Stephen Ashworth FRICS is Chairman & CEO, major shareholder of Hurstwood Holdings and joint founder and major shareholder of Arrowmere Capital and Queens Square Capital, all three individual property investor and developers in their own right with Stephen and Hurstwood having numerous awards for regeneration and business success. He is also a chartered surveyor, receiving his fellowship in July 2016.During his 39 years in business, Stephen has been involved in many companies ranging from commercial property investment and development, house building, contaminated land reclamation, timber import & distribution, security & CCTV installation, motor dealerships, classic car auctions, self storage and medical.In 2020 Stephen cofounded Manor Park Classics, a national classic car auction and sales business with fellow classic car enthusiasts to service and improve the classic car market nationally. This is now in its fourth calendar year and a great success.The companies that he has been and is still involved with in a key leadership role and operational executive director & shareholder have created over 1200 jobs, constructing over 1000 homes in the North of England and Wales, investing over £400 million in commercial property investment and development all across the UK.At Hurstwood in Stephen’s roles, between the years of 1994 and 2001 as Managing Director and 2002 to 2007 as Chairman and CEO, he took the Group from a £1m turnover company to a £80m turnover per annum, employing at its peak 385 people and generating profits of over £30m between the years of 1998 and 2007, with total gross assets of nearly £100m at the time, all whilst remaining a privately owned and managed company.Following the financial crisis of 2008/9 Stephen and his team worked hard to keep the business alive where many failed and decided to consolidate and focus it’s attention on commercial property investment, land strategy and planning with only selective development and house building, and with no contracting or building from which the company had originated. A difficult decision but one that proved to be the best long term.Today the main investment vehicle Arrowmere Capital, started by Stephen 12 years ago, together with Hurstwood, all of which is now badged as Hurstwood Holdings, owns and manages over £400m of commercial and residential property on circa 150 sites nationwide housing over 1000 occupier clients.