Keith Shiells
Regional Director - Ireland
Keith’s association with Lambert Smith Hampton goes back to 1988. At the time Keith was a Partner in the Belfast based firm, Milhench Crothers, which was taken over by LSH.
In 2003 Keith led a Management Buyout of LSH’s Belfast business to form BTWShiells, which itself was taken over by LSH in 2014.
Keith is now responsible for LSH’s business in Ireland which has 3 offices in Belfast, Dublin and Galway and a total staff of 103.
Within a year of re-joining LSH Keith introduced the Dublin business of DNG Commercial and was instrumental in its acquisition by LSH.
Keith is based in the Belfast Office but spends considerable time collaborating with the teams in Dublin and Galway.
Keith specialises in retail property and is involved in shopping centre investment and asset management working closely with the management team across the portfolio of schemes. He is currently involved in a strategic role on major schemes including Victoria Square in Belfast, Frenchgate Shopping Centre in Doncaster and Forge Shopping Centre in Glasgow.
Keith’s philosophy is property is a people business and day to day he remains very much client facing. He works very closely with his Senior Management Team to ensure a strong service delivery to clients.
Keith continues to spend considerable time on business development with particular emphasis on growing the shopping centre management business.
Since joining the LSH Executive team, Keith has also taken responsibility for the Retail Service line working very closely with the retail team across the Group and also Private Clients.