The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe has appointed Ray Crowley, Director, BCP Capital, as the next chair of the ULI Ireland National Council. He will serve on a voluntary basis for the next two years, which commenced on 1 July 2025.  

He succeeds Marie Hunt of IPUT following the successful completion of her two-year term as chair. Under Marie’s leadership ULI Ireland has fostered greater collaboration with public bodies and grown ULI Ireland Corporate membership.

Ray has been a member of ULI since 2007 and of the ULI Ireland Executive Committee since 2013. He is also a member of the ULI Europe Operational Real Estate Product Council. He brings extensive leadership experience in real estate having worked across direct real estate, listed real estate, sustainability consulting and public policy in Ireland, the UK and United States.

Outgoing chair Marie Hunt welcomed her successor’s appointment: “It has been a real privilege to lead ULI in Ireland, and I’d like to thank everyone involved for their collaboration, contribution and support over the last two years. I am pleased to welcome Ray as my successor, andam certain that under his leadership, ULI will continue to flourish in Ireland, delivering a programme with the highest levels of excellence to our members.”

Ray Crowley, Director, BCP Capital commented: “I am humbled to be appointed as chair of the Urban Land Institute in Ireland for the next two years following Marie’s highly successful tenure.

“ULI’s mission is to shape the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide. During my tenure as chairperson, I will work closely with the executive committee to explore the themes of urban regeneration, the delivery of large-scale mixed tenure housing on public land and how to broaden the mix of domestic and international core long term capital active in Ireland’s real estate economy. I feel the intersection of these themes sits at the heart of many of the challenges we face in Ireland today”.

“ULI is well placed to explore these themes as we can leverage the experience of some of the 48,000 active ULI members globally as well as the ULI Knowledge Finder which houses in excess of 10,000 individual pieces of real estate research. I look forward to bringing together existing members, and welcoming new ones, from across the private and public sectors to discuss these themes and to help affect change together.”

Lisette van Doorn, CEO of ULI Europe, concludes: “Welcome to Ray, a prominent and experienced leader in the real estate industry in both Ireland and Europe, and a very active ULI member, as he takes the reins at ULI Ireland over the next two years. His expertise and strong network, commitment to ULI’s mission and objectives, and ambition to growing the membership and leveraging ULI’s network internationally to exchange ideas as he focuses on many of the current real estate challenges faced in Ireland, makes him an ideal chair to both lead and further develop ULI in Ireland.”

“I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to our outgoing chair Marie Hunt for her leadership and substantial contribution to ULI in Ireland, serving the over 150 members including to important initiatives such as our schools-based educational programme UrbanPlan, our active Young Leaders group, many inspirational study tours, and the successful ULI Ireland annual conference, which attracted over 150 attendees.”

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For further information:

Andrew Kinsella, National Co Ordinator, ULI Ireland [email protected] M. 086 852 0565

Tony Nokling, Director Communications EMEA, ULI Europe [email protected]

Notes to Editors: 

The Urban Land Institute is a non-profit education and research institute supported by its members. Its mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. Established in 1936, the Institute has over 48,000 members worldwide representing all aspects of land use and development disciplines. ULI has over 5,500 members in Europe across 15 National Council country networks.

For more information on ULI, please visit  https://europe.uli.org and https://ireland.uli.org