Accelerating Careers in Real Estate - Episode 19

In a 25th Episode milestone, the host of our 'Accelerating Careers in Real Estate' podcast series, Nick Carman, looks back at all our guests to establish a theme in their success.

Tom Gaffney, having spent 18 years working across Asia in Commercial Real Estate, speaks about the need to stay humble and absorb cultures and influences.

Varoon shares a story that travels from India, London, New York and Singapore. A career which has began in one sector and morphed into another by seizing an opportunity. Finally his entrepreneurial spark led to a whole new chapter.

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has announced joining Macdonald & Company’s Accelerating Careers in Real Estate podcast as a new partner with an exclusive membership promotion.

Sammie has built a career with DTZ, HCA, Crest Nicholson and now Places for People. Sammie describes her career working in residential development through commercial consultancy, public sector, plc housebuilder and now in the affordable housing sector facing up to private sector competition.

In this episode I sit down with Mark Woodrow, Joint Managing Director of Packaged Living. In just two years Packaged Living has 2,000 build to rent homes in the pipeline with a further 1,000 as DM partner...

I get a chance to sit down with Amelia Bright, Executive Director of the London Estate for Grosvenor UK&I. Responsible for £5bn worth of assets in Mayfair and Belgravia, Amelia's career ...

Matt has led a career with some of the biggest names and largest developments in London under his belt including Berkeley, Riverlight and BPSDC, Battersea Power Station. As MD and now COO he shares the lessons he learnt as he forced to take a hands off approach and empower his teams.

Will began a career in politics before pivoting to real estate. He built a blistering 15 year career with Grosvenor in the UK and Paris ending his journey as the Executive Director for the London Portfolio with £5bn AUM...

In this interview I sit down with James Pellatt, Director of Workplace and Innovation for Great Portland Estates.

In this episode I sit down with Neil Young, he is credited with pioneering the Build to Rent sector in the UK, he established a £2bn residential REIT and did it as a property inductee part way through his career as an accountant.

In this episode I am joined By Charlie Walsh, Director of Sales for Lodha Group, international development company responsible for One Grosvenor Square one of the world's finest residential super prime projects.

In this episode I sit down with Jon Beswick, Founder of Adventurer in Architecture. Jon right from the gun set out on a unique career path and didn’t subscribe to what many others consider to be our measures of success.

In this episode I sit down with Brian De’ath to hear of his career from estate agent to one of the most recognisable names in residential sales in London.

In this episode I sit down with Morwenna Hall to hear her meteoric rise from mechanical engineer to COO of Argent.

This evening I am joined by Roger Madelin CBE, Head of British Land’s Canada Water masterplan and former CEO of Argent and the chief visionary for Kings Cross.