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Senior Executive Team

Ardstone is led by its founders Donal Mulcahy and Donal O'Neill. They bring a combined 30 years of real estate experience and have been working together since 2002. They have different skills, styles, and experience which combine to produce a highly effective leadership force.

Ardstone's senior executive team also includes Ciaran Burns, Craig McDonald, Philippe Jouan, Nils Obermann, Renaud d'Argembeau and Willem Hendrik van de Wetering. Each partner has strong capital markets expertise, extensive transaction experience and long-established contacts in the financial and real estate communities. By drawing on its collective skills and experience Ardstone delivers real value for its clients and strives to invest in a manner that optimises value on entry, during management and at time of exit.

Craig McDonald

Craig is the Head of UK and is based in London. He is responsible for sourcing new investments, undertaking the due diligence process, transacting and then executing the asset management strategy.

Previously, Craig was the principal and owner of Watson McDonald a specialist investment and development consultancy focusing on commercial assets throughout the UK and working with clients from the public, private and financial sectors such as Clydesdale Bank and CIT to identify and acquire investment and development opportunities.

Prior to that, Craig was senior director responsible for Central London development at CB Richard Ellis, an equity partner of Cushman and Wakefield and a director of the real estate investment division of Laing O’Rourke, one the largest construction groups in the world.

Craig has over 30 years experience in UK real estate acting for both occupiers, investors and developer clients including headquarters transactions on behalf of Sainsbury’s Plc, Halifax Bank of Scotland and major development and investment projects for Royal London Asset Management, Hammerson plc, Land Securities plc, British Land plc and Société Générale. Craig has acted as development consultant for Stanhope, Helical Bar, and Hines amongst others and on The Regent Street Estate, one of the world’s most valuable commercial portfolios on behalf of The Crown Estate.

Craig is a member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and The Urban Land Institute, where he is a member of its sustainability council.

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