# Leadership Team VESTN unites specialized expertise across real estate acquisition, investment, sustainability, crypto asset structuring, blockchain engineering, marketing and emerging technologies. Our leadership boasts over 100 years of collective global experience and over $2 billion in real estate deals, acquisitions and AUM. **Craig Jenkinson | Founder | CEO |** [**LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-jenkinson-b1464827b)\ Craig brings a powerful combination of nearly a decade in real estate and almost eight years in Web3 to his role as VESTN's CEO. His engineering background underpins his expertise in property acquisitions, value-add developments, and complex project management. Successfully implementing change-of-use strategies and innovative value creation methods across real estate developments. His engineering leadership experience includes managing projects valued at over £25 million. As an early blockchain adopter since early 2018 buying BTC CFDs along with co-founding another Web3 venture, Craig possesses deep expertise in distributed ledger technology and smart contracts. His unique ability to integrate traditional assets with blockchain architecture has positioned him as a pioneer in creating more efficient investment frameworks for real-world assets. **Sean Alexander | Founder | COO |** [**LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanalexander4)\ Sean brings over a decade of real estate investment and development expertise to his role as COO. His operational excellence is demonstrated through his success in acquiring, optimizing, and scaling high-performing rental and Airbnb portfolios. Before co-founding VESTN, Sean held engineering management positions at the UK's largest utility firm, where he oversaw complex, multi-million-pound infrastructure projects. With 5+ years of immersion in the Web3 space, he has developed a comprehensive understanding of blockchain technologies and decentralized applications. At VESTN, he combines deep operational knowledge with strategic vision and Web3 expertise to pioneer the future of tokenized asset investing, ensuring seamless execution across all business operations. **Alan Jones | Founder | CIO |** [**LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanjonesvestn)\ Alan brings over four decades of global real estate expertise to VESTN, having executed more than £200 million in deals and built substantial portfolios for high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors. His comprehensive knowledge spans fund structuring, development, and creative financing solutions, supported by an extensive international network of industry professionals. As VESTN's CIO, Alan leads investment strategy, leveraging his decades of market insight to identify opportunities and shape resilient, scalable real-world asset structures that deliver consistent returns across market cycles. **Duncan Sutherland | Non-Exec Chairman |** [**LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncan-sutherland-52136416)\ Duncan is a focused business strategist with extensive experience driving large-scale operations, having led companies with 10,000+ FTE and £100M+ valuations as a board CEO and Chairman. His comprehensive leadership experience spans multiple sectors including residential and commercial real estate, property development, construction, and commercial retail lease management. Duncan brings valuable expertise in law firm real estate operations and conveyancing, alongside significant technology and AI business experience covering online sales, health and wellbeing AI, real estate transactions, and business data analytics. His track record includes successful stock market flotations and business exits within retail, private ownership, and property sectors, providing VESTN with seasoned strategic guidance. **Michael Strachan | CBDO |** [**LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-strachan-simplicity-marketing)\ With 15+ years of experience in marketing and business development, Michael expertly blends traditional strategy with Web3 innovation. At VESTN, he leads expansion into innovative real-world asset markets, focusing on scaling tokenized offerings and unlocking new revenue streams through fractionalization and yield-driven digital assets. His technical capabilities extend to web development, where he contributes directly to VESTN's digital infrastructure and user experience. 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