Authors
Andrew Mernagh Founder of Mernagh Consulting
Andrew Mernagh has worked for 13 years in Irish print media, across a range of publications including Sunday Tribune Newspaper, Village Magazine and Tara Publishing. He founded Mernagh Consulting in 2009 which has become one of Ireland’s most innovative Media Consultancy Firms, specialising in Healthcare PR and Publishing.
Peter Tompkins MD of The Financial Window
Peter Tompkins has over 14 years experience working in the Financial Markets, with 7 of those years managing High Net Worth Clients (€20m+) from around the world in Offshore Banking.
Peter says about MFW: Our mission is to “financially educate the people of Ireland in an easy to understand and time effective way”. “The Financial Window” is the educational device that we use to coach our clients. We make financial education simple and time manageable to prevent clients from getting overawed.
The Financial Window is broken down into 4 time periods or windows, with the letters D, W, M, Q standing for Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly. Through each window you will learn the key financial tasks that need to be covered on a Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Quarterly basis.
Eoghan McDermott Head of Careers Clinic at the Communications Clinic
Eoghan McDermott is Head of Careers for the Communications Clinic providing training and consultancy in Job Interview Preparation, Recruitment, Communications Skills, Presentation Skills, Speech Writing, Media Skills, Customer Relationship Management and Sales training.
He has a degree in Economics and Politics from University College Dublin. He specialised in European Economics, Industrial and Trade Economics, Political Communications and Law.
Eoghan has provided consultancy and training to organisations as varied as Cement Roadstone Holdings, AIB, Dublin City Council, Roche Pharmaceuticals, the Environmental Protection Agency and the GAA. He is also communications and media advisor to a number of Ireland’s top sports people.
Robert MacGhiolla Phadraig Director Sigmar Recruitment
Robert MacGiolla Phadraig, Executive Director with Sigmar Recruitment, has 10 years recruitment services experience. Robert was part of the recent MBO team and manages the Technical business unit, Sigmar Training and Sigmar Group Services. He has headed up a number of high profile recruitment initiatives for multinational companies and specialises in executive search assignments.
Robert is Chairman of the Employers Job Creation Initiative 2010 and National Employment Week 2011. He works with government departments and state agencies advising on back to work initiatives, while personally supporting job seeker groups. Robert is a regular commentator on recruitment and employment in the national press and radio and is the career expert on RTE television. Robert has led Sigmar to numerous awards, including Top 10 Workplace in Ireland 2007, 2008, 2009 and to multiple National Recruitment Federation Awards.
Lisa Archer of Sigmar Recruitment
Lisa Archer is a Recruitment Consultant with Sigmar Recruitment with specific expertise in Supply Chain recruitment for multinational companies. Lisa is responsible for international business development and brand adaptation with emerging global markets. University qualifications include; Bachelors in Management, Postgraduate Diploma in PR and Events, Masters in Marketing and an expected Postgraduate Diploma International Business Growth from the Michael Smurfit Business School, UCD.
