Board
Ric Lewis
Chair, Independent Non-Executive Board Member and First Commissioner
Ric Lewis, Chair, Independent Non-Executive Board Member and First Commissioner.
Ric Lewis was appointed as Chair of The Crown Estate on 9 July 2025.
Ric has over 35 years of experience in the real estate investment sector and is currently the Executive Chair and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Tristan Capital Partners, a real estate investment manager he founded in 2009.
Ric also serves on the boards of Legal and General Group Plc, the Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation, and The Earthshot Prize.
Ric is passionate about improving educational access for young people from under-resourced and under-represented communities. In 2000, he founded his own charitable foundation, The Black Heart Foundation dedicated to improving educational access, quality, and outcomes for underprivileged young people in the UK and US.
Key strengths
Finance
Investment management
Real estate development
Leadership
Our Board
Our Board has the balance of skills and backgrounds that are key to The Crown Estate's business and strategy.
Dame Karen Jones DBE
Independent Non-Executive Board Member and Senior Independent Board Member
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Chief Executive, Executive Board Member and Second Commissioner
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