Consulting Experience:

Brendan has over ten years consulting experience, and managed his own accountancy firm and a business development company.

He has managed and consulted on a wide range of engagements including comprehensive activity based analysis studies in Ireland. He has developed and implemented a comprehensive range of tailored business development programmes for a variety of privately owned growth enterprises in Ireland and the UK.

Representative consulting experience includes:

• Diagnostic analysis of numerous privately owned growth enterprises to determine opportunities for profit maximisation strategies to meet business goals
• Wealth management for high net worth individuals – maximising personal return on investment including tax minimisation strategies
• Corporate finance including private offerings, loans, leasing, venture capital and valuations
• Strategic review of family business models, reworking vision, strategy, structure and related operating plans to ensure successful performance, measurement and management, with privately owned growth enterprises in Ireland

Additional Experience:

Brendan has more than twenty years business experience working as a manager and an accountant in both industry and public practice. During that time he has worked ‘at the coalface’ for business ranging from small family companies right up to major international public companies.

• Assisted and managed the successful Irish market entry of a major UK and Irish retailing franchise
• Delivered the budgetary control and monitoring system for Burberry’s and the Scotch House chain of clothing stores throughout the UK
• Worked as Chief Executive Officer of a small family owned department store in Ireland
• Led the market entry of an international professional services network into Ireland