Ailse MacFarlane
Managing Director
Ailse was educated at University College Dublin where she achieved a Bachelor of Commerce degree, studying strategy, international marketing, finance, human resource management, business law and economics and a diploma in direct marketing.
Initially working in London for the Prudential Bank, Ailse was part of the launch team for Egg Bank, the first internet bank in the UK launched in 1998. She subsequently worked at Egg for 6 years across different product areas including managing the development and launch of Egg Investments, the 1st online UK investment fund supermarket. Her career then progressed and prospered by relocating to Spain where she worked in several real estate companies with a specific focus on internet marketing and search engine optimisation.
Ailse brings a wealth of experience to the Landcorp team and plays a key role in expanding the company into international markets as well as consolidating its presence in the key European markets.
Juan Barrero
Financial Director
Juan graduated from the University of Seville with a Masters degree in Economics and Business Administration. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, UK CIMA part-qualified and a member of the Spanish Chartered Accountants Association.
Juan has more than 13 years experience within Finance and Accounting working across a broad range of industry sectors including construction, pharmaceutical, banking and real estate. He also has extensive international experience working for Lastminute.com and Diageo (formerly Guiness/United Distillers).
At Landcorp International, Juan oversees the Finance Team and focuses on management accountancy, reporting, multi-currency budgeting and cash flow forecasting.
Lucy Brown
Operations Manager
Lucy is in charge of Operations at Landcorp and has been with the company since August 2007. Coming from both a creative and analytical background, she has a BA Hons in Theatre Dance with previous experience in Real Estate, Multi-Media Production and Banking and brings a wide skillset to the company. She has been in Spain for 10 years and speaks fluent Spanish.
Lucy works very closely with all departments of the company to ensure seamless communication internally as well as communications to investors. Her role is integral to helping meet the company’s strategic objectives by managing the day-to-day operational and administration processes, procedures, support services and management reporting systems.
James Evans
Business Development Manager
James was educated at the Reading Blue Coat School in Sonning and has worked in the property sector since graduating. He began his career marketing and selling luxury villas on Spain’s Costa del Sol before moving on to the commercial property sector to include the acquisition of hotels, office buildings and other assets for institutions, high net worth individuals and private equity funds. James is in charge of the Business Development team and is responsible for management and training of our worldwide network of partners.
Michaela Lettenbauer
Business Relationship Manager
Michaela joined the Landcorp Business Development team in 2008 and is responsible for building relationships, training our worldwide network of partners and is account managing our Agents.
During her career she has covered a wide variety of roles in various companies to include Completions Manager, Office Manager and Project Manager. Michaela has a broad experience in the real estate market and has worked across Europe for leading property developers for the past 10 years. In her role at her last company she attended numerous property exhibitions, achieved Salesperson of the month on more than one occasion and built a comprehensive portfolio of private investors.
Michaela speaks fluent German and English and she also has a degree in Psychology.