Multi-disciplined, highly
EXPERIENCED

Gerry is the Director of the Professional Services Department.
After graduating with a Diploma in Property Economics (DIT, Bolton Street); and Bachelor of Science Degree in Surveying (Trinity College Dublin), Gerry began his career in Palmer McCormack in 1997 and worked in the various agency departments before specialising in the area of Professional Services and Valuations. He joined HWBC on its foundation in 2005 as a Director.
Gerry has 20 years” experience in the commercial property market specialising in valuations, rent reviews, lease renewals, and other advisory roles including acquisition, due diligence and strategy.
He has extensive Landlord and Tenant experience gained through rent reviews, lease restructures and renewals undertaken in Dublin and other major urban locations countrywide across a broad range of commercial property sectors on behalf of institutional clients, banks, private clients and other corporate occupiers.
Vast experience in the area of valuations; Fund valuations for ICAV, non-UCIT, other collective vehicles and institutional purposes; Secured lending valuations for all major financial institutions and Valuations for tax, financial and other balance sheet purposes.
Gerry’s experience also extends to advising clients on loan acquisitions and portfolio acquisitions and he was recently prominently involved in the acquisition of a multi-layered portfolio of prime office, retail and multi-use assets.
Provides general property related advice to clients from the perspectives of asset management, strategic assessment and feasibility appraisals.
Diploma in Property Economics (from Dublin Institute of Technology – Bolton Street)
Bachelor of Science Surveying (from Trinity College Dublin)
Member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland
Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
RICS Registered Valuer
PSRA Member

Chartered Surveyor and RICS Registered Valuer involved in all aspects of professional services concentrating principally on valuations and landlord & tenant matters. Daily tasks include conducting fund valuations, portfolio valuations, secured lending valuations, rent reviews, renewals, restructures. Occasional and regular tasks include purchase and loan acquisition due diligence and feasibility and strategic advice.

After graduating with a B.A. in Real Estate from the Dublin Institute of Technology in 2005, Amanda began her career as a residential negotiator with Vincent Finnegan Ltd. She joined HWBC in 2007 and continued her education graduating in 2009 with a First in BSc (Hons) Property Studies through DIT. She has successfully gained Chartered Status in September 2012 following a two-year Assessment of Professional Competency. More recently in 2020 Amanda completed and was awarded with a PRINCE2 project management accreditation and in 2021 she completed a PostGrad Cert with Distinction through TU Dublin in the Fundamentals of Data Science.

Since joining HWBC over 15 years ago, Amanda has gained invaluable experience in all types of professional services work. She is client facing on both an individual basis or in a team capacity with a multitude of clients, including banks, private equity, private individuals and institutions.

She has led, managed, and been involved in many large-scale property projects, including portfolio valuations and property / loan acquisitions. Amanda is regularly involved in complicated due diligence tasks and has a wide-ranging knowledge on various aspects of the property sector.