Mace Group

Role: Director Middle East

Ian joined Mace in 1998 as a director of Consulmace Lda in Portugal. He was appointed to the international Mace board in 2001 and became a shareholder of the Mace Group in 2008.

Ian trained as a quantity surveyor and spent his early years at Northcroft Neighbour and Nicholson managing projects in Southampton, Portugal and Brazil. The Portuguese team built up a tremendous reputation for strong focused management delivering projects for clients such as Sonae, Holmes Place and Banco Espirito Santo.

In 2003 Ian relocated to Dubai to join Mace's middle east team, initially on the Jumeirah Beach Residences project for Dubai Properties, at the time the largest project undertaken by the group at at £900m, the largest single phase residential development in the world. The 22 million square foot development incorporates 40 high rise towers and four levels of mixed use podium. Through the team's close relationship with Dubai Properties, Mace now manages a further £3.5 billion worth of construction.

He is now jointly responsible with group board director Marcus Burley for leading a 400 plus team managing projects across the middle east worth £13 billion.

Ian was born in Oxford but lived most his life in Portugal and speaks fluent Portuguese. He now lives in Dubai, UAE with his wife Magali and two children, Naomi and Joshua.

Timeline:

2008: Named as a Mace Group shareholder
2007: Appointed regional director for the middle east
2006: Won and formed the team for the DWTC project
2004: Formed the Mace middle east board
2003: Relocated to join Mace's middle east team working on the Jumeirah Beach Residence project
2001: Appointed as director on the international Mace board
1998: Joined Mace
1994: Founding Member of RICS in Portugal
1992: Moved to Lisbon, Portugal with Northcroft
1990: Affiliated to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
1988: Joined Northcroft Neighbor and Nicholson as junior quantity surveyor
1988: Graduated from Bristol Polytechnic with BSc Hons in Quantity Surveying