Dermot B. Johnson has over 30 years of experience in the construction and development industry, working across five continents globally and has been living and working in New York City and Florida for the past 20 years. For the past three years, he has been working as an Executive for Moore Development Group, where Dermot has led the design and construction process for this company. For almost four years prior to this, Dermot was the Director of Construction for Lettire, whereby Dermot managing the building of over 2.1 million square feet of affordable housing in the Bronx, Jamaica, Brooklyn, Far Rockaways, Jersey City and East Village.

Prior to this, Dermot was the head of Development and Construction for Anbau, a New York based private development firm overseeing construction, design and development coordination of all new projects. Before the three years at Anbau, Dermot was working with AECOM Capital as the Vice President of Design and Construction, where his primary mandate was to serve as the design and construction executive. Mr. Johnson also oversaw and managed Credit Suisse portfolio of Real Estate, in excess of over five million square feet in the Americas region for almost five years and he was also the Director of Commercial Construction and Project Management for Time Equities, a New York based national real estate company.

Mr. Johnson has a diverse background in real estate construction, project management and development and has been personally involved in various projects all over the world, including the USA, Canada, Caribbean, South America, Great Britain and Australia. Mr. Johnson received his Masters of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University and a Bachelors of Science degree in Construction Management from Queensland University of Technology in Australia. He sat for five years on the Senate Committee for the Physical Development and Planning Committee at Columbia University, and is an active supporter of the community and the arts while continuing to be part of the mentoring program at Columbia University.

Prior to moving to the United States, Mr. Johnson worked in the Cayman Islands for three years, where he managed projects for Arch and Godfrey, the island’s premier development and construction management company and previously spent three years working on project engineering and management in London, where he was involved in a diverse range of projects and four years in Australia after completing his undergraduate studies working for the country’s largest construction management and general contractor firm, Multiplex.