Itutu is named after the Yoruba concept and aesthetic of composure, calm assurance, and grace. The concept combines with Àṣẹ (command) and Ìwà (character) to create the philosophy which is fundamental to the approach taken with all of the assets the company engages with.

Itutu is managed by Yohance Harper MRICS, an investment and development professional with over a decade of investment and development experience. Formerly a Partner at a private equity firm, he has a current and completed development pipeline of 1.3m sq ft of commercial, residential and operational UK assets.

Yohance started his career in architecture before joining CBRE in 2014. He spent a year in investment valuations before joining CBRE’s Capital Advisors. There he was a non-discretionary advisor working debt and equity investment strategies focusing on development.

This included fund structuring, investment management, strategic development management, asset repositioning and development finance. Yohance is an honorary lecturer at UCL’s Bartlett School of Planning, module leader at the University of Westminster’s Business School and a visiting research fellow in the economics department of Goldsmiths University.

He currently serves on the executive committee of the Urban Land Institute (UK) and has held academic and committee roles at The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and University of the Built Environment.