Hynard spent the majority of his career at JLL, with a focus on capital markets and was latterly deputy chairman of the UK. Subsequently, he was chief executive of the Howard de Walden Estate, and is currently an adviser/non-executive director to Clipstone Investment Management, Howard Group, Love Ventures VC, Orega and Taurus Developments. He was formerly chairman of the Investment Property Forum and the RICS commercial property forum. He is president of OBREMS, the society for alumni of Oxford Brookes who are working in real estate, and is actively involved with several other not-for-profit entities.