Patrick Dunne is a Liverpudlian with strong Irish roots; his grandmother hailed from Ringsend in Dublin. He was recently in Dublin, speaking at the Simmons & Simmons/Winmark/The Panel event on “Board Decision-Making.”  He was an ideal speaker. The author of Boards: A Practical Perspective and Five Generations at Work: How We Win Together, for Good, he is an expert on all things boardroom-related.  When I caught up with him recently, we spoke first about his career with the FTSE 100 3i Group plc, where he travelled the world doing private equity (PE) deals before becoming a full-time independent director (INED).…