Interview: Dar's Andrew Loudon talks to Building

By Dave Rogers2018-12-07T06:00:00

Dar may still be an unfamiliar name to many, but the Beirut-based owner of Currie & Brown, Elementa and Perkins+Will has ambitions to grow its operations rapidly in the UK, Brexit notwithstanding

Andrew Loudon has a plan. The former chief operating officer of Currie & Brown admits that when people mention the firm he now runs, Dar, the name is more likely to prompt head-scratching than recognition.

“When I joined I’d be out speaking to people and I reckon one in 20 had heard of us. When I go out now, it’s better. It’s about one in five.” With a growth strategy set to begin, Loudon is hoping for less head-scratching.

A QS by background, Loudon moved across to Dar in 2015, three years after Middle East-based Dar Group bought the venerable Currie & Brown.

By the time he left Currie & Brown, Loudon had spent 25 years at the firm after first starting at the business back in 1989 following two years at a local authority in his native Scotland.

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