Investment Director, Countrywide plc - asset manager of Vista UK Residential Real Estate Fund
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
I have extensive experience in the residential investment market – both in and outside of London – having had exposure to most residential investment types and models over my 20yr career. I have also had the excellent experience of being self employed. My skills are in identifying the best assets and then extracting the best performance from...
I have extensive experience in the residential investment market – both in and outside of London – having had exposure to most residential investment types and models over my 20yr career. I have also had the excellent experience of being self employed. My skills are in identifying the best assets and then extracting the best performance from them. With first hand experience in building and running residential funds, I have extensive experience in fund management, asset management and man management.Investment Director UK Resi Fund @ From November 2014 to Present (1 year 2 months) London, United KingdomDirector - Build to Rent @ Working alongside other Senior Managers in Acquisition and Asset Management my focus was leading Grainger's campaign to forward purchase large scale purpose built blocks or portfolios of AST stock for both GRIP and the PLC. From January 2014 to September 2014 (9 months) London, United KingdomPRS Portfolio Director @ Starting with a light business plan, i was tasked with delivering a £250million resi fund from scratch. The 4 key areas to my role were; • Strategy • Acquisitions • Policy&Process • Management (asset, block, property, people). With an initial budget of £250million my target was to acquire 900 units in Greater London by 2015 and then let&manage them directly. The fund has an initial 10year business plan targeting an ungeared IRR of 7.6% and a gross yield target in excess of 5.5%. This initial acquisition target and budget commitment was met within 18months. It was a balanced portfolio with a mix of tenanted and new build in a broad spread of locations. At the year end audit, these units saw an increase in value of 13.8% (18.4% annualised). Concurrently to acquiring the stock, I built the management team to deliver the property and block management duties with a team of 6 in post when I left. Additional responsibilities included internal reporting to the executive and non-executive boards. At the time I left, we had outperformed the business plan on all KPI’s. From June 2012 to December 2013 (1 year 7 months) London, United KingdomOwner/Director @ I ran my own business as a refurbishment and maintenance contractor. Working on residential projects in London and the South of England. I sold the business in 2010. From January 2006 to September 2010 (4 years 9 months) Asset Manager @ I ran the ING UK residential property fund. A pan UK resi fund of 700units with NAV of £120mill . From May 2002 to September 2005 (3 years 5 months) London, United KingdomLand Acquisition Manager @ Sourcing and acquiring land opportunities in prime London for a niche residential developer. Included planning as well as deal-making skills. I also developed the companies estate management capabilities by defining their EM business plan and setting up the internal dept to deliver it. From December 1999 to May 2002 (2 years 6 months) Graduate Surveyor @ As one of the founding staff members of this business I was integral in all elements of it: * New Business * Property Search * Project Management * Letting * Property Management * Client Accounting All within the Prime Central London residential market From September 1996 to December 1999 (3 years 4 months) London, United KingdomBSc Hons, Business&Computer studies, 2:1 @ Brunel University From 1992 to 1995 Haileybury, Herts From 1985 to 1991 Dominic Macer is skilled in: Acquisitions, Asset Management, Asset Allocation, Operations Management, Property Disposal, Return on Investment, Investment Properties, Property Management, Asset Managment, Property, Strategy, Real Estate Development, Real Estate, Investments, Appraisals
Countrywide Plc
Investment Director UK Resi Fund
November 2014 to Present
London, United Kingdom
Grainger PLC
Director - Build to Rent
January 2014 to September 2014
London, United Kingdom
London&Quadrant
PRS Portfolio Director
June 2012 to December 2013
London, United Kingdom
RPS Ltd
Owner/Director
January 2006 to September 2010
ING Real Estate
Asset Manager
May 2002 to September 2005
London, United Kingdom
London Town Plc
Land Acquisition Manager
December 1999 to May 2002
London Central Portfolio Ltd Residential Funds and Asset Managers
Graduate Surveyor
September 1996 to December 1999
London, United Kingdom
What company does Dominic Macer work for?
Dominic Macer works for Countrywide Plc
What is Dominic Macer's role at Countrywide Plc?
Dominic Macer is Investment Director UK Resi Fund
What industry does Dominic Macer work in?
Dominic Macer works in the Real Estate industry.
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