CLASS NOTES
RACHEL O’LEARY MBS ’97
Rachel has recently set up Click-2-
couture.com, the first Irish-owned virtual [
2000s
]
boutique of high-end designer fashion.
After completing her MBS, she worked as
marketing manager for KPMG and
ALLAN LEONARD MA ’00
received a National Marketing Award for
her work on the sponsorship of Allan recently accepted a position as
international events such as the Ryder Cup director at the Northern Ireland
JAMES O’HIGGINS-NORMAN
and the ATP Tennis Tour. She then moved Foundation in Belfast, which is a new
HDipEd ’96
to Italy and embarked on a career in the organisation committed to developing
James, who also has a BA, MEd and an fashion industry, spending some time practical policies to realise a shared future
EdD, is a lecturer in the School of working for the Brown Thomas Group. in Northern Ireland. He was formerly
Education Studies and chair of the Operating under the name C2C, her employed at the Ulster Historical
Graduate Diploma in Education company is based in northern Italy in close Foundation as operations manager.
programme at Dublin City University. He proximity to designers and manufacturers.
was recently appointed international Rachel also has a BComm from UCC.
associate editor of the Routledge journal,
Pastoral Care in Education. James is author STEPHEN O’SULLIVAN BCL ’97
of Ethos and Education in Ireland, At The
Heart of Education and Straight Talk. He Stephen is a barrister practising from the
was a member of the Ministerial Advisory Four Courts in Dublin since 1999 after
Group on Males in Primary Education and completing his BL at King’s Inns. He
the NCCA Sub-Committee on practises in different areas of law including
Interculturalism in Education. His current employment law, health law and personal
research deals with homophobic bullying injury. He is also course co-ordinator for
in second-level schools and access for employment law at King’s Inns and is a
CLAUDIA (NESTROWITZ)
ethnic minorities to Irish health services. regular contributor to the Irish Business HUPPRICH MBA ’00
Law Quarterly. Claudia recently started her own business
EILEEN WALL BAgrSc ’97, Consulting@work (www.consulting-at-
MAgrSc ’99
NICKY KELLY BComm ’98 work.com) located in Wiesbaden in
Germany. She was recently employed at
Eileen is currently based in Edinburgh as Nicky has just set up his own business PA Consulting Group as managing
a scientist in SAC. She works mainly on
SurfHolidays.com. As the name suggests, it consultant, before which she spent more
dairy cow genetics but has more recently offers surf holidays and organises self- than 16 years in management consulting
begun working on animal production catering accommodation and lessons in with companies such as Lotus Consulting
and climate change. Europe’s No 1 surf destinations of Portugal, and Nielsen. Her own business focuses on
Spain, France and Ireland.
SurfHolidays.com IT management, business process re-
DAMIAN AHERNE BSc ’97, offers families, groups of friends and engineering, project management and
PhD ’06
couples a place where they can combine a knowledge management. Claudia can be
relaxing sun holiday with a bit of surfing. contacted at claudia.hupprich@consulting-
Damian accepted a position at Trinity
at-work.com. “Best regards to everyone in
College Dublin as a researcher after BRIAN FARRELL BA ’98 the business school especially the MBA
leaving UCD in 2006. He worked for Since graduating, Brian has worked in gang of 2000.”
Professor John M. Kelly for 18 months several jobs in Dublin. For the past eight
investigating the growth mechanisms of years he has been working in the VICTOR KHAYAT MB BCh
silver nanoprisms. Currently, he works for Department of Justice, Equality and Law
BAO ’00
Professor Yurii Gun’ko developing Reform and is currently an executive
inorganic nanoparticle/metal nanoparticle officer in the Equality Tribunal in Dublin. Victor and Kelly Greene from Dublin are
composites. Damian lived in the USA for He recently completed an MA in Digital happy to announce their marriage on 14
almost six years and his two sons Thomas Media Technology (part-time) in DIT and March 2002 in Pittsburgh, PA. They
and Joseph were born there. lives in Dublin. currently reside in Blaine, Minnesota.
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