Bronagh D’Arcy is Deputy CEO/& Director of New Business & Development at Túath Housing. Having graduated with a degree in Housing from the University of Ulster at Magee, a Diploma in Management and Chartered Membership of the CIH she has worked both north & south of the border and has over 25 years’ experience in the sector. This experience is mainly in the delivery of new homes, while working in partnership with a range of stakeholders & through various procurement options. Bronagh has worked with Túath for over 10 years and during this time has seen the Association grow to become the third largest AHB in Ireland.

John brings to the firm over 25 years of International Real Estate experience, including for the last 18 years, participating in Irish real estate asset management and development. John is based in Dublin, Ireland and he is responsible for managing Round Hill’s Irish Development and Investment business.

He has previously worked in real estate asset management and development for Thames Water Property, BAA Lynton and Pillar Property in the U.K. and Treasury Holdings Limited, Harcourt Developments Limited and WK Nowlan Real Estate Advisors in Ireland. In the course of his professional career, John has managed significant real estate development projects, from inception to completion.

John holds a BSc (Hons) Degree from Coventry University and a Diploma in Real Estate from the College of Estate Management, Reading. A Chartered Surveyor, he is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Society of Chartered Surveyors, Ireland and a former Chair of the Society of Chartered Surveyors, Ireland, Planning and Development Division.

John Coleman has been Chief Executive of the Land Development Agency since its inception in September 2018. John previously held senior roles at Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), worked extensively on the set up of its Residential Delivery division and was its Chief Financial Officer. John is a graduate of University College Dublin (BComm) and a chartered accountant (FCA). Prior to joining NAMA in 2011 he worked in banking and accountancy.

John O’Connor is the Chief Executive Officer of the Housing Agency. It is a government

agency that supports and provides services to, among others, local authorities, approved

housing bodies and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in the

delivery of housing and housing services; in addition to a range of other services.

John was previously CEO of the Affordable Homes Partnership and Executive Manager in

the Housing and Communities Department of Dublin City Council.

John is a structural engineer with a wide range of experience in both the public and private

sectors. He has extensive experience in the development, provision and direct delivery of

housing, particularly in the areas of social housing, affordable housing and regeneration

projects.

Catherine Keenan has a Degree in Business Studies with the Institute of Public Administration and a

Masters Degree in Business & Leadership from UCD Smurfit Business School. Catherine has gained a

vast range of experience in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, in HR, Corporate Services and

Environment before joining dlr Leisure Services as Chief Executive Officer in 2013.

In 2015, Catherine took up the role of Director of Housing with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County

Council, with an overarching leadership role in all aspects of social housing delivery, management,

maintenance, retrofitting of housing stock, homeless, allocations and welfare. Catherine has been

particularly involved in progressing the Enniskerry Road pilot cost rental scheme with the Housing

Agency, Respond and Tuath Housing, and the Housing Finance Agency.  She has been pivotal in

progressing the largest social and affordable scheme in the Country at Shanganagh in Shankill, in

partnership with the Land Development Agency.

John Downey is the Managing Director of DOWNEY, a leading multi-disciplinary practice of Town Planners, Architects, Landscape Architects and Project Managers. John is a chartered town planner with over 25 years’ experience in planning & development within both the private and public sectors providing multi-disciplinary services to all areas within the property market from feasibility right through to on-site completion.

John is a specialist in development critiques, planning procedures and the procurement of all planning applications through the various planning processes including S.34 applications, SID applications, and the SHD (Strategic Housing Development) procedure. He has lectured in both the School of Planning and the School of Real Estate in DIT, Dublin on all planning matters.

Through his firm based in Merrion Square, John has represented several large housebuilders, development funds, estate agents, and legal firms, whilst also doing work for planning authorities including Housing Strategies including recently Laois CC and Galway CC.

He has also been heavily involved within the profession itself within advisory roles to Government including advising The Oireachtas (2014) and The Department of Finance (2015). He was part of the Advisory Group for the National Planning Framework (2017) and was on the expert panel for the formulation of the Design Standards for New Apartments - Guidelines for Planning Authorities (March 2018).

He is currently a serving Board Member on the ECTP-CEU (European Council of Spatial Planners) and was a former Chair of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Ireland, in addition to being the first Irish delegate elected as a corporate member of the General Assembly of the Royal Town Planning Institute in London.

Maxime studied architecture at the EAG Grenoble, then graduated from PUC Campinas, Brazil and UCD, Dublin with a B.Arch. He has lived and worked as an architect in various countries including the UK, France, and Brazil. Having founded and led Architecture Republic in Dublin in 2005, Maxime went on to co-found Urban Agency in 2013 with offices in Dublin, Copenhagen and Lyon. He was president of the Architectural Association of Ireland from 2005-2006 and currently teaches architecture and urban design at the School of Architecture University Limerick. Maxime has received numerous awards for excellence in architectural design including numerous AAI Awards, Irish Concrete Society Award and a nomination for the prestigious Mies Van Der Rohe Awards in 2011 and 2018 as well as being awarded as one of top 40 European architects under 40 by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

Paddy Smyth is a Partner in Fieldfisher LLP's Real Estate team. He is a recognised expert in commercial property and real estate finance with a particular focus on residential development. Prior to joining Fieldfisher, Paddy was a member of the legal department of the National Asset Management Agency and was responsible for the management of over 30 contentious NAMA connections. As part of a very successful multi-disciplinary team, Paddy acted on a number of site resolution plans resulting in the successful sale of a number of former ghost estate housing units throughout Ireland to local authorities and AHBs.

Paddy is passionate about the delivery of social and affordable housing in Ireland. He and the team at Fieldfisher regularly act for developers, funders and local authorities in transactions at all stages of the housing delivery process from land acquisition, development funding and construction through to delivery to Local Authorities and AHBs.

Richard Ball is a Partner at Urbeo which is an build to rent residential platform backed by between Starwood Capital Group and Ireland Strategic Investment Fund. He is responsible for all of the company’s investments and finance decisions. He has significant experience in negotiating and structuring property acquisitions in the Irish market. Prior to joining Urbeo in April 2019, he held the position of Chief Investment Officer in Hibernia Reit for five years and prior to that held senior positions within Clancourt Group and Grattan Property. He is a chartered accountant and has a Masters in Accounting from University College Dublin and a B.Sc. from Trinity College Dublin.

Dara Deering is CEO of HBFI, having joined the organisation on 2 September 2019. Dara has extensive experience in financial services, having previously served as Executive Director and Head of Retail Banking at KBC Bank Ireland plc since February 2012. During that time Dara led the launch and implementation of a new retail bank, broadening the range of products and services available, and offering a new banking alternative for Irish consumers. Prior to her time in KBC, Dara held a number of leadership positions in the retail financial services industry. She holds an MBA from Smurfit Business School and a Bachelor of Science Management from Trinity College Dublin.

Rick Larkin is executive director of Twinlite, a vertically integrated real estate developer that designs, builds and manages residential assets in Ireland. He also hosts ‘The Build’ a podcast that explores the issues faced by industry in scaling up housing delivery.

Donald is a multi-disciplined real estate professional with 21 years wide-ranging experience including property design & development, capital markets, disposals and property management; real estate lending; financial accounting and auditing. Donald is a member the Hooke & MacDonald team that has advised on over €2.5bn in residential development & investment transactions over the past 6 years and currently manages over 2,500 houses and apartments across the Greater Dublin Area for institutional clients. Donald is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland, has a Masters in Planning & Development and is an Executive Board member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) in Ireland; an active member of the ULI European Urban Regeneration Council; and is a member of the Planning & Development Committee of Property Industry Ireland (PII).

Joanne Kelly is a partner in the PwC Asset & Wealth Management Group in Dublin and has over 20 years’ experience in both the Dublin and Luxembourg offices providing assurance and advisory services to a range of onshore and offshore funds and fund management companies who utilise International Financial Reporting Standards, Irish GAAP and US GAAP. She has extensive knowledge and experience in advising investment management clients including UCITS funds, Alternative Investments funds (Private Equity and Real Estate) and Asset Management companies.

Joanne leads PwC Ireland’s Real Estate Practice which focuses on providing Real Estate services to our Asset & Wealth Management and Real Estate clients as well as promoting Ireland as a domicile for RE funds.

Joanne is involved with Irish Funds for a number of years and is a member of the committee which organises Irish Funds annual flagship conference.

Joanne is a fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Patrick Phelan is the Managing Director of Ballymore in Ireland – a real estate professional with broad experience in real estate in the UK, Ireland and the US, acquired over a twenty-five year career.

During his tenure, Ballymore has created new headquarters for major corporations and institutions including the Central Bank of Ireland, Microsoft, and the National Treasury Management Agency.

Patrick along with his team were responsible for a forward fund of 435 units in 8th Lock, the last piece of the puzzle in Royal Canal Park in Ashtown, Dublin.

Under Patrick’s leadership Ballymore acquired a landbank for over 4,000 units in Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare, including Sea Gardens, Seamount Rise, Stonehaven, River Walk, Aster Park and Station Walk.

Duncan joined Irish Life in 2020 and is responsible for the development and management of the Irish Residential Property Fund. IRPF is Ireland’s only open ended residential property fund offering investors access to an institutionally operated vehicle that buys and manages income producing residential property in Ireland.

He is a general practice chartered surveyor with over 27 years’ experience in residential and commercial property in Dublin and London. Prior to joining Irish Life, Duncan was the Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets of Lisney, Ireland’s largest independent property agency firm with 140 people across nine offices. Prior to that he worked with CBRE in its City of London office in the UK.

Carol Tallon, CEO of communications agency Property District, specialises in PR and Public Consultation for urban development. With more than 15 years across the planning, construction, property and proptech sectors, Carol has worked with government departments, industry representatives, developers, construction companies, auctioneering firms and media outlets. In addition to founding Proptech Ireland back in 2016, Carol and the Property District team are currently rolling out Ireland’s virtual town hall - PLACEengage.com.