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Chief Commercial Officer and strategic commercial leader across aviation, real estate, and infrastructure.
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Lorcan Tyrrell - Chief Commercial Officer and strategic commercial leader across aviation, real estate, and infrastructure.
Strategic commercial leader with senior experience across aviation, commercial, and real estate businesses in Ireland and Saudi Arabia. Lorcan has led revenue growth, airport city development, business transformation, and cross-functional execution at executive level, with a track record spanning commercial strategy, asset management, business development, and large-scale stakeholder alignment.
Top summary points
- Head of Engineering (hands-on) - startups & scale-ups - Ruby on Rails
- End-to-end ownership: architecture -> delivery -> on-call -> stewardship
- Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia , Dublin, Ireland
Selected experience
Chief Commercial Officer at Jeddah Airport (assignment with daa International)
2024 to present
- Leads the commercial function across six business units at Jeddah Airport, overseeing 4
- 5Bn SAR in aero and non-aero revenues
C-Suite Commercial Advisor at daa International
2022 to 2024
- Advised the Chief Commercial Officer and senior management team on strategic business development at Riyadh Airports Company
- Led commercial excellence work, supported major partner negotiations, mentored the commercial team, and delivered new hospitality and partner initiatives that strengthened revenue performance
Head of Development and Group Head of Property at daa Group plc
2007 to 2022
- Held senior leadership roles focused on non-aero revenue growth, airport lands optimization, airport city development, property portfolio performance, and strategic transformation
- Led cross-functional teams, built stakeholder networks, supported major due diligence work, and delivered CRM, asset management, logistics, hotel, office, and MRO development initiatives
Executive Director at Dublin Docklands Development Authority
2002 to 2007
- Served in executive leadership on development and strategic delivery across a major urban regeneration authority
Project Manager / Quantity Surveyor at Page Kirkland
1998 to 2002
- Worked in project management and quantity surveying, building early commercial and delivery experience in large-scale development environments