Alan’s career has involved the direct management of operational property for businesses including Diageo, Lloyds TSB, Dee Corporation and Booker McConnell. Whilst at BT Group as Property Director he was involved with the strategic planning and the largest UK property asset outsourcing involving a £2.38bn transaction with Telereal. In the previous 9 years he developed a number of operational property strategies for BT including programmes of property downsizing, cost reduction, asset value enhancement and the formation of its in-house property company Southgate Developments. Alan left BT in 2001 and then headed up DTZ Pieda Corporate Consulting Group. He now runs his own consulting business specialising in providing strategic occupation, financial and property management advice to businesses and public bodies.

Alan is Chairman of the RICS Facilities Management Faculty and of RICS Business Services. He is a member of the Bank of England Property Forum and a past advisor to the Ministry of Defence, Department of Transport, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Office of Government Commerce. Alan is involved with real estate education through the University of Reading, Oxford Brookes University, Cass Business School and Sheffield Hallam University.