Adrian Bland is Chair of ULI Midlands, Partner and Head of Commercial Real Estate at Shakespeare Martineau LLP.
Before joining Shakespeare Martineau, Adrian was a partner, group leader of real estate and main board member at Gowlings WLG (Wragge&Co as it then was) for over 10 years. Prior to that Adrian spent 25 years at Eversheds where he trained as a lawyer, rose to become head of the property department, then senior partner (executive chairman) and national board member all by the age of 40. He was chair of Ikon Gallery for 11 years, chair of Birmingham Professional Services, co-founded Birmingham Professional Diversity and served on several boards including Birmingham Chamber Group.
He currently chairs ULI`s Midlands Executive Committee and sits on the UK Executive Board. Adrian lives in Edgbaston with his wife, 11-year old son and "the fur baby" - an 11 months old Portuguese Water Dog.