Lucas James

Co Founder

Lucas has been directly involved in the value creation of over £380 million in gross development value across residential and mixed-use schemes. His experience spans origination, underwriting and strategic structuring

Lucas leads multidisciplinary teams across planning, commercial and investment functions, ensuring opportunities are strategically positioned and progressed through each stage of the investment lifecycle. This includes packaging transactions for funding, managing stakeholder relationships and maintaining discipline around risk, return and capital structuring

Lucas alongside Eann oversees the business plan formulation and capital deployment decisions, ensuring investments are aligned with Valad’s strategic objectives and risk parameters