believer in a healthy work life balance, Abi’s positive and optimistic approach is a major asset to the company.
Farhat Saeed
As the senior member of the property management team, Farhat works closely with a range of local authorities to provide emergency housing solutions. He maintains effective relationships with all of the company’s landlords and is also responsible for managing the property maintenance team and any issues experienced by the company’s breadth of tenants.
Riz Rai
Riz has been part of the Apex property team since 2015 and is responsible for managing the acquisitions team, procuring properties from Landlords and Estate Agents across Greater London. He adopts a hands-on and personable approach to all of his clients, and has a breadth of property management experience having worked as an independent consultant and for a range of other property businesses.
Daria Preis
Daria draws on her extensive experience across consultancy, brand management, and business development. Daria works across our business portfolio to maintain compliancy and acts as our key point of contact between Apex Housing Solutions and London borough councils.
Muhammed Yousaf
Yousaf joined our team as a Business Development Manager after completing a Masters degree in Business Management. He effectively utilises his MSc to maintain positive company partnerships with tenants, landlords, agents and councils.
Nhut Vu Luong
Nhut conducts financial modelling and analysis for future and current developments with a strong emphasis on meticulous research and continual data monitoring. He has previously worked in commodities trading where he built a regional team to develop and manage a portfolio of large-scale renewable energy projects in South East Asia, valued at over £300 million.
Hina Kazmi
A graduate from the University of Westminster with First Class Honours in Accounting and Management, Hina joined the company in March 2019. Motivated, ambitious and always with a smile on her face, she is a key member of the accounts team and assists with the day-to-day running of the business.
Sophie Bjorholm Lewis
A graduate from the London School of Economics, Sophie is a key member of the marketing team and works across all communication aspects of the business. She also assists with executing the strategic marketing plans for each of our developments. Before joining the team, Sophie worked for a public relations agency.
