About

Andrew founded the Tilstone brand in 2010 to focus on commercial property investment and development.

After identifying opportunities within the warehouse sector, the focus moved in August 2013 to creating the Tilstone Property Portfolio, which the Company acquired as its seed portfolio as part of the September 2017 initial public offering. As Managing Director of Tilstone, Andrew takes overall responsibility for strategy, direction and business performance.

Prior to founding Tilstone, Andrew was appointed as property director to the board of Barlows plc in 1994, a north­-west-focused commercial property company with a listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. He was subsequently part of a consortium that took the company private in 2001. The business created a separate asset management company through which Andrew served on the investment committee of Westbury plc, a quoted property fund (2002-2007). Andrew has also served as a non-executive director of Dee Valley Group plc, at that time a London Stock Exchange quoted water utility company.

Nick brings over 18 years of real estate investment, fund management and corporate finance experience. Nick began his career in real estate in investment banking, before moving across to investment and fund management roles within private equity real estate.

He was previously Investment Director at sustainable real asset manager Astarte Capital, where he was responsible for identifying and sourcing investment opportunities and managing JV partnerships. Prior to that, he held roles at BlackRock and MGPA.

As Head of Corporate Finance, Nick is responsible for the management and provision of strategic input across the Company’s investment portfolio and corporate finance initiatives. He has oversight of a range of corporate activity as well as the investment cycle, including financial structuring, capital raising and management of due diligence. Nick reports to Paul Makin (Investment Director) and is based in the London office.

Adrian joined Tilstone in November 2020 as Head of Financial Planning and Reporting.

Adrian is a Chartered Accountant with over 13 years experience in accounting, reporting and financial planning and control.

Adrian was the audit manager for a mid-tier accounting firm for seven years in Australia before moving to the UK.

After gaining experience in a NYSE listed gaming business and in a private equity firm investing in property in Angola, Adrian joined CLS Holdings a FTSE 250 business with a portfolio of over £2bn in the UK, Germany and France. Adrian was responsible for the Financial Control of the UK, before heading up the Group’s Financial Planning and Analysis department.

Adrian has strong technical and analytical skills whilst applying commercial understanding to complex financial transactions.

Julie has worked with Tilstone since September 2017 as Head of HR.

Julie holds an MBA from Reading University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She has held senior HR roles in both the private and not for profit sectors prior to setting up her own HR consultancy business.

She also holds the NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety.

Scott is a Regional Director with 20 years’ experience in the asset management of multi-let industrial and logistics properties.

Having started his career at Workman, Scott moved to Ashtenne where he became a Regional Head of Asset Management, based at their London head office, with responsibility for their South-East portfolio. After leaving Ashtenne in 2013, Scott set up a niche Industrial Asset Management business, 4Corners IAM, managing industrial properties for institutional and private clients.

Scott is a Regional Director overseeing the asset management of property across the North of England and Scotland and also takes the direct lead on some key value-enhancing development opportunities. Scott reports to Paul Makin (Investment Director), works closely with the senior management team to maximise returns for the portfolio and enhancing engagement with our occupier base.

Angela is the executive PA to Andrew Bird, Managing Director. 

Angela worked for a national utility company within the customer care department before joining the property industry, working for two firms of real estate consultants, joining Tilstone in 2011.

As well as providing high-level support to Andrew, Angela also supports the other senior management within the organisation from finance to investment opportunities.

Peter has significant experience in company management, control, reporting and corporate activity, especially in the private equity arena. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Binder Hamlyn, before working in a variety of finance roles for blue chip companies including Grand Metropolitan (Diageo plc), De La Rue plc and ICL plc.

During his time as group finance director of Robert Walters plc, the company successfully floated on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. While he was at Spectron Group Limited, the company was restructured and eventually sold to a trade buyer.

As part of the management team of Axiom Consulting Limited, Peter was involved in a management buyout from Aon Limited, funded by private equity, and later its trade sale to Charles Taylor plc. He was also part of the team at Kane Group Limited, which undertook the private equity-backed acquisition of HSBC Insurance Services Limited. Peter is also a founder of RPL Investments Limited, a company which specialises in assisting with raising funds for small businesses as well as advising on corporate strategy and is also a board Director of Leander Club Limited.

Simon has been Chairman of Tilstone since its formation in 2010 and was a founding investor. Prior to that he worked with Andrew Bird while Andrew was property director at Barlows Plc, trading a number of portfolios including a sale to Westbury Fund Management.

Simon’s biography can be found in the board of directors tab.

Gary is a chartered surveyor with over 20 years of Industrial & Logistics real estate experience that is directly relevant to his role at Tilstone. He was most recently at Antler Property Investments LLP where he was an Asset Management Director responsible for a large 33-site portfolio and multiple sales following the implementation of successful management strategies.

Following university, Gary started his career and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor at international property consultants King Sturge LLP, now part of JLL, where during the majority of his eight years he held a UK-wide property management role supervising regional teams of staff and reporting directly to institutional clients.

At Tilstone Gary is based in London, reporting to investment director Paul Makin and leverages his national network and expertise to improve income and value across a diversified portfolio of multi-let UK urban warehouses.

Paul joined Tilstone in 2013 and was part of the original team creating the Tilstone Property Portfolio and was a co-founder of Tilstone Partners.

He has extensive investment consultancy experience through his work at CBRE Limited and subsequently at Mapeley Estates Limited (a previously listed property company), where he was head of investment and investment asset management, tasked with extracting value from outsourcing contracts and new acquisitions. Paul expanded his horizons with a senior investment asset management role at Moorfield Group Limited, a real estate private equity company. There he took a key role in the purchase and asset management of projects such as the UK Logistics Fund, in a joint venture with SEGRO plc.

Daniel is Head of Project Management. He is a Chartered Building Surveyor with significant industrial project management experience.

Daniel is responsible for the delivery of Warehouse REIT’s new build developments and advises on all aspects of construction. Specific areas include all design, legal and regulatory, compliance, contractual and construction matters. Daniel also oversees all Warehouse REIT’s refurbishment projects. Sustainability features strongly in all the projects.

Prior to joining Tilstone, Daniel previously worked for Chancerygate where he was responsible for all aspects of the development process. This included undertaking initial due diligence on new land prior to acquisition, through to the delivery of new build industrial projects. During his time at Chancerygate Daniel was involved with numerous high profile complex development projects.

Cornell joined the team in 2023 as a Management Accountant.

Coming from a Property and Retail background Cornell has over nine years experience in the Accountancy and Finance field. She started as an Apprentice and has worked her way towards completing her ACCA and becoming a fully Chartered Accountant. Cornell has worked with the likes of MAPP (Property Management) Ltd and Selfridges.

Caroline has extensive experience in the property industry having worked for 16 years at Savills UK within Valuation, Plc and Central London Investment. She joined Tilstone in January 2023.

Jo joined Tilstone in April 2023 as Head of Investor Relations and Corporate affairs, she has over ten years of investor relations experience focused on UK real estate.

Jo was previously IR and Corporate Sustainability lead at British Land, a FTSE 100 REIT, where she worked on all aspects of company’s investor communications including the annual report, results materials and capital markets events. Prior to that she worked as Head of Investor Relations for Elephant Capital, an AIM listed vehicle based in Delhi.

Jo also has seven years of investment banking experience, including five years in Corporate Finance at NM Rothschild, where she focused on Real Estate and Retail & Leisure and she spent two years in Corporate Broking at Merrill Lynch.

Emily joined Tilstone as an Asset Manager in April 2025. She has over 10 years’ real estate experience, having most recently been responsible for the Estate Management of industrial properties, 280 acre head office campus, and pension fund property portfolio at Boots UK.

After obtaining a degree in French and Italian in 2014, Emily went on to complete graduate rotations at Savills, and a Masters degree in Real Estate Management, before qualifying as a Chartered Surveyor in 2017. Post-qualification, Emily specialised in Development Set Up at Savills and advised a range of retail and industrial clients on service charge and property management set up of properties in the planning process and/or under development.