The Enterprise & Finance CFO 100 Index 2023, in affiliation with Sia Companions, recognises the highest 100 Chief Monetary Officers working throughout a few of the most modern firms in Eire and the UK at present.
To launch this Index, Enterprise & Finance hosted a digital thought management panel dialogue on the important thing points dealing with the CFO at present.
The theme is: CFOs main the strategic price problem. Monetary leaders will talk about navigating an unpredictable enterprise panorama whereas overcoming challenges and discovering alternatives for development.
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Ciara Lee, Director of Finance,
Cisco
Ciara Lee started working with Cisco virtually twenty years in the past and has, in that point, labored in a number of roles together with, Europe, Center East, Africa and Russia (EMEAR) Accounting chief, adopted by EMEAR Head of Company Income.
She took on the place of Director of Finance & CFO for Cisco Capital in EMEAR in 2019. Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide chief in know-how that powers the Web.
The corporate was based in 1984 by two laptop scientists from Stanford College looking for a neater approach to join various kinds of laptop methods. At present, 85% of Web visitors travels throughout Cisco’s methods and Cisco is a worldwide, multi-national company, headquartered in San Jose, California.
Lee studied Commerce in College School Dublin and is a professional accountant (FCCA), she has been not too long ago elected to serve on the Enterprise Leaders Discussion board panel for ACCA Eire.
Seána Leech, Chief Monetary Officer,
Cpl
Seána Leech joined Cpl in February 2018, and was appointed Chief Monetary Officer in January 2022.
Previous to becoming a member of Cpl, she labored for quite a few giant multinational organisations with the duty for administration of advanced finance capabilities in extremely regulated environments.
She is a professional accountant and a Fellow Member of the Affiliation of Chartered Licensed Accountants.
Colm Leen, Chief Monetary Officer,
Carbery Group
Colm Leen is Chief Monetary Officer and Firm Secretary of Carbery Group. A graduate of College School Cork, he certified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in 1987.
Following a interval working with KPMG in New York, he joined Carbery’s finance crew in 1988. In 1992, he was appointed Monetary Controller of Carbery and in 1995 was appointed to the Board of Carbery Group as Chief Monetary Officer and Firm Secretary.
As Group Chief Monetary Officer and a member of the chief world management crew over the previous twenty eight years, he has been liable for the planning, implementation and administration of the monetary actions of the group. Throughout this era, the group has witnessed important natural and acquisitive development together with the completion of quite a few acquisitions within the Americas, Europe and Asia.
This journey has seen the monetary crew at Carbery main quite a few evaluations of funding alternatives in addition to successive funding initiatives.
In 1998 he was appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Leen is a former Director of Cork Chamber of Commerce. He at present sits on the Governing Physique of College School Cork serving additionally as a member of its Folks Committee. He has been a member of the College’s Audit and Danger Committee over quite a few years and served because the Committee’s Chair from 2019–2021.
Kevin Lucey, Chief Monetary Officer,
DCC plc
Kevin Lucey was appointed as DCC’s Chief Monetary Officer in July 2020. Lucey joined DCC in 2010 as Finance & Growth Director of the Know-how division and since then has held quite a few senior Group finance roles, together with most not too long ago as Head of Capital Markets.
Previous to becoming a member of DCC, he was CFO and a principal of a number one Irish non-public fairness agency.
Mark Lynch, Chief Monetary Officer,
Arthur Cox
Mark Lynch works with Arthur Cox’s companions and associates to handle the agency’s monetary efficiency and financing preparations.
Lynch leads the agency’s finance perform, working with the Associate group, to assist and finance enterprise development via strong planning and forecasting, managing its financing preparations, serving to to drive operational effectivity and reporting enterprise efficiency and efficiency tendencies in an accessible and interesting method.
Lynch is a Chartered Accountant and has over thirty years’ expertise within the skilled providers business having beforehand held senior govt administration roles in PwC and Deloitte.
David Manifold, Chief Monetary Officer,
eShopWorld
David Manifold joined eShopWorld as Chief Monetary Officer in 2019. He has appreciable senior administration expertise in technology-led, excessive development environments.
Manifold has over thirty years’ expertise within the monetary and know-how sectors. He joined ESW from Oasis Group the place he managed the agency’s Group Finance Operate. He additionally beforehand held the position of Director of Integration and Company Technique Director at Aer Lingus.
Grainne McAleese, Deputy Chief Monetary Officer,
Inizio
In 2021, Grainne McAleese was a part of the UDG administration crew which oversaw the profitable $4 billion acquisition of UDG Healthcare plc by non-public fairness agency Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
Inizio is an Irish-headquartered firm with 10,000 workers globally offering modern outsourced providers to healthcare firms.
Previous to UDG, she labored as Common Supervisor, Eire with Alexion, a uncommon illness US biotech firm, main their enlargement and a €500 million funding in biologics and packaging amenities in Eire. McAleese beforehand spent ten years working with Elan Prescribed drugs in the USA and Eire in numerous company, strategic and group finance roles.
Externally, she is a Board Director for Science Basis Eire, the nationwide funding physique for STEM analysis in Eire.
John McCarthy, Chief Monetary Officer,
Ardonagh Europe and Arachas
John McCarthy is CFO of Ardonagh Europe the European platform of worldwide insurance coverage dealer The Ardonagh Group. He’s additionally CFO of Ardonagh’s Irish enterprise Eire’s main insurance coverage dealer Arachas, which he joined and was appointed to the Board in 2018.
Previous to becoming a member of Arachas, he was a Director of AIB Company Finance the place he gained intensive M&A expertise. In his earlier profession he labored with UDG Healthcare and PwC. McCarthy is a professional chartered accountant with important expertise of monetary administration, M&A and strategic improvement in a monetary providers setting.
Stephen Mc Carthy, Chief Monetary Officer,
Aviva Insurance coverage
Stephen Mc Carthy is the Chief Monetary Officer of Aviva Eire, Common Insurance coverage. He took up the position in July 2022 having labored at Aviva since 2014.
Over the course of his profession, he has held a wide range of senior insurance coverage roles throughout pricing, reserving, threat, and enterprise administration within the UK, Canada and Eire. In his earlier position, Mc Carthy was the Head of Company Growth at Aviva Group the place he led acquisitions and disposals that had been instrumental within the reshaping of Aviva.
Mc Carthy is a professional actuary and holds a Bachelor’s Actuarial and Monetary Research in Actuarial Science from College School Dublin.
Matthew McGee, Finance Director,
Boston Scientific
Matthew McGee started working at Boston Scientific in 2006 as a Principal Finance Analyst. He then took on the position of Finance Supervisor, then Senior Finance Supervisor after which in the end the Finance Director in 2016.
Previous to Boston Scientific, McGe spent 5 years working for PwC. He studied Enterprise Research, Accounting and French on the Waterford Institute of Know-how earlier than learning on the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Eire from 2000 to 2003.
Paul McKeown, Government Director — Consumer Providers, Enterprise and Operations Folks & Company Providers,
Enterprise Eire
Paul McKeown is liable for Consumer Providers, Enterprise and Operations, Folks & Company Providers. Previous to his present position, he led the Directorate incorporating Enterprise Eire’s Folks and Coverage, Company Providers and Regional Growth Divisions. He’s additionally the company’s Chief Monetary Officer (CFO).
McKeown joined Enterprise Eire as CFO in 2017 and was promoted to Government Director in 2019. Previous to becoming a member of Enterprise Eire, he was Director of Finance at St Vincent’s College Hospital. He began his profession in KPMG and managed a large portfolio of shoppers throughout his 5 years with the agency.
A Fellow of Chartered Accountants Eire, McKeown additionally holds Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm) and Grasp of Accounting (M.Acc) {qualifications} from College School Dublin.
John McLaughlin, Chief Monetary Officer,
Sysco Eire
John McLaughlin is the Chief Monetary Officer at Sysco Eire. He’s liable for all Monetary Capabilities and Gross sales Assist.
Previous to becoming a member of Sysco, McLaughlin held a number of Government degree positions inside Brakes Europe together with Finance Director Brakes Eire, Business Finance Director UK, and Operations Finance Director UK.
Having began his profession in Manufacturing with Rank Hovis MacDougall, he then joined a logistics enterprise, ADL, as a part of a administration buyout crew which led to a flotation on the London Inventory Market.
McLaughlin is a fellow of the Chartered Affiliation of Licensed Accountants.
Jim Mintern, Group Finance Director,
CRH
Jim Mintern has over thirty years’ expertise within the constructing supplies business, practically twenty years of which have been with CRH.
Mintern joined CRH as Finance Director for Roadstone and since then has held a number of senior positions throughout the Group, together with Nation Supervisor for Eire, Managing Director of every of the Western and Japanese areas of our Europe Supplies Division and Chief of Workers to the Chief Government.
He was appointed to the Board and have become Chief Monetary Officer with impact from June 1st 2021.
Billy Morris, Chief Monetary Officer,
Genesis International
Billy Morris is the Chief Monetary Officer of Genesis International. He’s a professional Chartered Accountant (ICAI) from Eire with over fifteen years of expertise in company finance, monetary planning & evaluation and monetary administration.
Morris has wide-ranging worldwide expertise in finance and accounting over a number of industries in each Eire and the US.
He grew to become CFO of Genesis International in 2021 and joined the agency from ThousandEyes the place he was VP of Finance. Morris beforehand held roles at Twilio Inc., Ubisoft and Deloitte.
Mark Mulqueen, Chief Monetary Officer,
KPMG
Mark Mulqueen is the CFO for KPMG in Eire and a member of the agency’s Government Management Group. Liable for all features of finance and administration throughout the agency.
He’s a pushed and achieved Senior Government with intensive monetary, transformation and enterprise administration expertise predominantly in skilled providers organisations (authorized and monetary).
His vary of expertise contains CFO and enterprise transformation venture administration roles in skilled providers organisations working on to the Managing Associate and Government Group.
Mulqueen is recognised for driving efficiency enchancment in key enterprise processes together with time administration, billing, money and digitising the supply of monetary metrics to assist unit leaders in driving worthwhile income development.
Aubrey Mulveen, Chief Monetary Officer,
Chanelle Pharma
Aubrey Mulveen is Chief Monetary Officer at Chanelle Pharma. He joined the Group in 2021 from C&D meals, a department of ABP meals group, the place he was CFO for six years. He was additionally beforehand an audit director at KPMG.
Mulveen has intensive expertise in acquisitions, enterprise transformation and is at present main strategic, operational and monetary programmes that may present Chanelle Pharma with the platform to assist important world enlargement.
Ken Murphy, Chief Monetary Officer,
Aon Eire
Ken Murphy is the Chief Monetary officer of Aon Eire. He’s a professionally certified govt with thirty years’ expertise working in senior monetary positions for firms primarily based in Europe, US and Asia.
His specialities embody efficient administration throughout a number of worldwide entities; mergers & acquisitions together with submit acquisition integration of operations, methods and personnel.
Nicola O’Brien, Chief Monetary Officer,
Everlasting TSB
Nicola O’Brien joined Everlasting TSB in 2017 and most not too long ago held the place of Head of Finance and Investor Relations earlier than being made CFO.
Previous to becoming a member of the Financial institution, O’Brien held quite a few senior roles in Financial institution of Eire, together with: Head of Finance Group Buyer Operations; Head of Group Finance Technique and Divisional Monetary Controller for the Retail Eire division.
She is a professional Accountant (ACMA) with over twenty years’ expertise working at a senior degree throughout the Retail Banking sector in Eire. She brings a robust understanding of the industrial, strategic, operational, monetary and regulatory necessities of Banking.
Her sturdy enterprise acumen and in-depth information of Everlasting TSB is of giant worth to the Financial institution.
John O’Connor, Chief Monetary Officer,
Zurich Insurance coverage
John O’Connor is the Chief Monetary Officer at Zurich Insurance coverage. He was appointed to this place in 2001, previous to which he held numerous monetary positions at Motorola starting in 1989. O’Connor holds a Bachelor of Enterprise Research diploma from the College of Limerick, the place he studied between 1980 and 1984.
Ross O’Connor, Chief Monetary Officer,
Avolon
Ross O’Connor was appointed Chief Monetary Officer in October 2022 and leads the monetary reporting, tax, company improvement, capital markets and plane buying and selling actions at Avolon.
O’Connor joined Avolon in 2011 and has held numerous roles all through the organisation, together with Vice President Buying and selling and Head of Investor Relations. From 2020 to 2022, he served as Head of Capital Markets for Avolon, main Avolon’s fundraising technique and initiatives, together with the administration of Avolon’s ranking company and world lender relationships.
O’Connor holds a Bachelor (Hons) in Administration Science and Data Techniques Research diploma from Trinity School Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Eire.
Barry O’Donnell, Chief Monetary Officer,
Actavo
Barry O’Donnell is Actavo’s Chief Monetary Officer since 2021, liable for Monetary technique & planning, mergers and acquisitions, tech technique and debt and dealing capital administration throughout quite a few numerous engineering providers companies.
He has a Bachelor of Enterprise Research, a Grasp of Accounting from UCD and is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Eire having skilled initially in PwC.
O’Donnell is commercially-focused and results-driven. He has intensive expertise driving finance capabilities in fast-paced entrepreneurial environments. Earlier roles included Head of Finance at Paddy Energy On-line and Finance Supervisor at Anglo Irish Financial institution.
He’s a giant believer in Actavo’s worth of ‘Carry out as a Group’. He’s change-oriented and works to carry new applied sciences to assist automate and streamline engineering processes and development methodologies. He’s future-orientated and plans for the place Actavo goes, somewhat than the place it’s.
Avril O’Hehir, Chief Administration Officer (CAO) and Board Director,
Lidl Eire and Northern Eire
Avril O’Hehir is the Chief Administration Officer (CAO) and is a member of the Board of Administrators of Lidl Eire GmbH and Lidl Northern Eire Restricted since August 2018.
On this position, O’Hehir is liable for the areas of Finance and Accounts, Administration Accounting, Authorized and Compliance, IT, Enterprise Growth, Buyer Service and Audit.
With greater than nineteen years’ skilled expertise within the FMCG retail business in Eire and overseas, O’Hehir has intensive information of strategic change administration, enterprise improvement, firm reorganisations, acquisitions and divestments.
She joined Lidl in 2004 as a venture assistant and swiftly progressed to carry a wide range of management roles all through the enterprise. Throughout her profession with Lidl, she has served as Worker Relations Supervisor, Director of Administration Organisation, Worldwide Marketing consultant in Lidl Germany and Chief Administration Officer and Board member in Lidl Romania.
A dynamic, skilled and forward-thinking senior chief, O’Hehir’s indigenous and worldwide expertise has given her a aggressive edge and a ardour for first-to-market know-how that drives efficiencies and provides worth to communities throughout the nation.
She is a graduate of Technological College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts in Worldwide Enterprise and holds a Diploma in Employment Regulation. A eager advocate for private and academic improvement, O’Hehir has additionally extra not too long ago accomplished a Grasp’s in Enterprise Administration at Warwick Enterprise Faculty on the College of Warwick.
O’Hehir is a proud mum to 2 daughters Eva and Millie, and enjoys spending time together with her household, studying and travelling.
Diarmuid O’Neill, Chief Monetary Officer,
Doyle Transport Group
Diarmuid O’Neill has been CFO of Doyle Transport Group since 2014. The Irish-owned Transport and Logistics firm has been working out of Eire since 1886.
Owned by the Doyle Household, the Group has developed from its maritime roots and is now providing built-in transport, logistics and maritime providers. Previous to that, he labored in AIB for over fourteen years. He started there as Relationship Supervisor and in the end held the place of Head of Worldwide Company Banking earlier than being made Head of Company Banking Eire.
He studied accountancy at College School Cork earlier than finishing his Chartered Accountant {qualifications} within the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He additionally accomplished a Management Growth programme in Harvard Enterprise Faculty.
David Paterson, Chief Monetary Officer,
Primark
Since becoming a member of Primark as Chief Monetary Officer in 2017, David Paterson has duty for Primark’s world finance operations together with driving Primark’s worldwide enlargement funding. Extra broadly, in addition to authorized, threat and procurement, he’s additionally liable for know-how, overseeing its transformation right into a finest in school strategic enabler for the enterprise.
Previous to becoming a member of Primark, he was CFO at CarTrawler for over 4 and-a-half years throughout a interval of serious transformation and development. He beforehand held quite a few monetary and technique roles throughout quite a few industries together with TUI Journey plc, Virgin Rail Group, Deutsche Financial institution AG and British Airways.
A graduate of the College of Leeds and London Enterprise Faculty, Paterson is predicated at Arthur Ryan Home, Primark’s worldwide headquarters.
Sinéad Patton, Chief Monetary and Business Officer — Eire, Regional Director — Northern Eire,
Veolia
Chief Monetary and Business Officer of Veolia in Eire and its Regional Director for Northern Eire, Sinéad Patton is happy with the position her organisation performs as benchmark chief of the Ecological Transformation, centered on serving to its buyer organisations to cut back their carbon footprint and sustainably handle their power, water and waste assets.
She joined the power division of Veolia as its Monetary Controller in early 2005, holding numerous positions earlier than assuming her present tasks throughout the Group’s full remit of power, water and waste administration providers in 2018.
A key member of the management crew charged with bringing to life Veolia’s Goal and identification of Resourcing the World through Ecological Transformation, Patton is keen about serving to others obtain their potential. She has embodied this in her co-chairing of the Enterprise within the Group Leaders subgroup on Social Inclusion since 2018, seeing the publication of the Inclusive Employer Blueprint in 2019 and extra not too long ago, the launch of Elevate, the Inclusive Office Pledge in 2021. She is a member of the Enterprise within the Group Board of Administrators since 2021.
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