His clients vary from early-stage, pre-revenue firms through to later-stage organisations, quoted and unquoted. Brian has been involved with Stanford Graduate School of Business in Palo Alto, California, since 2007. He has been a business advisor on both the Leadership 4 Growth and Strategic Leadership 4 Growth Programmes, run in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland. Brian’s commercial, industrial and technical experience over many years makes him well-qualified to advise any organisations on strategic and operational issues.

Brian is unusual among Chartered Accountants in practice in that he has spent much of his career in industry.

He joined our firm in 2006, after spending 13 years in industry. Before that, he worked in the management consultancy practice of Price Waterhouse (now PWC) in London.

Brian has experience across industry sectors, including:

• Airline
• Carbon credits
• General insurance
• Information technology
• Medical devices
• Property development
• Student loans
• Telecoms

He spends most of his time working on advisory and project-related assignments relating to areas such as:

• Advising boards
• Interim CFO roles
• Business planning
• Non-executive directorships
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Fundraising

Derek joined the practice from Grant Thornton, where he was a partner. He has over 35 years’ experience as a general practice partner in various firms and acts as an advisor to many companies and family businesses.

Derek is recognised as one of Ireland’s leading insolvency practitioners.

He has been appointed receiver or liquidator to many well-known companies such as Superquinn, Kennedy McSharry (men’s clothing retail) and Moritz Group (property development).

He regularly gives restructuring advice and expertise to a broad range of clients. He is a member of the Council of the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners (ISIP) and a member of the insolvency committee of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies in Ireland.

Barbara advises clients at all stages of development from start-up to maturity.  She understands how daunting it can be to set up a business and has worked with many new business start-ups and SMEs.  Barbara also provides clients with professional and tailored outsourcing solutions ranging from bookkeeping and payroll services to management reporting.  Clients benefit greatly from her forward thinking approach to doing business and her practical and proactive advice.

BARBARA IS AN EXPERIENCED CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT WHO HAS HELPED CLIENTS THROUGH ALL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT FROM EARLY PRE-REVENUE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO LATER STAGE INCLUDING DISPOSAL.

Clients appreciate Barbara’s friendly and professional approach as she guides them through the financial complexities of modern day business.

Barbara assists clients in many sectors, including:

• Technology services
• Branches of overseas and multi-national companies
• Professional services
• Waste management
• Property management
• Charity
• Retail
• Owner managed SMEs

She spends most of her time working with clients in the following areas:

• Statutory audits
• Management accounts
• Business planning
• Company secretarial

Ivan assists clients across all stages of corporate life. Ivan’s expertise, built up over many years allows him to deal with the myriad of challenges that face all businesses. He is dedicated to supporting clients to achieve business success by providing sound and practical business advice. Ivan adopts a tailored approach to each assignment, ensuring clients expectations are not only met but also exceeded.

IVAN IS AN EXPERIENCED CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT WHO JOINED THE FIRM IN 2016. HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE WITH HIM.

Clients appreciate Ivan’s hand on experience as he guides them through the complexity of modern corporate life. His down to earth advice is much appreciated by clients, large and small alike.

Ivan assists clients across multiple sectors including:

• Technology
• Financial services
• Construction and Property
• Transport and Distribution
• Professional Services
• Owner managed SME’s

He spends most of his time working with clients in the following areas;

• Statutory audits
• Business planning preparation
• Financial modelling
• Company formation
• Business consultancy

Orla joined from industry where she had been corporate controller of one of Ireland’s leading technology companies, listed on Nasdaq.

Since joining us she has continued to work with technology clients, indigenous and international  and has also developed an expertise in a number of other sectors including property management, professional services and SPV companies.

Her combination of commercial and practice experience allows her to offer practical guidance to clients at all stages of their development

Shane McAleer FCA, has over 15 years’ experience of advising on a variety of insolvency assignments from Receiverships, Liquidations and Informal restructurings.

He gained much of his professional experience in two top 10 practices. He has been responsible for managing cases involving debts of up to €1 billion across many industry sectors including retail, property and manufacturing amongst others.

Shane is the current Chairman of the Chartered Accountants Ireland Leinster Society and is a member of the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners (ISIP).