John Pilbeam
Construction Director
Property Finance
John is a chartered surveyor specialising in property development project management and property life cycle matters. He joined Downing in 2016 after proving his worth as the firm's retained construction consultant. Prior to Downing, John gained 30 years' wide-ranging UK & International experience with Weatherall Green & Smith as Partner; with Lambert Smith Hampton as Director; with AIG Global Real Estate Investment as Vice President, Head of Construction (Europe); with Pyramid Hotel Group as European Projects Director and with Shore Energy as Projects Director. John works across Downing's Private Equity and Private Debt teams, applying his unusually broad experience to mitigate construction risk.
Construction Director
John is a chartered surveyor specialising in property development project management and property life cycle matters. He joined Downing in 2016 after proving his worth as the firm's retained construction consultant. Prior to Downing, John gained 30 years' wide-ranging UK & International experience with Weatherall Green & Smith as Partner; with Lambert Smith Hampton as Director; with AIG Global Real Estate Investment as Vice President, Head of Construction (Europe); with Pyramid Hotel Group as European Projects Director and with Shore Energy as Projects Director. John works across Downing's Private Equity and Private Debt teams, applying his unusually broad experience to mitigate construction risk.