We are passionate about our buildings and our presence in the city. We make long term investment decisions for the benefit of our stakeholders, with an emphasis on excellence in design, sustainability and the occupier experience.

Niall Gaffney is IPUT’s Chief Executive, a position he has held since 2007. Niall was appointed to the IPUT Board of Directors in January 2021. Under his leadership the company has been transformed from a wholly Irish owned property fund, to become an internationally recognised real estate brand which now has a substantial global institutional shareholder base.

Over more than a decade, he has been instrumental in raising over €1.2 billion of equity from global real estate investors and built IPUT to become the largest owner of offices and logistics assets in Dublin. IPUT has delivered industry leading returns during his tenure as CEO. Niall has also spearheaded IPUT’s sustainability programme and commitment to redeveloping its portfolio which, in turn, supports long term secure returns for shareholders.

Niall joined IPUT in 2000 as Head of Investment prior to his appointment as CEO in 2007. Prior to joining IPUT, Niall worked with DTZ Chartered Surveyors in valuation and investment advisory roles in both the Dublin and London commercial property markets. He is a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a member of the property committee of the Irish Association of Investment Managers and is the Irish representative on the Management Committee of the European Property Federation. Niall is a Chartered Surveyor and MBA graduate.

Pat McGinley is IPUT’s Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for the company’s operational and finance functions. He joined IPUT as Head of Finance in 2012 and was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2019. Pat was appointed to the Board of Directors in January 2021.

Pat manages IPUT’s banking relationships and plays a key role in the capital raising process. Over the past eight years, IPUT has internationalised its shareholder base from an exclusively Irish owned business to one which is now almost 50% owned by global institutional investors.

Pat is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and is an AITI Chartered Tax Adviser and has over 20 years’ experience in the finance and property sectors.

Michael Clarke is IPUT’s Head of Investment. Michael joined IPUT in 2011 and is responsible for implementing IPUT’s investment strategy. Michael has played a central role in building IPUT’s portfolio to a NAV of €2.75 billion. He has led the strategy of capital recycling, disposing of assets and re-deploying capital into assets which better align with IPUT’s investment strategy, or development opportunities which will drive superior income returns for shareholders.

Prior to joining IPUT, Michael was an Associate Director with Savills, Dublin where he specialized in investment consultancy in all commercial sectors including disposals, acquisitions, asset management and development. Michael has also worked in the London offices of Hillier Parker where he was part of their commercial investment team. He is a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Niall joined IPUT in 1992 and has held the position of Head of Property Management since 1998. Niall manages the property portfolio which comprises 95 buildings and 270 occupiers. He oversees rent recovery, rent reviews, lease renewals across the portfolio and has played a key role in delivering the excellent rent collection rate over the past number of years.

Niall is a Chartered Surveyor and prior to joining IPUT in 1992 he worked in the Irish commercial property market with Colliers Chartered Surveyors and Sisk Construction in various commercial property management roles.

Niall is a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Tom joined IPUT in 2014 and is responsible for leading the design, construction and safe delivery of development projects. He currently oversees IPUT’s €350 million investment in the development of One to Four Wilton Park, a 600,000 sq ft office development in Dublin’s CBD which has been entirely pre-let to LinkedIn.

Tom is a Civil Engineer and has 40 years’ experience in construction and project management. Prior to joining IPUT, Tom held the role of Managing Director of Sisk for 13 years. Sisk is Ireland’s largest construction company and during this period he led the construction of some of Ireland’s most significant commercial and infrastructure projects such as Croke Park, Aviva Stadium, National Conference Centre and Dundrum Town Centre.

Caroline McCarthy joined IPUT in 2020 as Head of Fund Management with responsibility for overseeing fund management activities, fund strategy and taking a lead role in investor relations, reporting and business development.

Caroline is an Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and has over 25 years’ experience in investment strategy and deployment of capital across property sectors.

Glenn Cran joined IPUT as Head of Asset Services in 2018. Glenn is responsible for delivering an industry leading asset services model for the IPUT portfolio. This includes providing a range of occupier and other asset management services for multi-let properties. He is also responsible for managing the external spaces across the estate.

Prior to joining IPUT, Glenn was Head of Commercial Property Management at Savills Ireland, specialising in the management of offices and overseeing facilities management, health and safety and occupier service functions. Glenn also worked in the London offices of Savills as a Development consultant and prior to that was a Senior Consultant in the Real Estate Advisory team of Ernst & Young, London. Glenn holds a Bachelor of Business and Legal Studies, a Masters in Business Studies and an MSc in Real Estate.

Derek Noble joined IPUT in 2016 as Head of Development. He is responsible for the delivery of some of IPUT’s major development projects including the Tropical Fruit Warehouse development on Dublin’s South Docks and the development of a new retail and leisure destination at Phase 3 of Carrickmines Retail Park, one of IPUT’s out-of-town retail assets.

Derek is a Chartered Surveyor with over 25 years’ experience in the development of commercial property. Prior to joining IPUT, Derek held the role of development director with Hines, a senior agency role with Savills and was development director with one of the largest Irish property development companies. Derek is a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Eithne is a former senior Partner of A&L Goodbody, international law firm, having worked with the firm for 35 years. There she specialised in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and advising on a range of corporate law matters. She headed up A&L Goodbody’s London office for 3 years and has held a number of management positions in the firm, including as a member of the firm’s Policy Committee and the Partner Selection Committee.

Eithne has also regularly been involved in the recruitment and development of young lawyers. She holds a degree from Trinity College Dublin and a Diploma in European Law from University College Dublin and is a qualified lawyer.

Eithne is former non-executive director of One 51 plc an environmental services, renewable energy, food and speciality plastics business (now IPL Plastics plc) where she also chaired the Nominations Committee. She is also a lecturer and course tutor in Company Law with the Law Society of Ireland and a member of the Institute of Directors of Ireland.

Donal is a Fellow of the Institute Of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and holds a Certificate in Director Duties and Responsibilities from Chartered Accountants Ireland. He also holds a Certified Bank Director designation and an Accredited Funds Professional designation from the Institute of Bankers in Ireland.

Donal qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in Dublin where he went on to become a practice manager specialising in Financial Services.

Donal has held a number of Chief Financial Officer positions in Ireland with Orix, the Japanese financial services company, Airbus Industries, the aircraft manufacturer, and GMAC Commercial Mortgage Bank, the commercial property financing arm of General Motors.

Donal currently sits on the Board of Permanent tsb plc and Dell Bank International DAC, both of which are regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, where he also chairs the audit committees.

Jim is a Director of Trustee Decisions Ltd and a professional trustee on the pension schemes of Unilever, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Coillte, Eirgrid and Eir.

Jim previously worked at the Central Bank of Ireland, the Institute of Public Administration, the National Australia Group and Eircom.

Jim has a degree in Financial Services (UCD), qualified as an Accountant (ACCA), holds an MSc Business Admin (TCD), a Diploma in Corporate Governance (UCD) and is a Qualified Pension Trustee QPT (IIPM).

Jim is Chair of Irish Airlines Pensions DAC and a Director of INTRUST Properties Ltd. Jim is also a Director of the Irish Forestry Unit Trust Forestry Management Ltd which is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland and was Chair of the Irish Association of Pension Funds Ltd from 2015 to 2017.

Simon is the principal founder of Lothbury Investment Management Limited in the UK. He has over 30 years’ experience in managing property investments on behalf of institutional clients and pension funds.

Simon was previously a Director with NatWest Investment Management and Gartmore Investment Management.

He is currently Chief Executive of Lothbury Investment Management which has assets under management of over £2 billion and is Chairman of the London Region of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Simon is also a Director of The Association of Real Estate Funds.

Marie is a Chartered Director and holds Board and Officer positions across a range of sectors.  She is Chair of Home Building Finance Ireland DAC, and also Chairs the Board of Bank of Ireland General Investment Trust DAC.   She is Director of Dunnes Stores Pension Trustee Company and is independent member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Communications Regulator.  She is a Trustee and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee of Trinity College Foundation.

Marie is the course leader on the Governance and Diploma Programme aspect of the Institute of Directors Chartered Director Programme.  She is a governance consultant and independent board evaluator with Gubernare Ltd.

She is a former Chairperson of the Irish Association of Pension Funds and previously held the position of General Manager and Secretary to the Trustees of ESB Pension Fund.

She holds a MBA from Trinity College and Diploma in Corporate Governance from UCD.  She is a Fellow the Institute of Pension Managers (IIPM) and Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute UK.

Frank has over 30 years’ experience in the investment management, fund administration and real estate businesses. Apart from IPUT plc, he currently holds a number of directorships including KBI Funds ICAV, which invests in global stock markets, Lothbury Fund Managers Limited, which acts as a manager to a number of property funds, and several Jersey based companies. He is also Chairman of Lothbury Property Trust which invests in UK commercial real estate.

John has over 40 years’ experience in the real estate sector. His current roles include Chairman of Glenveagh Properties plc and being a member of the Boards of TIO ICAV, and Quinta do Lago S.A., a Portuguese resort developer.

Previously, he was a member of the board (from 2012 to 2014), and Head of Asset Management (from 2011 to 2014), at NAMA. Prior to that, John was Chairman and CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle’s operations in Ireland from 2002 to 2010.

John was also a founding member of the RICS Asset Valuations Standards Committee and the Property Advisory Committee of the National Pension Reserve Fund.

In April 2014, John was awarded the Gold Medal by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI). The Gold Medal is given to recognise people who have contributed significantly to the property and construction sector in Ireland.