Speaking
When you book Neil to speak, you're not just getting stories—though the stories are unforgettable. You're getting lived experience in how to think about opportunity: recognizing value others miss, taking intelligent risk when markets freeze, and knowing when to walk away. History, nostalgia, and ruthless business lessons wrapped in pattern recognition that applies to any industry, any market, any boardroom.
Neil brings with him the most incredible stories of luck, timing, chaos, and history—all tied to the current property market across the UK. An easy standing ovation.
What Neil Speaks About
Property Market Cycles
Six decades of UK property cycles. Nine major economic shocks. The patterns that repeat, the ones that don't, and why experience matters more than models.
- • Lessons from 1973, 1990, 2008, and beyond
- • When to buy, when to sell, when to hold
- • Distressed opportunities in downturns
- • What institutional investors miss
Real Estate Leadership & Governance
Building, scaling, and exiting public property companies. What works, what doesn't, and the governance lessons learned across £173m and £259-280m portfolio exits.
- • Board-level decision-making in property
- • Taking property companies public
- • Managing institutional shareholder expectations
- • When strategy and markets diverge
PropTech & Real Estate Innovation
Why PropTech fails. Why landlords don't adopt. The gap between innovation and institutional reality—and how to bridge it.
- • Why landlords aren't enterprise SaaS buyers
- • The adoption gap PropTech founders miss
- • Designing pilots that actually scale
- • Real estate's relationship with technology
Deal-Making & Opportunity
The anatomy of major UK property transactions. How deals actually happen. Why relationships and timing matter more than spreadsheets.
- • Major UK property deals & what made them work
- • Negotiation lessons from 60 years
- • When to walk away, when to push
- • The role of relationships in big transactions
Neil's stories aren't entertainment—they're the mechanics of opportunity. How to recognize it, when to risk for it, and when to walk away. Lessons you can't learn from a business school case study.
Speaking Formats
Keynotes
Conference keynotes for real estate industry gatherings, institutional investor events, and property sector conferences. 30-45 minutes, Q&A optional.
Corporate Events
Leadership talks for corporate audiences, board offsites, and executive gatherings. Themes: decision-making under uncertainty, cycles and timing, long-term thinking in volatile markets.
Industry Panels
Panel discussions on UK property markets, institutional investment strategy, PropTech adoption, and real estate governance. Draws on lived experience, not consultant theory.
Fireside Chats
Intimate, conversational formats for high-net-worth gatherings, family office events, and private investor groups. Stories, insights, and unscripted wisdom.
Most speakers tell you what happened. Neil tells you what it felt like to be in the room when it happened—and why the textbooks got it wrong.
Sample Topics
• "Nine Cycles, One Career: What Property Markets Actually Teach You"
• "Why PropTech Fails (And What Landlords Actually Want)"
• "Taking Property Companies Public: Lessons from £173m and £259m Exits"
• "Distressed Opportunities: When Everyone Else is Scared, What Do You Do?"
• "Building Relationships That Last Decades: The Variety Lesson"
• "Leadership Under Pressure: Board Rooms, Downturns, and Decisions"
Custom topics tailored to your audience and event theme available on request.
Speaking enquiries for conferences, corporate events, and private gatherings.
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