Charles Graham is a fourth generation Kenyan by birth, as well as a British citizen. In his childhood he moved to the UK. After Eton College, Charlie studied at the University of Reading where he received a Bachelor degree in Estate Management, prior to an international career in real estate investment and development in Canada and the USA, running the American subsidiary of London & Edinburgh Trust plc between 1984 and 1994. Returning to the UK in 1995, Charles co-founded Europa Capital LLP, a private equity real-estate investment manager, which raised over £3 billion in investor equity commitments. Having sold the business to Mitsubishi Estate, he stepped down in 2017 to find a new venture, MGT Investment Management, with former colleagues, where he is Executive Chairman.

Charles is a Trustee of Ol Pejeta Conservancy UK. He lives in London, has a wife and four children.