Richard James MacCowan

Currently studying a full-time Masters program in Urban Design at Leeds Metropolitan University, with specialist interests in landscape design, community engagement,, and biomimicry in design.

I obtained a First Class Honours Degree from Heriot-Watt University having read Real Estate Management and was awarded the Watt Club Medal as one top graduates from his year. My specialisms were Sustainability, International Property Investment & Law, and Market Analysis and I have an academic paper published on behavourial economics in the real estate sector.

I began my career with Rapleys LLP, a commercial real estate consultant based Cambridgeshire, England. This role was based in the Motortrade and Roadside department offering specialist professional services to many of the leading automotive dealerships throughout England and Wales.

After leaving Rapleys, I worked for SHM Smith Hodgkinson, a US owned niche insolvency practice based in Leeds, Yorkshire. This role entailed working on bank valuations, throughout the UK, Scandinavia, and Western Europe. Alongside working with Insolvency and Corporate Recovery practitioners on cases throughout the UK from asset management through to disposal.

I have also worked for Carter Towler LLP, a highly respected local consultancy firm based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. This role within Carter Towler covered both Asset and Property Management real estate investments throughout England.