Dessie Kilkenny Re-Joins CBRE as Executive Director in the Investment Team

Following the recent appointment of Kyle Rothwell as Head of Investment Properties at CBRE Ireland, the property consultancy is delighted to welcome back Dessie Kilkenny as an Executive Director in Kyle’s team. Dessie has over 15 years of experience and is a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Before re-joining CBRE, where he previously worked for five years, Dessie was a Director in the investment team at Savills since 2012, where he was at the forefront on a range of high-value real estate sales and acquisitions having acted for key clients including Ballymore, Kennedy Wilson, Irish Life, SW3 and BCP Asset Management.

CBRE’s investment team transacted over €1 billion of real estate trades in 2018 and are currently mandated on over €2 billion of sales in the Irish market, making them Dublin’s leading investment team. In addition to trading investment properties, the team specialise in residential capital markets and capital raising (both debt and equity).

Kyle Rothwell, Head of CBRE’s investment team, said “I am delighted to welcome Dessie back to CBRE to join what is a first-class team. Our aim is to provide unrivaled real estate advice to our clients across all sectors including offices, retail, industrial, residential and capital raising and I have no doubt that Dessie will be a hugely significant addition to our team”.