Background
The eldest of seven (two girls, five boys), McCausland grew up in Dungannon throughout The Troubles in the 1970s and 80s.
The eldest of seven (two girls, five boys), McCausland grew up in Dungannon throughout The Troubles in the 1970s and 80s.
He obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Upper Class Second in Estate Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in Accountancy with commendation from the University of Ulster.
He is the Chief Executive Officer of The Richland Group, a property development company based in Berkeley Square, London, United Kingdom. Previously he presented Channel Five"s "How To Be A Property Developer" between 2004–2008, and Property Developing Abroad for Granada Media. He qualified as a Chartered Property Surveyor (RICS) in 1995. McCausland presently sits as a Director on the Foundation Board of the University of Ulster.
On graduation he worked as a Management Accountant (CIMA) from 1992, and then moved to a senior management role at Cable & Wireless from 1993 to 1998, where he worked as a Property Manager.
After this, he moved to London and joined Microwave Communications Incorporated, becoming their Estate"s Director from 1998 to 2000. McCausland then worked for the Carlyle Group as their European Property Sales Director until 2001.
McCausland spent around ten years buying and managing properties globally for "blue chip" corporate companies. He then founded the Richland Group, based in Berkeley Square, London in 2001, which develops luxury residential and commercial property.
He also co-founded the award-winning Kingly Club, a members only nightclub in Soho district.
McCausland is currently Chief Executive Officer at the Richland Group. In 2013, he bought the former home of Rory McIlroy"s in County Down. In 2005, Channel Five approached McCausland to present How To Be A Property Developer.
He has since fronted several property television shows for BBC1, and filmed House Wrecks To Riches for the Discovery Channel in June 2010.
He is a member of the Sky News Money Panel and appears regularly on Newsnight, British Broadcasting Corporation Breakfast, C4 news, Sky News and Five news.