Nigel graduated BSc Estate Management from Leicester Polytechnic in 1979. He then worked in the estate management department of Gooch Wagstaff between 1979 and 1982. There he was involved in the day-to-day management of mixed portfolios on behalf of a number of institutional/property company clients. These included Electricity Supply Nominees, The Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses, Haslemere Estates, Wimpey, and Hill Samuel.

Nigel worked for Allied London Properties plc between 1982 and 2000 where he was responsible for industrial, retail and office investments, latterly concentrating on the Blackfriars & Allied London Joint Venture, M25 Orbital Limited Partnership.

Nigel was invited to join Blackfriars Investments in 2000 and has continued to manage the property portfolio, operating in a hands-on management style to extract maximum value. He is closely involved with each tenant to ensure that vacancies are minimised.