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McSweeney was a banker, pioneer in the foot care member since 2004 and is a
trade union official and direc- industry. founding director of 3rd i, a
tor of a venture capital Dublin-based company that
organisation. 1991 specialises in helping SMEs
Joanne Hession — see develop and grow. In addition,
MBS 1992.
she is a member of the
Ballymun Economic
Lorraine Goodwin (mar-
Development Working Group
ried name Ormsby)
and a part-time lecturer in
completed an MSc in Corpor-
business strategy and enter-
ate and International Finance
prise development.
at Durham University in 1996.
She gave up her career in
management consultancy with
Ireland Group in 1999. He is
PricewaterhouseCoopers in
currently a non-executive
2000 to marry a farmer in Co
director of Cisco Systems
Mayo. They now have three
Finance International,
children — Jack, Kate and Ella
Blackstone Group, Gartner
1974
— and a fourth on the way.
Group and Applied Denis Barry and his family
Communications (Ireland),
Colum Lane (MBS 92)
decided to stay in California
has recently moved to New
and company secretary of when his overseas contract
York to work as senior man-
healthcare/hospital supplier with the IDA expired in 1988.
ager, portfolio investments
Fannin. He then set up a small mar-
with Pfizer Inc.
keting consulting company
when one of his clients, FGL
1992
Environmental Laboratory,
Colm Murphy (MAcc
invited him to join its man-
93) has just started his own
agement staff as marketing
business, Dynamic Leadership
1994
director in 1994.
Development, focusing on
Liz Sheil spent two years
1981
leadership coaching and
backpacking around Europe,
development. He is con-
the Middle East and Australia
David Moffitt was recently
tactable on info@dynami-
following graduation. She has
appointed chairman of Snap
cleadership.ie.
been living in Perth, Western
Printing. After graduating, he
Australia for almost 13 years.
spent 11 years at Smurfit,
1993
She is associate director at
where he was general manag-
Geraldine Lavin (MBS
investment bank Azure
er of three companies and
94) was recently appointed
Capital, which specialises in
spent three years as personal
president of the Institute of
mergers and acquisitions,
assistant to the chairman. He
Business Analysis and
equity capital markets and
then became division director
Consulting (IBAC). She has
debt advisory. See www.azure-
1973
at RR Donnelly for four years,
been an IBAC committee
capital.com.au.
before buying into The Tech
Brendan McSweeney, Group’s start-up manufactur-
Gavin Doyle (MAcc 95)
Professor of Management at ing operations in Ireland. He
lives in the greater New York
Royal Holloway, University of was managing director of
City area and works as finance
London, is the joint editor of a Tech Group Europe until
director at Home Box Office
recently published book on 2006, and is currently chair-
(HBO).
organisational change in the man of Plastics Ireland and an
context of transnational busi- IBEC National Executive Denis Naughton (MAcc
ness. Remaking Management Council member. 95) lives in the New York area
– Between Global and Local, and works as assistant corpo-
which was co-edited by Chris 1988 rate controller and VP-corpo-
Smith and Robert Fitzgerald, Cathal Kennedy is living rate finance at Broadridge, a
is published by Cambridge in Long Island and, together leading full-service outsourc-
University Press. Before with his brother Séamus, ing provider to the global
becoming an academic, owns Hersco Orthotic Labs, a financial industry.
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