Hugh Scott-Barrett
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Chief Executive
Dublin, IE
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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Biography
Hugh Scott-Barrett has over twenty years of wide-ranging board experience across the real estate, asset management, banking, retail and leisure sectors. He is currently Chair of Irish Residential Properties REIT plc.
In May 2020, Hugh stepped down as Non-Executive Chairman of Capital & Regional plc, having served as CEO from 2008 to 2017. As CEO he was responsible for the recapitalisation, financial restructuring and strategic transformation of the business. In April 2020 Hugh also relinquished his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors of GAM Investments, a leading independent asset manager.
He was previously a member of ABN AMRO's Managing Board and served as Chief Operating Officer between 2003 and 2005, and Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2007.
Hugh is a world-renowned carriage driver and in 2018 was a member of the Gold medal-winning team at both the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, USA and the FEI Driving World Cup in Bordeaux.
Hugh studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, and at Oxford University where he read Modern History.
The Record
Background
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2008 — 2017
Chief Executive
Capital & Regional plc | Now: New River
Capital & Regional, now New River, is a business transformed following a major restructuring and £200 million acquisition of the Mall Shopping Centre Fund. One of the leading entrepreneurial retail property companies, C&R is a specialist REIT looking to add to its £1 billion portfolio of UK shopping centres.
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2007 — 2008
Senior Advisor
J C Flowers
Founded in 1998, JC Flowers & Co is a leader in financial services investing and has a differentiated investment strategy. They seek to capitalise on market inefficiencies due to regulatory change and asset complexity.
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2006 — 2007
Chief Financial Officer
ABN Amro
ABN AMRO is a Dutch bank that offers a full range of products and services to retail, private and corporate clients.
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2003 — 2005
Chief Operating Officer
ABN Amro
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2000 — 2007
Member of the Managing Board
ABN Amro
Formative Years
Education
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University of Oxford
BA Hons, Modern History
1977 — 1980
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Sorbonne University
1977 — 1977
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Lancing College
1972 — 1976
Areas Of Focus