Ed founded Bluecastle in 2015 with a vision of creating a specialist, fully integrated real estate investment, asset management and development firm. Ed steers the company’s strategy and oversees the day-to-day operations of Bluecastle Capital.

After a successful career in the equity markets at Merrill Lynch, Ed turned his attention to the real estate sector in 2001. Realising that there was an opportunity to combine his financial background with a passion for property, Ed teamed up with two former clients to build a specialist FCA authorised real estate asset management business with over £2.5 billion under management.

Cameron has over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry. His product knowledge covers the broad range of the capital structure
, including both debt and equity products.

His career has been based on building networks of clients including: Pension funds, asset owners, hedge funds, and asset managers. Products and services have included: equity, debt, credit, options, fund services, out-sourced services, property and renewable energy projects. Cameron has worked for Union Bank of Switzerland, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan.

Cyrus has extensive finance and private equity experience having spent ten years working within major financial institutions. At Bluecastle Capital, Cyrus is responsible for all aspects of Bluecastle’s investment process, from the initial underwriting of assets, oversight of each project through the development stage, as well as being responsible for asset managing the operational assets.

Cyrus began his career at UBS Investment bank where he worked within the TMT Mergers & Acquisition team where he was promoted to Associate Director. Cyrus then joined the private equity team at Intermediate Capital Group where he was involved in all aspects of the deal life cycle from due diligence to portfolio management for over £3 billion of equity investments.

Simon has extensive experience within the real estate sector, having enjoyed a successful career spanning four decades. During that time Simon has held senior positions within major financial institutions including the Head of Property at Gartmore, and the CEO of KBC Asset Management. In 2010 Simon led an MBO of the business to form Lothbury Investment Management.

As well as working with Bluecastle as an Executive Director, Simon is also a RICS Governing Council Member. He is a past Chair of The Association of Real Estate Funds (and of the London Branch of the RICS) and a PRI Real Estate Group Member.

Barbara is a seasoned investor relations and business development executive with over 20 years of experience in real estate. During her tenure as Head of Investor Relations and Business Development at Lothbury Investment Management, she spearheaded strategic initiatives, equity fundraising, and ESG programs for portfolios exceeding £2bn in AUM. Her leadership contributed to substantial fund growth, strengthened investor engagement, and elevated ESG standards. Barbara also played a pivotal role in navigating the funds through critical periods, including the COVID-19 liquidity crisis. Earlier in her career, she held positions at IPUT Dublin and Savills.

Barry is a Development Director within Bluecastle Capital with over 25 years’ experience in the property industry. He has been involved with a broad range of development projects and has an excellent strategic understanding of the key issues required to deliver complex developments.

Barry was previously a Development Director at a number of large PLC organisations including Lendlease and Watkin Jones as well as Essential Living, a Private Market leading BTR specialist owned by Washington State Investment Board’s Evergreen Fund. His role in these organisations was to act as the Project Lead on a range of complex London focused residential schemes through acquisition, planning and delivery delivering a total GDV in excess of £1bn.

Chris is a Development Director at Bluecastle Capital, responsible for delivering large-scale residential-led developments across the portfolio. He brings over 15 years of experience managing complex, high-density schemes from pre-acquisition through to construction and operational readiness.

A qualified architect, Chris combines design expertise with deep development experience, having delivered over £1.5 billion of gross development value (GDV) across a range of major UK schemes. Prior to joining Bluecastle, he was Development Director at Ridgeback Group, where he led the delivery of more than 2,500 residential units across London, Cardiff, and Sheffield as well as building the operating platform and creating the tenant brand experience. Throughout his career, Chris has delivered over 4,000 residential units. He holds a Master’s in Architecture and trained as an architect at leading UK practices before transitioning into full lifecycle development leadership.

James is a seasoned development and construction director with over four decades of experience across real estate investment, project delivery, and strategic consultancy. He has held senior leadership roles within both client organisations and consultancies, with a particular focus on residential and Build to Rent developments.

Prior to joining Bluecastle, James was Head of Commercial at Elements Europe and previously held roles as Head of Residential at Brookgate and Head of Construction at Essential Living.

James has extensive expertise in modern methods of construction, contract negotiation, project governance, and consultant management. He contributed to the Urban Land Institute’s Build to Rent Design Guide and has played a key role in the successful delivery of major schemes, including modular hotels, residential towers, and aviation infrastructure across the UK and Europe.

James is a degree-qualified engineer, holds an MBA from Cranfield University, and is a Practitioner with the Association for Project Management.

Nathan is Director of Finance at Bluecastle Capital, responsible for financial strategy, reporting, and oversight across the firm’s corporate and fund platforms. He plays a key role in investor reporting, governance, and financial controls throughout Bluecas­tle’s development and operational activities.

Prior to joining Bluecastle, Nathan led the finance function for Related Argent’s delivery of Brent Cross Town – a 180-acre mas­terplan set to deliver 6,700 homes and 3 million sq. ft. of commercial space – covering funding strategy, treasury, grant income, investor and lender reporting, and Board engagement. He began his career in Deloitte’s Real Estate Tax team, followed by consulting and finance roles at Accenture and Berkeley Group. Nathan is an ICAEW Chartered Accountant and holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Nottingham.

Markus leads Bluecastle’s finance and operations function across accounting, compliance, and investor reporting.

Prior to joining Bluecastle Capital, Markus was responsible for finance, operations and compliance at Matter Real Estate. Prior to this, he sat within the Fund Management team of Carlyle’s European Real Estate group. Markus spent a number of years at PwC earlier in his career, working in each of Assurance, Consulting and Deals Tax, where he built up a specialism in the real estate industry.

Markus received a BA in Philosophy and Mathematics from the University of Southampton, as well as an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Sussex and an MSc in Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition from the University of Edinburgh.

Markus is a Chartered Accountant (ACA).

Following a master’s degree in real estate at Cass Business School, Taymour works in both the origination team as well as assisting in the ongoing development management function at Bluecastle.

Taymour’s background prior to Bluecastle Capital was as an agent, assisting buyers and sellers to source, identify, acquire and sell sites.

At Bluecastle Capital, Philip assists in the initial high-level screening and underwriting process for assets suitable for residential development and works closely on the ongoing portfolio monitoring of Bluecastle’s BTR assets.

Philip began his career in working in the land acquisition team for a retirement village developer and operator, shortly after this Philip moved into land and development advisory, working with landowners and developers across the UK to identify and promote land opportunities.

Natalia has been working as a commercial and financial analyst for the past 10 years. During her career, she has been involved in profitability analysis of projects and efficiency analysis of business processes across industries, giving recommendations for various business units on performance improvement.

At Bluecastle Capital, Natalia assists in the viability assessment of deals including market research, data analysis, initial screening, financial modelling as well as further monitoring of transactions and business processes within the company.

Anna is an accomplished professional with university degrees in Economic Cybernetics and Finance. With over seven years of experience as a commercial and financial analyst, she brings a wealth of expertise to her role. Having previously contributed her skills to Nestlé, Anna has been an integral part of Bluecastle for over five years. She performs Bluecastle’s data analytics, origination, and research functions.