Edward joined Colliers in September 2022 to help grow our EMEA Capital Markets team with a particular focus on growing our pan European logistics platform based in London. He was subsequently appointed Co-Head of the Industrial & Logistics Practice Group for EMEA in February 2023 to lead the strategic development and growth of this service line. Edward is responsible for meeting with capital and investors on a regular basis to get an in depth understanding of their requirements and objectives for a personalized value add service to maximise upon opportunities and to support strategic client led decision making. Edward has worked on several cross border mandates, including assisting clients entering into new jurisdictions for the first time. Before joining Colliers Edward was a fund manager at Tritax for 8 years where he was an Assistant Fund Manager for the flagship Tritax Big Box REIT plc fund for 6 years and helped grow assets under management from c. £250m to c. £4bn in AUM by 2019. His experience included identifying, structuring and managing transactions such as corporate acquisitions, portfolios, sale & leasebacks and forward funded developments in addition to overseeing the project management and delivery of new builds until practical completion. Other areas of experience included reviewing customer covenant strengths, securing senior loans, fund reporting and managing periodic portfolio valuations. In 2019 he helped seed and deliver a new joint venture fund called MetroBox with a seed portfolio of retail warehouse parks in the UK which included reviewing opportunities, business planning, gaining knowledge of supply chains, fund structuring and fund administration. Prior to joining Tritax he worked in consulting and agency led appointments in the UK and in EMEA for key client accounts.