The Board of Highcroft Investments plc announced the appointment of Paul Leaf-Wright as Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2023 in place of Simon Gill. Paul qualified as a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and has over 40 years of property and financial services experience. He established Leaf Capital in 2004 and is the Company's Chairman.

He also co-founded Atlantic Leaf Properties Ltd. in 2013, a UK Real Estate Investment Trust that invested, primarily, in industrial assets in the UK. Atlantic Leaf was listed on the JSE and SEM markets and Paul was its CEO until June 2022. Paul built the portfolio to approximately £400m in assets, when the business was sold to a large private equity company.

Paul previously held various senior roles in South African banking companies, including financial and strategy director, head of treasury, director of property and asset finance and head of wealth management. As announced on 20 September 2022, Simon Gill has resigned from the Company with effect from 30 March 2023. He stepped down as Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2023 but will remain as an Executive Director until 30 March 2023 to effect an orderly handover of his responsibilities to Paul.