About us

Adam Blaxter Paliwala 

Group Managing Director

As Group Managing Director, Adam brings decades of leadership experience in property and technology, driving strategic growth and service excellence. Passionate about human-centric design, Adam empowers our teams to deliver clients the most seamless, reliable, and stress-free service possible. A founder of multiple PropTech businesses, including the UK PropTech Association, Adam is also a trained anthropological linguist, researcher, and a keen gardener.

Ashutosh Gawali

Property Advisor

Ashutosh joined the Tara & Co and Student Homes team as a Property Advisor, bringing with him over 17 years of experience in property management across both residential and commercial sectors. With a strong background in lettings, tenant relations, and property operations, Ashutosh supports our landlords and tenants by ensuring smooth move-ins, timely maintenance coordination, and high-quality property standards. Known for his attention to detail and calm, solution-focused approach, he helps keep our lettings and management processes running seamlessly. Outside of work, Ashutosh enjoys exploring the UK with his family and keeping active through long walks and fitness training.

Charlotte Kelly

Property Advisor

With nine years of customer service experience including managing Starbucks, Charlotte thrives on creating connections with people. Her background in politics and sociology from Sheffield Hallam University helps her understand the dynamics of society and customer relations on a deeper level.

When not at work, Charlotte is often found at music festivals or concerts, soaking in the atmosphere and energy. She also enjoys exploring new coffee spots, always on the lookout for the next great brew.

Naina Kazmi

Finance Director

Naina joined the senior Tara and Co team as Finance Director, having previously spent 12 years supporting the business in an advisory capacity. As a highly qualified and experienced accountant, Naina drives forward the strategic financial direction for our business. Naina enjoys yoga to help her relax after all that number-crunching and is a mum to two children.

Olga Reynolds

MARLA

Operations Manager

With experience across lettings and property valuation, Olga is known for delivering high standards of customer service and has a superb knowledge of the latest lettings legislation. Olga’s thorough approach to her work and love for a process means she’s able to support the entire Tara & Co team to deliver a stress-free experience to clients. When she’s not dissecting the latest legislation, Olga loves to travel and spend time with family and friends.

Luke Jackson

Senior Lettings Advisor

Luke has worked in the property industry for over eight years and in that time, has built up great knowledge of the local area. With experience across student lettings, residential lettings, sales and property valuations, Luke can support our customers across all aspects of the property market. Out of work, Luke loves spending time with his family and friends, country pubs, log walks and supporting his beloved Arsenal F.C.

Emily Kelly

Head of Property Management

Starting her property career in sales and lettings back in 2016, Emily has more recently focused on property management. In her role at Tara & Co, Emily leads the property management department in streamlining processes and improving the service experienced by both tenants and landlords alike. Despite having a full-time role here at Tara & Co, somehow Emily still manages to squeeze in working for her beloved Coventry City Football Club, as well as spending time with friends and family.

Tom Middleton

Lettings Advisor

Tom joined Tara & Co in 2022, having gained experience in a sales environment. Tom thrives when he can directly influence customer satisfaction and enjoys face-to-face interaction with clients. With an energetic outlook, Tom is always keen to expand his property knowledge and learn something new about the industry.

Jack Carver

Head of Sales & Lettings

Jack has been with us since 2019, so as our lettings manager, he knows our properties inside and out. Jack works with the rest of our lettings team to help make sure our properties are let as quickly as possible, and that tenants have a home they will be happy in. With a young family at home, Jack likes to spend the time he does get to himself playing and coaching football.

Sophie Wood

Senior Letting Advisor

Since joining Tara & Co in 2023, Sophie has used her previous experience in property and attending University herself, to embrace her role and help student tenants find their ideal home each year. Her bubbly personality is contagious and her empathetic nature leaves customers feeling heard. Outside of work, Sophie is a creative who produces her own music and art pieces in between planning her own wedding.

Rahul Sadana

Property Admin Manager

Rahul holds a degree in commerce stream and handled all of Tara & Co’s outsourced processes until he moved across to the UK in 2023 to take up the role of Property Admin Manager, so he offers great experience in handling queries and helping property handovers run as smoothly as possible. A keen traveller, Rahul also enjoys music and keeping up to date with his favourite sportsmen, Roger Federer and Virat Kohli. 

Mathew Brady

Senior Property Manager

With experience of lettings negotiation, valuation and property management which includes 400 bedrooms within Purpose-built Student Accommodation,  Mat’s 18 years in the industry mean he’s perfectly placed as our Senior Property Manager, looking after a portfolio of Student and Residential properties.
Out of work, Mat loves the gym, spending time with his family and long walks with his dog.