Getting Bob Geldof on the ticket for an Irish corporate event is quite the coup. But for Hugh Beattie, the McCann FitzGerald finance partner who has led the London office for over two decades, his appearance at the firm’s upcoming 40th anniversary celebration is about more than star power. It is about values, and a generational story of being Irish in London. Beattie met the Boomtown Rat and Live Aid founder at an event the firm sponsored a couple of years ago and was impressed by his integrity, authenticity, and stage presence – how, as a speaker, Geldof was able…

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