Ken is a commercial property professional with over 30 years’ experience in Ireland, the UK and US. He joined TWM as Head of Professional Services in 2021. Ken has worked across many property sectors including property and asset management, valuations, rent reviews and landlord and tenant and commercial agency. He has acted as an expert witness in the Commercial Court, High Court, An Bord Pleanala Planning Hearings and CPO Arbitrations regarding property valuation disputes and has also acted as an arbitrator regarding rent review and commercial service charge disputes.
He has seen first-hand the growing importance ESG is playing in the property investment, valuation and asset / property management decisions of national and international funds as well as private investors as head of the external team in charge of the property management of the €3.7b Irish Life Property Portfolio, the largest commercial property portfolio in Ireland and subsequently in TWM overseeing valuations, rent reviews and asset management and working closely with the active TWM investment agency team.
Ken holds a BSc in Surveying from Trinity College Dublin, is a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and a Professional Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.