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6UPFRONT 32SHOWCASE
A round-up of news and events The second part of our Centennial
THE MAGAZINE FOR UCD BUSINESS ALUMNI & FRIENDS from the alumni community, faculty showcase of leading business
and campus alumni
WELCOME
10COVERSTORY 35BOOKREVIEWS
Alumnus Philip Berber sold Our alumni review two business
CyBerCorp for US$488m, and books new to the shelves
TO UCD BUSINESS CONNECTIONS directed much of his fortune into
Welcometothefinalissueofthisour
a charitable foundation
Centennialyear.Again,tocoincide
withourcelebrationsof100yearsin
14INDUSTRY
businesseducation,weincludethe
What business model now
secondpartofourAlumniShowcase,
for the banks?
whereyou’llfindmanyfamiliarfaces
fromthebusinesscommunityin 18LEADERSHIP
Ireland.Heretooareinterviewswith Theaccountabilitymodelcanmean
millionairephilanthropistPhilip businesssuccess
Berber,andwith‘academicentrepre-
neur’ProfMichaelMacCormacwhose
22CLOSE-UP
tirelesseffortsledtothelaunchof
Time for Irish businesses
thefirstMBAinEurope,hereatUCD.
to go global
AsthepushcontinuestobuildabaseofIrishcompanieswith
36GETTINGAHEAD
globalreach,wespeaktoprofessorsThomasLawtonandPatrick
‘The days of joining a big
Gibbons,andbusinessmenDenisO’BrienandLiamO’Mahony,on
company and letting them
the route to internationalisation of our indigenous enterprises.
PearseLyonstellsusabouttheremarkablesuccessofAlltech,
manage your career for
andleadershipcoachHenryEvansexplainshowtheaccountabil-
you and your talent
itymodelcanleadtowinningorganisations. development are more
OtherintervieweesincludeEdwardTO’Reilly,presidentofthe
or less gone’
AmericanManagementAssociation,andmemberofourNorth
AmericanAdvisoryBoard,onwhatittakestogetaheadin
Edward T Reilly, president, American
today’schangedworkplace.Pluswehavelettersfromalumniin
Management Association
MoscowandDubai.
Ihopetoseeyouatoneofthemanyeventswehaveplanned
40LETTERFROMDUBAI
forcomingmonthsand,asalways,wewouldbedelightedto
Mick Martin on living and working in
receiveyourfeedbackandsuggestions.Pleaseemail:
26THEENTREPRENEUR
the desert oasis
businessalumni@ucd.ie.
‘I’m a heretic, a recession
atheist. Our job is to find a
41LETTERFROM
NatalieMcGuinness(MBA03)
Alumni Relations Director, UCD School of Business
way to move ahead. When
MOSCOW
there is danger on one
Mike Hogan dispels misconceptions
about the Russian capital
Wewouldbedelightedtoreceiveyourfeedback,comments,photographs
side there is opportunity
orletters.Wecannot,however,acceptresponsibilityforlossordamageto
on the other’ 42TIMEOUT
suchmaterials.Pleasenotethattheeditorsreservetherighttoedit
Pearse Lyons of Alltech Business alumni bringing their skills
materialandcan’tguaranteethatitemswillbeusedinpartorfull.
to the voluntary sector
29OFFTHEBLOCKS
ALLENQUIRIESTO:
Profiles of alumni with that
46PHOTODIARY
NatalieMcGuinness,AlumniRelationsDirector
entrepreneurial spirit A photographic round up of alumni
Tel:+35317168805 Email:
businessalumni@ucd.ie
and alumni events
EDITORIALBOARD:NatalieMcGuinness,JPDonnelly,CarolineKinsella,
30SMURFITSCHOOL
OrlaithBrennan,PeterRyan,DamienMcLoughlin,AnneNolan
EDITORS:NatalieMcGuinness,AnnO’Dea,GrainneRothery
ALUMNUSOFTHEYEAR
53CLASSNOTES
CONTRIBUTORS: Mick Martin, Mike Hogan, JP Donnelly, Jane Suiter, Ann
Academic entrepreneur Prof
Find out what your old classmates
O’Dea, Grainne Rothery
Michael MacCormac on building
are up to now
PUBLISHER:WhitespacePublishingGroupLtdforUCDSchoolofBusiness
Europe’s first MBA
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