Sirius Sirius Real Estate

Independent Non-executive Director

Independent Non-Executive Director

Ian Watson is one of the best known and most successful investors in the European industrial property market, with extensive capital markets and transactional experience. He holds an MA in Law (Jurisprudence) from Oxford University and practised as a solicitor with Gouldens (now Jones Day).

Ian’s former senior executive roles include Arlington Securities plc in 1986, before he left to co-found Ashtenne Holdings with Morgan Jones in 1989 to invest in UK regional multi-let industrial property. Ashtenne Holdings floated in 1997 on the main market of the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") and over the next eight years as joint Chief Executive, he built up a portfolio worth around £750 million before selling it to Warner Estates and Anglo Irish Bank in 2005.

He subsequently co-founded and floated Hansteen Holdings with Morgan Jones on the AIM market in 2005 to apply Ashtenne's model in Continental Europe, particularly in Germany and the Netherlands. In 2009, Hansteen moved back into the UK industrial market and listed on the main market of the LSE the same year. As a joint Chief Executive, Ian subsequently built Hansteen's portfolio of industrial property to around €2 billion, before exiting the German and Netherlands assets for €1.28 billion in 2017 and selling the then primarily UK-focused listed business in 2020 for £500 million.

Appointed: February 2026

Boards and Committees

  • Board of Directors: Sirius Real Estate Limited
  • Nomination Committee: Sirius Real Estate Limited

Boards and Committees

  • Board of Directors: Sirius Real Estate Limited
  • Nomination Committee: Sirius Real Estate Limited

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