Joe is the Managing Director of Duke McCaffrey and is an energetic, hands on, self-motivated

professional Chartered M&E Quantity Surveyor with specific expertise in the cost management of

mechanical and electrical services on technically challenging projects in Data Centre, Hotel and

Leisure, large scale residential and office fit out projects across Ireland, UK and Europe with values of

€500k to €300m+. He has a proven track record in team leadership, organisation, planning and

management, through the implementation of effective strategy, maintaining budgets, excellent

interpersonal skills, quickly developing top-level relationships while working within tight time

constraints to achieve results.

His particular expertise in M&E Services Cost Management is invaluable during the early stages of

projects when a balanced project cost allocation is essential – he supports the validation and

auditing of M&E Services costs during the early project stages and maintains an overarching audit

role on this cost significant element of the project costs throughout the project delivery cycle. He

understands the technical and commercial aspects of projects with a focus on delivering value for

clients throughout the design, procurement and delivery stages.

Joe has been at the forefront in Duke McCaffrey in regard to the implementation of ISO 9001

Accredited project delivery methods with Duke McCaffrey having received full re-accreditation in

April 2022 to ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems, ISO 14001:2015 Environmental

Management Systems and ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety Systems.

Joe has worked with Client such as Keppel Data Centres, Digital Realty, State Street, Grangegorman

Development Agency, Core, Citrix, AIB, Clyde Real Estate, Dundalk IT, Carlow, IT, Health Services

Executive, Red Rock Developments, Delsk, InfraRed Capital Partners, Dalata Hotel Group as well as

working with a large number of significant small and medium size clients across a broad spectrum.

Erin holds a First Class Honours Degree in Property Economics and a Masters in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Reading. She also holds a Certificate in Fixed Income and Derivative Securities from the International Capital Markets Association.

For the past 10 years Erin has lectured in valuation related modules on the MSc Real Estate programme at Technological University Dublin.

Erin is a former winner of DIT’s Richard Morrison Prize for Excellence in Valuation, and the Society of Chartered Surveyors’ David Bailey Memorial Award for achieving the best results in the Property Economics Degree Course.

Erin worked as a Development Manager for Treasury Holdings, with responsibility for valuation appraisals, budgets and project management. During her surveying/agency career Erin worked with Savills, where she became Head of Retail Warehousing with responsibility for the company’s entire retail parks portfolio.

Erin is the person responsible for property selection, procurement, negotiation, finance and asset management.

John is Managing Director for M7 Real Estate Ireland and is responsible for acquisitions, asset management and business development.

With over 20 years’ experience, John was previously Head of UK Asset Management at M7 until 2021. Prior to joining M7 in 2014, John was a Director with UBS Global Asset Management where he was responsible for the Triton Property Fund, a UK balanced property unit trust which invested in all main commercial property sectors. In addition, John also held responsibility for the investment management of private UBS Wealth Management clients.

Prior to UBS, John worked at Land Securities Trillium as a Senior Asset Manager where he undertook strategic asset management of a large regional portfolio.

John is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and holds an Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and has a BSc Hons in Real Estate Management from Oxford Brookes University.

Des Travers commenced his role as CEO of DPD Ireland in July 2017. Des's strategy for DPD Ireland is focused on extensive growth through innovation, people development and service excellence. The strategy will build DPD Ireland's business to be the best in the market place, providing sustainability and opportunity for both DPD employees and network members throughout the country.

Des has been with DPD Group for 23 years.

Tim Jones is a Director in Palm Capital. He focuses on acquisitions in the UK and Europe. Previously, Tim spent over 3 years at Hudson / Lone Star on the acquisition, asset management / re-positioning and sale of UK & Irish real estate assets and non-performing loans. Prior to this, Tim spent over 5 years in the Capital Markets team at JLL, after starting his career in the Allianz Corporate Finance team. He has a MSc from Reading University and a BA (International) from University College Dublin. Tim is also a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

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Peter Browne is Head of Business Development at the multi-award-winning mac-group, one of Ireland’s largest

construction companies. A Chartered Construction Manager Peter has over twenty years’ experience in the

construction & real estate sectors. He is responsible for mac’s profitable growth across their specialist sectors of

logistics and commercial interiors. Peter is also an advocate and expert in Modern Methods of Construction

(MMC) having previously spent 15 years with The McAvoy Group expanding their offering across the

healthcare, education, commercial and aviation sectors. Peter is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building

and currently sits on the CIF’s MMC Working Group and the RIAI’s DfMA Consulting Group.

Ronan Furlong is executive director of DCU Alpha, Dublin City University's innovation campus. DCU Alpha is a cluster of data analytics, life sciences and 'Internet of Things' (IoT) companies, comprising startups, spin-outs and more established enterprises. Aside from steering the development of DCU Alpha, Ronan acts as a consultant to Spear Street Capital on their Cherrywood Life Science project, and is also a co-founder of e-mobility technology start up, Luna Systems. Ronan also helped establish 'Smart DCU', a smart district comprising the various DCU campuses, which is part of the wider 'Smart Dublin' initiative operated by the 4 Dublin Local Authorities. Ronan has a B.Arch from UCD, a Postgrad Diploma in Sustainability from DCU and a MBA from Trinity College Dublin.

David joined Hines in 2017. His primary focus is the Cherrywood project, managing the delivery of infrastructure and the advancement of new developments, including significant life science and logistics projects. David holds a Bachelor of Science, Property Economics & Valuation Surveying from Dublin Institute of Technology, and has over 13 years’ of commercial real estate experience.

Peter Gavican is Eagle Street’s COO.

Peter started his career in the medical devices sector in the areas of quality, project management and supply chain management before moving into the utility sector working for Endesa Ireland managing various projects from planning through to commissioning. This included the construction of Great Island CCGT Power Plant with a CapEx budget of €330m. Peter was part of the management team that sold the business to Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE).

Following his role at SSE, Peter then joined the public sector as Director of Services in Galway County Council before being seconded to the Housing Delivery Office in Dublin.

Peter then moved to Glenveagh Properties PLC as Director of Manufacturing and Design Operations where he was responsible for the delivery of a timber frame manufacturing plant, the design of new innovative high density housing typologies (used to displace apartments in suburban locations) and the general design operations of housing and apartments.

Peter holds a BSc in Environmental Science, BSc Hons in Quality Management, Masters of Business Administration (MBA), H.Dipl in Digital Strategy and a Certificate in Real Estate Economics and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science.