Andrew was founder at Blackstock Consulting and now managing director at Montfort Real Estate. As an executive committee member at Urban Land Institute (ULI) UK, he has authored numerous reports on cities, property and tech and is regularly cited for independent market analysis from broadcasters. He was previously the spokesman for British Property Federation, an industry body.
Via Blackstock, Andrew hosted and still produced a regular podcast and provides strategic advice to business around policy and positioning, helping them with fund raising, reputation management and advocacy. Employing a team of 15 professionals, Blackstock advises an array of major investors, developers and architecture firms and has published numerous independent reports on areas such as housing, planning, retail and logistics.
Blackstock's award-winning reports include the Radical Regeneration Manifesto, published collaboratively with Bidwells and Perkins & Will, and OM5G, a report looking at the impact of 5G technology on cities, produced with BT, Canary Wharf, Wireless Infrastructure Group, Ted Baker and Addleshaw Goddard.
Andrew has invested into and helped launch high profile start-ups including Spacehive, the world's first civic crowdfunding company and Musicmetric, a music analytics companies successfully exited to Apple.
Blackstock has advised and helped position major property brands including Essential Living, an institutionally-funded housing business aiming to be the Bentley of renting as well as Moda Living, a UK-wide build-to-rent brand seeking to raise the bar for renting across England and Scotland.
Blackstock specialises in being an extension of its clients' in-house functions supporting decision-making by the C-suite and helping support day-to-day functions across communications, research and marketing.
Andrew originally trained as a journalist at the end of the 1990s, starting his career in the music industry before moving into politics and business. He regular chairs events and takes part in interviews across major TV and radio networks. Please view the Blackstock Consulting YouTube page or website for more info.