In for the long term (TT Dec05 p40-42)

Trevor Mant joined Slough Estates in 1989 and was made Group Treasurer in 1991. He currently has two assistant treasurers. The company operates a centralised treasury function, which is responsible for raising all funding worldwide and managing the interest rate risk and the foreign exchange risk. Property investment is a long-term business, and the company is building assets that will last 20, 30 or 40 years.