Leadership

Judgement, in partnership.

The Founders

A boutique by intention: two principals, three decades of delivery, and a conviction that analytical rigour and developer-operator creativity belong in the same room.

Andrew Baines

Andrew Baines

Co-Founder

Andy bridges operational delivery and capital strategy. He is adept at structuring development partnerships, negotiating joint-venture frameworks, and translating board-level ambitions into built outcomes that deliver measurable returns. Clients trust his calm authority, strategic clarity, and commitment to long-term partnership.

As well as being the lead real estate advisor to Cable & Wireless on their estate of over 700 properties, Andrew has advised some of the best known names in the warehouse and distribution business, including DB Schenker, Agility Logistics, DHL and RM Group on all aspects of real estate — be it as an operational asset, development opportunity or creating an investment.

He has been involved in consolidating businesses under one roof in new purpose-built accommodation as well as the roll out of multi-location distribution strategies in the UK and cross border.

With over 25 years' experience across development, investment, and corporate real estate, he has led major transactions for global occupiers and investors alike. His expertise spans joint-venture structuring, complex lease frameworks, and large-scale logistics and mixed-use development.

Nigel Doherty

Nigel Doherty

Co-Founder

Nigel has led the structuring and execution of projects totalling several billion pounds across the commercial, logistics, and mixed-use sectors.

His career spans more than two decades of working with institutional investors, family offices, developers, and corporate occupiers to deliver landmark schemes and complex portfolios. Over his career Nigel has been involved in transactions of various sizes on all types of commercial real estate, including many development and investment portfolios of £100m+ to over £1 billion.

Nigel's expertise covers feasibility and appraisal modelling, capital structuring, balance sheet restructures, and risk management, thereby ensuring a deep financial understanding of every project. His background in financial modelling, capital structuring, and risk management provides Band Capital with deep analytical rigour and strategic foresight.

He is recognised for his ability to align development delivery with investor performance, ensuring every project is optimised for both capital efficiency and operational excellence.

Before Band Capital

Our previous platform managed £2.6 billion of corporate assets — a track record built with names that expected the standard we now apply to every mandate.

Selected Client Relationships, Past & Present

Agility Logistics APCOA Ask.com AXA BlackRock Cable & Wireless Canada Life Canon Casio CBRE Global Investors Chancerygate Colt DB Schenker DHL Dixons Dorsett Hospitality DTZ Investors FM Global Grant Thornton Indigo Industrial Property Investment Fund Iron Mountain IWG plc (Regus) Kier LaSalle Investment Management LDC Legal & General O2 Pentax Picton Pirelli PJH Group Primark Qatari Diar RM Group Royal London Royal Mail Savills Investment Management Screwfix SEGRO Singer Capital Markets St James's Place Staffline Group Standard Life Investments Thorn Threadneedle Vodafone WWF

RELATIONSHIPS HELD BY BAND CAPITAL'S PRINCIPALS ACROSS CURRENT AND PRIOR PLATFORMS.

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