Jonathan Millard

Jonathan Millard is Canadian and has lived and worked across Africa since 2005, with Nigeria as his base since 2008. He got his start during the late-2000s scramble for office blocks along Kingsway Road in Ikoyi and went on to work on dozens of Nigerian real estate transactions. Jonathan contributed to the 2009 Cross River State Urban Development Master Plan and helped shape Duval Properties’ Jabi Lake master plan in Abuja, including its joint venture with Actis to develop Jabi Lake Mall. He helped negotiate the proposed hotels at Jabi Lake, where both the hotel and residential components were advanced to the MoU stage. In Lagos, his experience includes early luxury residential projects such as Maansbay in Ikoyi, where he was involved from the early days. In 2011, he was part of the effort to bring Capital Club from it's first market study, helping establish one of the first of the city’s now numerous high-end private members’ clubs. His 2014 master’s dissertation at the University of Oxford examined foreign direct investment in Nigerian real estate. From 2014 to 2022, he worked at Troloppe, whose data-driven approach was pioneering in the sector at the time and led to it securing its partnership with Savills in Nigeria during his tenure. From 2019 to 2020, Jonathan also served as Fund Manager of the UPDC REIT on behalf of FSDH Asset Management and developed the REIT’s strategic plan. From 2022 to 2024, he worked with Trillium, the Nigerian partner of Jones Lang LaSalle. Jonathan has since stepped back from full-time work in real estate and now advises a small circle of private clients on managing their property portfolios.