About Us
Management Team
The Board has appointed Ironstone Asset Management to provide day-to-day asset management and investment advisory services to the Group
Alejandra is an associate with 4 years of experience in the UK Real Estate sector. Previously, she worked at Blackstone where she was primarily responsible for the asset management of St. Modwen Properties plc, a £1.3bn UK-based real estate developer and investor specialising in logistics and homebuilding. Prior to this, Alejandra worked as an investment banker at the Royal Bank of Canada where she was involved on M&A transactions, IPOs, equity raises and corporate brokerships. Alejandra holds a BSc in International Management form the University of Warwick, as well as a certificate in Fixed Income Securities, Debt Markets and the Macro Economy from LSE.
Alex is an experienced real estate professional with over 12 years’ experience. Prior to joining Ironstone (Life Science REIT), Alex worked at leading UK real estate advisor DTRE for 9 years in the Office, Science and Technology leasing team. Alex works within the Asset Management team and is primarily focused on leasing up the vacancy across the Life Science REIT portfolio. Alex read Archaeology at The University of Sheffield and has a MSc in Real Estate from Kingston University.
Alex started his property career with Aston Rose, a multi-disciplinary firm of chartered surveyors. Roles in property management, agency, professional work and investment, accumulated a wealth of sector experience and contacts before joining Tilstone Partners (investment advisor to Warehouse REIT). Over five years, he progressed from an asset manager to associate director, primarily responsible for identifying and driving value across a UK focused industrial and logistics portfolio, valued in excess of £1Bn. Transactional highlights included several high profile multi-let and portfolio purchases.
Having lived in Oxford, London and being within easy reach of Cambridge, Alex is well positioned to apply his real estate capabilities to identify and capitalise on opportunities throughout the Golden Triangle Life Sciences market.
In addition to a BA (Hons) degree from the University of Birmingham, Alex holds a postgraduate diploma in education, one in surveying as well as being a qualified chartered surveyor. He is a member of several high-profile networking groups including the Investment Property Forum, the UK Real Estate investment and infrastructure Forum and Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Alejandra is an associate with 4 years of experience in the UK Real Estate sector. Previously, she worked at Blackstone where she was primarily responsible for the asset management of St. Modwen Properties plc, a £1.3bn UK-based real estate developer and investor specialising in logistics and homebuilding. Prior to this, Alejandra worked as an investment banker at the Royal Bank of Canada where she was involved on M&A transactions, IPOs, equity raises and corporate brokerships. Alejandra holds a BSc in International Management form the University of Warwick, as well as a certificate in Fixed Income Securities, Debt Markets and the Macro Economy from LSE.
Alex is an experienced real estate professional with over 12 years’ experience. Prior to joining Ironstone (Life Science REIT), Alex worked at leading UK real estate advisor DTRE for 9 years in the Office, Science and Technology leasing team. Alex works within the Asset Management team and is primarily focused on leasing up the vacancy across the Life Science REIT portfolio. Alex read Archaeology at The University of Sheffield and has a MSc in Real Estate from Kingston University.
Alex started his property career with Aston Rose, a multi-disciplinary firm of chartered surveyors. Roles in property management, agency, professional work and investment, accumulated a wealth of sector experience and contacts before joining Tilstone Partners (investment advisor to Warehouse REIT). Over five years, he progressed from an asset manager to associate director, primarily responsible for identifying and driving value across a UK focused industrial and logistics portfolio, valued in excess of £1Bn. Transactional highlights included several high profile multi-let and portfolio purchases.
Having lived in Oxford, London and being within easy reach of Cambridge, Alex is well positioned to apply his real estate capabilities to identify and capitalise on opportunities throughout the Golden Triangle Life Sciences market.
In addition to a BA (Hons) degree from the University of Birmingham, Alex holds a postgraduate diploma in education, one in surveying as well as being a qualified chartered surveyor. He is a member of several high-profile networking groups including the Investment Property Forum, the UK Real Estate investment and infrastructure Forum and Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
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.
Daniel has over 13 years’ accounting experience primarily in real estate. He was previously the Assistant Financial Controller at Fresh Property Group, a subsidiary of Watkin Jones plc and also a Group Management Accountant at Hammerson plc. Daniel is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
David has over 30 years’ commercial and financial global experience most recently with Round Hill Capital, a real estate private equity firm. He has held senior executive positions with Campus Living Villages, Balfour Beatty Investments and Lend Lease Infrastructure and was the European CFO of Babcock & Brown, the investment manager who established, the now FTSE 250 listed company, International Public Partnerships. Previously he was a Technical Director with Ernst & Young in Australia and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales.
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.
Daniel has over 13 years’ accounting experience primarily in real estate. He was previously the Assistant Financial Controller at Fresh Property Group, a subsidiary of Watkin Jones plc and also a Group Management Accountant at Hammerson plc. Daniel is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
David has over 30 years’ commercial and financial global experience most recently with Round Hill Capital, a real estate private equity firm. He has held senior executive positions with Campus Living Villages, Balfour Beatty Investments and Lend Lease Infrastructure and was the European CFO of Babcock & Brown, the investment manager who established, the now FTSE 250 listed company, International Public Partnerships. Previously he was a Technical Director with Ernst & Young in Australia and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales.
Joanna 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.
Ian Harris is a qualified Chartered Surveyor with over 30 years’ experience in the UK real estate market. His asset management career began at Imry Holdings where he was responsible for the £200m Halogic Portfolio in joint venture with GE Real Estate. He moved on to become Director of Frame Investments Limited, a privately owned, property investment and asset management company specialising in multi-let value-add portfolios in the UK with financial partners including PRICOA and Portfolio Holdings Limited. He was then appointed Director of Asset Management for the Strategic Partners series of UK value-add funds at CBRE Global Investors with assets under management of £1bn. Subsequently, he went on to co-found Westmount Real Estate Ltd, a boutique investment advisory and asset management business acting for a wide range of domestic and international investors. Ian has a BSc in Land Management from the University of Reading and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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.
Joanna 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.
Ian Harris is a qualified Chartered Surveyor with over 30 years’ experience in the UK real estate market. His asset management career began at Imry Holdings where he was responsible for the £200m Halogic Portfolio in joint venture with GE Real Estate. He moved on to become Director of Frame Investments Limited, a privately owned, property investment and asset management company specialising in multi-let value-add portfolios in the UK with financial partners including PRICOA and Portfolio Holdings Limited. He was then appointed Director of Asset Management for the Strategic Partners series of UK value-add funds at CBRE Global Investors with assets under management of £1bn. Subsequently, he went on to co-found Westmount Real Estate Ltd, a boutique investment advisory and asset management business acting for a wide range of domestic and international investors. Ian has a BSc in Land Management from the University of Reading and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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.
Keisha joined Ironstone in February 2023. With over 9 years front of house experience, Keisha is responsible for ensuring daily operations run smoothly.
Pippa Stacey is a chartered accountant with a broad range of skills more recently focused on sustainability, governance and compliance. Recently she has supported listed entities, Warehouse REIT plc and Unilever plc, as a consultant, and prior to this she spent 11 years with PwC in their Audit and Forensic Department working on financial/non-financial investigations, regulatory remediation, and auditing. She has a degree in civil engineering from Nottingham University.
Simon Farnsworth is an experienced fund manager and chartered surveyor with over 30 years of experience in the UK real estate market. Previously he was a Managing Director of the UK Funds business of CBRE Global Investors and a member of their UK Executive Committee and Investment Committee. Prior to that he was a Business Development Director at GE Capital Real Estate. He has a BSc in land management from the University of Reading. Latterly he was a founding director of Westmount Real Estate, a boutique real estate investment advisory and asset management business advising on acquisitions, asset management and financing across all UK sectors. He has considerable experience in sourcing, managing, and financing across many real estate asset classes along with developments, forward fundings and corporate transactions.
Keisha joined Ironstone in February 2023. With over 9 years front of house experience, Keisha is responsible for ensuring daily operations run smoothly.
Pippa Stacey is a chartered accountant with a broad range of skills more recently focused on sustainability, governance and compliance. Recently she has supported listed entities, Warehouse REIT plc and Unilever plc, as a consultant, and prior to this she spent 11 years with PwC in their Audit and Forensic Department working on financial/non-financial investigations, regulatory remediation, and auditing. She has a degree in civil engineering from Nottingham University.
Simon Farnsworth is an experienced fund manager and chartered surveyor with over 30 years of experience in the UK real estate market. Previously he was a Managing Director of the UK Funds business of CBRE Global Investors and a member of their UK Executive Committee and Investment Committee. Prior to that he was a Business Development Director at GE Capital Real Estate. He has a BSc in land management from the University of Reading. Latterly he was a founding director of Westmount Real Estate, a boutique real estate investment advisory and asset management business advising on acquisitions, asset management and financing across all UK sectors. He has considerable experience in sourcing, managing, and financing across many real estate asset classes along with developments, forward fundings and corporate transactions.
Simon studied Estate Management at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. He also holds an MBA from Reading University.
He is Senior Advisor at Savills UK Ltd with over 35 years’ tenure at the company. The vast majority of these years he has specialised in portfolio investment construction, acquisitions and disposals. He was a founding director of the Charities Property Fund which is now £1.5 billion in size. He chaired Grosvenor Hill Ventures until 2007 which was Savills’ proprietary trading and investment arm for property. In 2013 he became chairman of Tilstone Partners Limited which is the investment adviser to Warehouse REIT plc, and is a director of Warehouse REIT plc, an AIM quoted real estate investment trust which was launched in 2017 and which has a market cap of more than £650 million.
Stephanie is a solicitor with over 30 years’ legal experience in the real estate sector. She has worked in-house and in private practice. She has advised employers, funders, members of the professional team and contractors in relation to major projects (including PPP and PFI) on contentious and non-contentious aspects of procurement, contract management and law. Previous employers include Trowers & Hamlins, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Transport for London. Stephanie has an LLB in law from the University of East Anglia.
Stephen has over 30 years’ experience setting up and managing funds. Starting as an investment analyst at Morgan Grenfell, Stephen managed the £5 billion UK Equity Exempt Fund in the 1990’s combined with the role of Head of Global Research. Stephen then set up the successful Global Equity Select strategy at Morgan Grenfell in 2002. Leaving Morgan Grenfell in 2005 Stephen built a successful team at IronBridge International and as founding CIO, ultimately managed over $7 billion for a range of UK and overseas clients. Since 2012, Stephen has been investing in a range of property vehicles alongside colleague Simon Hope, notably Warehouse REIT. Stephen has an MA in Economic History from the University of St Andrews.
Simon studied Estate Management at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. He also holds an MBA from Reading University.
He is Senior Advisor at Savills UK Ltd with over 35 years’ tenure at the company. The vast majority of these years he has specialised in portfolio investment construction, acquisitions and disposals. He was a founding director of the Charities Property Fund which is now £1.5 billion in size. He chaired Grosvenor Hill Ventures until 2007 which was Savills’ proprietary trading and investment arm for property. In 2013 he became chairman of Tilstone Partners Limited which is the investment adviser to Warehouse REIT plc, and is a director of Warehouse REIT plc, an AIM quoted real estate investment trust which was launched in 2017 and which has a market cap of more than £650 million.
Stephanie is a solicitor with over 30 years’ legal experience in the real estate sector. She has worked in-house and in private practice. She has advised employers, funders, members of the professional team and contractors in relation to major projects (including PPP and PFI) on contentious and non-contentious aspects of procurement, contract management and law. Previous employers include Trowers & Hamlins, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Transport for London. Stephanie has an LLB in law from the University of East Anglia.
Stephen has over 30 years’ experience setting up and managing funds. Starting as an investment analyst at Morgan Grenfell, Stephen managed the £5 billion UK Equity Exempt Fund in the 1990’s combined with the role of Head of Global Research. Stephen then set up the successful Global Equity Select strategy at Morgan Grenfell in 2002. Leaving Morgan Grenfell in 2005 Stephen built a successful team at IronBridge International and as founding CIO, ultimately managed over $7 billion for a range of UK and overseas clients. Since 2012, Stephen has been investing in a range of property vehicles alongside colleague Simon Hope, notably Warehouse REIT. Stephen has an MA in Economic History from the University of St Andrews.
Tahrima Rahim has over 10 years’ experience in the life sciences sector with deep sector knowledge of precision medicine, oncology and genetics. Previous roles have spanned academia, government and pharmaceutical industries. Notably, she was the Scientific Manager at Genomics England, where she developed strategy through close collaboration with industry leaders in the oncology sector, and a Research Scientist at the industry leading Barts Cancer Institute where she worked on pioneering gene editing techniques in blood cancer. She is published in Nature, BMJ and Blood. Tahrima holds a BSc (Hons) in Medical Genetics and a MSc (with Distinction) in Cancer Therapeutics both from Queen Mary, University of London.
Yi-Chien (Yvette) Lu’s experience span across the life science and investment sectors. Previously, she worked at Nomura’s Healthcare Investment Banking team for M&A and private placement advisory. Her corporate days counted Foxconn, a Fortune 22 tech company as a corporate development manager sourcing digital health investment opportunities and medical technology acquisition targets. She was a founding member of the Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable (OBR) which runs one of the largest life science accelerator programs, OneStart, for young academics. She graduated with a DPhil (PhD) in Oncology from the University of Oxford, an MSc in Immunology from Imperial College London and is certified in UK Financial Regulation and Capital Markets by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).
Tahrima Rahim has over 10 years’ experience in the life sciences sector with deep sector knowledge of precision medicine, oncology and genetics. Previous roles have spanned academia, government and pharmaceutical industries. Notably, she was the Scientific Manager at Genomics England, where she developed strategy through close collaboration with industry leaders in the oncology sector, and a Research Scientist at the industry leading Barts Cancer Institute where she worked on pioneering gene editing techniques in blood cancer. She is published in Nature, BMJ and Blood. Tahrima holds a BSc (Hons) in Medical Genetics and a MSc (with Distinction) in Cancer Therapeutics both from Queen Mary, University of London.
Yi-Chien (Yvette) Lu’s experience span across the life science and investment sectors. Previously, she worked at Nomura’s Healthcare Investment Banking team for M&A and private placement advisory. Her corporate days counted Foxconn, a Fortune 22 tech company as a corporate development manager sourcing digital health investment opportunities and medical technology acquisition targets. She was a founding member of the Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable (OBR) which runs one of the largest life science accelerator programs, OneStart, for young academics. She graduated with a DPhil (PhD) in Oncology from the University of Oxford, an MSc in Immunology from Imperial College London and is certified in UK Financial Regulation and Capital Markets by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).