After leaving Grant Thornton and spending four years running technology company Ergo, Paul McCann says he missed being “at the centre of things”. Now he is back, with a private-equity-backed plan to build Ecovis into a significant Irish player.
Over lunch in Dublin, Stefan Asple explains why his family's accountancy firm chose an Australian partnership model with Brett Kelly over a private equity buyout.
He was one of the trailblazers for what became BDO Ireland, before surprisingly leaving the firm to start Focus Capital Partners. But the Limerickman was always an entrepreneur at heart – and a new partnership has energised him again.
The professional services firm employs 3,000 people across Ireland, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Bermuda. It told staff that cuts were to ensure the firm aligned its resources to have the "greatest impact moving forward".
Cormac Mohan’s career has taken him from his family’s rural hardware shop to European roles with Coca-Cola and Microsoft before launching his own advisory practice. Two decades later, the restructuring specialist is joining forces with AAB.
With a €1.5bn investment plan over four years, Deloitte EMEA is designed to help clients scale faster, deploy technology smarter and compete in a more fragmented global economy.
He started out as an accidental accountant, yet ended up leading one of Ireland’s fastest-growing professional services firms. John O’Callaghan reflects on the long journey from Sydney to Dublin, and how his Ironman mindset drives him forward.
Backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, AAB is on the acquisition trail in Cork. It hopes to double in size there by year end.
Mark Raddan, Interpath’s chief executive, and Kieran Wallace, a managing director in its Dublin office, talk exclusively on the sale of a majority stake in the professional services firm which employs 1,000 people including 100 in Ireland.
The Co Wexford native, who leads BDO's tech, media, and telecoms offering in the UK, speaks about working with ad magnate Martin Sorrell, the rise of private equity, and the future of family-run firms.
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