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CENTENNIAL YEAR
Hejoinedthebankin1996andhasworkedinitspublicfinance, Patrick Kennedy (BComm 90,
controlling and infrastructure finance departments. He previ- DipPrAcc 91) Patrick Kennedy has
ouslyworkedforAIBBank.Hehasservedaschairmanofthe beenchiefexecutiveofPaddyPowersince
FederationofInternationalBanksinIreland(FIBI). 2006,havingbeenanon-executivedirec-
torofthecompanysince2004.Hewas
David Gallagher (MBS 93) David Gallagher is country previously chief financial officer of
managerofPfizerHealthcareIreland,apositionhewasappointed Greencore Group, which he joined in
toinMay2007.HehasaBachelorofSciencedegreefromUCD 1998.BeforethatheworkedwithKPMG
andanMBSfromtheSmurfitSchool/KULeuven,Belgium.He Corporate Finance and McKinsey
sitsonthePrescriptionMedicinesDivisionStrategyBoardofthe ManagementConsultantsinLondon,DublinandAmsterdam.
IrishPharamceuticalHealthcareAssociation.
HelenKeogh(DipCG77)HelenKeoghhasbeenchiefexec-
DermotGriffin(BComm83)DermotGriffinwasappointed utive of World Vision since 2003. She is the current chair of
directoroftheNationalLotteryin2006,havingpreviouslybeen DóchasandisontheboardofConnectWorld.Aformerteacher
theorganisation’schiefoperatingofficer.Priortothat,hewas andcounsellor,shehasalsoheldanumberofdirectorshipsin
commercial director at Vodafone, and before that commercial privatecompanies.SheservedintheSeanadandDáilÉireann
directoratEircell. formorethan13years.
PatrickHalpenny(BComm80)PatrickHalpennyischief Tony Kilduff (BComm 71) Entrepreneurandbusinessman
executiveofficeranddirectorofCommunicorpGroup,aswellas TonyKilduffwasoneofIreland’sfirsttechnologymillionairesand
beingadirectorofanumberofothercompanies.Beforejoining ranks158thon The Sunday Times richlist.Oneofhisfirstbusi-
Communicorpin1997,hewasoperationsandfinancemanager nesses,softwarefirmKindleBankingSystems,wassoldin1991.He
with Continental AG in Ireland and prior to that was group ischairmanandpartownerofGiraffeChildcare.
financialcontrollerofWRJacob.
Peter Ledbetter (MBA 74) Peter Ledbetter was recently
Aidan Heavey (BComm 73) A founding director and appointedontotheboardoftheIrishAviationAuthority.Having
shareholderofTullowOil,AidanHeaveyhasplayedakeyrolein spentseveralyearswithCoopers&Lybrand,hejoinedGPAGroup
developingthecompanyfromitsformationin1985toitscurrent atitsinceptionin1975andwascloselyinvolvedinformingitsstrat-
internationalstatusasaleadingindependentoilandgasexplo- egy,aswellasexecutingitspoliciesfrom1975to1990.Hewasan
rationandproductiongroup.Acharteredaccountant,heprevi- executivedirectorofIrishLifeandPermanentfrom1991–2000.
ouslyheldrolesintheairlineandengineeringsectorsinIreland.
HeisadirectorofTraidlinks. JohnLynch(BComm82)JohnLynchhasbeenchiefexecutive
at Merrion Pharmaceuticals since 2008, having previously been
Adrian Hegarty (BComm 71) chief operating officer and managing director at the company.
AdrianHegartyis group chief execu- Priortojoiningin2004hewasCEOofJMLHealthcare.Before
tive of Friends First, chairman of that,hespent15yearsinAbbottLaboratories.Healsoworkedin
InteramericaninGreeceandInterlifein BayerDiagnosticsandErnst&Young.
Cyprus, and a director of Rabo Bank
Irelandand ACCBank.Priortojoining Vivian McGuire (BComm 79) Vivian McGuire is general
FriendsFirst,heheldavarietyofsenior partner and CEO of venture capital company, Street Capital
positions with Bank of Ireland in Partners.Beforefoundingthecompanyin2001,hewasco-founder
IrelandandtheUS. ofprivateequityinvestmentcompany,AllenMcGuire&Partners,
and,beforethat,spentsixyearsasVPwithGoldmanSachs.
Miriam Hughes (BComm 84, MBS 85)MiriamHughes
has been managing director of DDFH&B Advertising since David Moffitt (BComm 81) David Moffitt was recently
2007. Her previous roles have included marketing director at appointedchairmanofSnapPrinting,whichhetookastakeinlast
NestléIrelandandheadofcommunications,salesandmarketing year.HewasmanagingdirectorofTechGroupEuropefor10years
atBankofIreland.Sheisaformerchairmanandafellowofthe until2006.Priortothat,hespentfouryearsasdivisiondirectorat
MarketingInstituteofIreland. RRDonnellyand11yearsatSmurfitinarangeofroles.
Ian Hyland (BComm 70) Publisher Ian Hyland owns Fergal Mulchrone (BComm 78, MBS 79) Fergal
CloughmoreMedia,whichpublishes Business & Finance and Mulchronehas28years’corporatemanagementexperienceina
Magill magazines. He began his career in Irish Press varietyofindustriesandiscurrentlyCEOofprivatehospitaldevel-
Newspapers, working in Dublin and London on major operSynchronyHealthcare,executivechairmanofHughJordan&
accounts.Hejoined Business & Finance in1993assalesand CoandapartnerinCompassPoint.Previousroleshaveincluded
marketingdirector,lefttobecomeCEOofmarketplaceportal beingCEOofTerraillonSAandheadofmarketingforEMEAat
iCommerce in 2000, but returned to acquire Business & Gateway.Hespent17yearsworkingintheUSAinavarietyof
Financein2002. managementpositions.
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