Governance

Paul is the Irish firm's Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Managing Partner since 2015 and he also leads our Deals practice. Paul has been a Partner since 2001 and a member of the Irish firm's Leadership Team since 2003 having previously also held the roles of Finance Partner and Advisory Leader.

Paul has extensive experience in advising public and privately owned corporates, private equity organisations and funders. His experience covers a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, construction, distribution and services. Paul's client base is both local and international.

Paul operates as Relationship Partner for a number of the firm's larger clients and his client work is focused on M&A activity. Specific services provided include due diligence, stock exchange reporting, restructuring and advice in relation to the financial and commercial aspects of acquisition agreements.

Paul is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Ireland.

Joe is a member of PwC's Ireland Leadership Team responsible for executing on our vision to digitally enable our firm. He is also a member of PwC's EMEA Tax and Legal Leadership Team and is responsible for the digital transformation of our Tax and Legal practice across EMEA, establishing Impact centres and managing our Service Delivery Centres.

Joe has over 20 years of experience in advising multinationals investing in Ireland on Irish, European and global structures. He acts for a number of household names in the technology sector from the US, UK and Asia, and also acts for a number of Irish-based multinationals. He is an Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute. Joe is also a Director and Honorary Treasurer of the Irish Exporters Association and a member of the Irish Software Association and ICT Ireland.

Emma is the firm's people leader and a member of the firm's leadership team.

Emma is an assurance partner in the banking, insurance and aviation finance group. Emma has more than 20 years of audit and assurance experience including four years with PwC Australia.

Emma leads audit engagements on a portfolio of large international and domestic banking, insurance and aviation finance clients. She has expertise in IFRS, US GAAP, capital market transactions and Sarbanes-Oxley controls.

Emma is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

David is the firm's Markets Strategy partner, a member of the firm's Leadership Team and an advisory consulting partner. David is a technology specialist with over 20 years of experience in the retail sector, both in industry roles and as a consultant.

David has extensive experience advising clients in the retail and consumer goods sectors on diverse projects including digital, technology, corporate strategy, operational effectiveness and supply chain. His clients include indigenous firms and Irish and foreign-owned multinationals in the sector.

Prior to joining PwC in 2008, David held a senior role in a major Irish retail and wholesale company.

David leads the PwC Ireland team which is involved in the development of PwC’s TransformIT methodology, a structured approach to helping organisations drive change in their IT function.

Ronan is the firm's Risk and Quality partner and also leads the firm's Banking and Insurance practice. He has significant experience in the audit of financial services companies, both domestic and overseas.

Ronan is also responsible for the market risk services within PwC Ireland which provide advice on strategy, controls, complex accounting and valuation related issues.

Ronan is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Elizabeth is General Counsel at PwC Ireland and is a member of the PwC Ireland Leadership Team.

As General Counsel, Elizabeth oversees and manages all legal matters on behalf of the firm, including litigation, commercial and risk issues. Elizabeth has over 15 years of experience in litigation, regulation and corporate law. Prior to joining PwC in 2014, she was Chief Legal Counsel, Europe at Mercer.

She was called to the Irish Bar in 1998.

Susan leads PwC Ireland's tax practice. They are a team of over 650 professionals who use their deep expertise and experience to guide companies as they manage their tax affairs in Ireland and internationally. Recent years have seen significant changes in OECD, US, EU and domestic tax, and it can be a challenge to stay up to date. Our specialised teams bring the appropriate advice to organisations when they need it, allowing them to focus on their business.

Susan is a partner since 2007. Before leading the Tax practice, Susan was a member of the firm's Irish leadership team with responsibility for People. Since September 2018, she is also a member of the EMEA Executive Team with responsibility for Human Capital.

Enda leads the firm's assurance practice and is a member of the firm's leadership team.

Enda has over 25 years of experience as an auditor and business advisor to companies operating in the industrial products, life science and pharmaceutical industries.

This experience includes supporting Irish head quartered global companies as well as multinational companies with their operations in Ireland. He worked in PwC Boston between 2000 and 2003.

Enda is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Ciarán leads the firm's Advisory practice and is a member of firm's Leadership Team.

Ciarán's client work has focused mainly on financial services, in particular banking and insurance where he has overseen multiple transformation projects across domestic and international financial service clients, supporting both crisis and growth strategies for nearly 20 years.

Ivan McLoughlin is a partner in the audit practice and specialises in the banking industry.

Ivan has over 16 years of experience and during this time has worked with a range of domestic and international banks specialising in retail and corporate banking, leasing, investment banking and banking regulatory compliance.

Ivan is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Damian is a partner in the audit practice and specialises in advising software and technology companies.

Damian leads the audit engagement for a number of high profile MNC's with significant operations in Ireland as well as some venture-backed indigenous technology companies. Damian's extensive expertise in the technology, info-comms and software fields positions him to assist business with the complex accounting issues that can arise in these areas.

In addition, to his extensive knowledge of the reporting and filing requirements under US Accounting Standards and IFRS, Damian also has significant experience in private equity transactions, helping many companies make acquisitions, divestitures, strategic alliances and gain access to global capital markets.

Damian served as PwC Ireland Markets Partner from 2011 to 2015. In this role, he was a member of PwC Ireland's Management Board and responsible for it's Business Development & Marketing function.

Damian is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and is also the PwC Alumni Partner.

Fíona is a Partner in the audit practice and specialises in the asset management Industry. She has extensive knowledge and over 15 years of experience in advising and auditing asset management clients including mutual funds, hedge funds and private equity funds administered in Ireland and elsewhere, who utilise US GAAP, Irish GAAP and international accounting standards. Fíona also works with asset managers and administrators based in Ireland. She provides a range of services including fund and corporate audit services, along with advisory services. She set up and is the leader of PwC Ireland's Private Equity Group.

Fíona has worked in the PwC London, PwC LA and PwC Orange County offices advising on asset management, banking and real estate assignments for a variety of organisations, including the FSA.

Fíona has assisted clients in structuring new funds and advised on various accounting, tax and operational matters. Fíona has been involved with the Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA) for a number of years and has been a member of IFIA's committees. Fíona has lectured on auditing and accounting issues to the asset management industry in Ireland on behalf of the IFIA and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Fíona is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Jean Delaney is a partner in PwC Ireland’s tax practice specialising in the pharmaceutical or life science sector. She leads PwC Ireland's pharmaceutical or life science practice, a cross-discipline team of 10 partners and 75 members of staff. The team serve major medical devices and pharmaceutical clients with significant operations in Ireland and abroad.

Jean acts for a number of household names in the pharmaceutical or life science sector including US, UK and Irish headquartered multinationals. Jean has extensive cross-border experience which includes direct and indirect tax planning for principal companies and supply chain operations including VAT and customs.

Jean is an Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Gareth Hynes is an audit partner and specialises in the technology, info-comms and entertainment and media sectors.

Gareth has extensive experience advising clients ranging from large Irish PLCs, MNCs and indigenous private-owned Irish businesses on a broad range of accounting issues. Gareth also has considerable expertise advising large public companies on International Financial Reporting Standards.

Gareth is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Gillian Lowth is a partner in the firm's asset and wealth management practice in Dublin, Limerick and Galway, providing audit and related services to Irish and international clients that manage a wide range of investment funds.

She has over 18 years of experience working with and advising clients which gives her an in-depth knowledge of the challenges faced by asset managers and fund service providers. Gillian currently works across a broad base of private equity and real-estate clients, special purpose vehicles and traditional and alternative funds.

Michael is a Partner in the advisory practice and specialises in the delivery of strategic change engagements across the Irish public, commercial state and private sectors. He has a proven track record in successfully delivering complex, large scale transformation projects for his clients.

Most of his work in recent years has been in the public sector, where he has worked across most government departments, the country's leading higher education institutions, major tertiary teaching hospitals, commercial state organisations and other public bodies. He has led a number of high-profile, large-scale and nationally important engagements, where he has interacted with the highest levels of government and the public service, including the presentation of findings to cabinet committees chaired by the Taoiseach and Minister of finance.

He started his career as a civil servant where he worked in the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications on strategic development, HRM and industrial relations and on the development of key aspects of the civil service modernisation programme.

Pat Mahon is a partner in the PwC Ireland tax practice and specialises in HR services and employment taxes.

Pat assists local and international organisations manage the financial, tax, regulatory, operational, risk management and strategic challenges associated with human resources. In particular Pat has extensive experience in advising clients in all sectors on share-based reward, social taxes, Revenue audits and international workforce mobility.

Pat is a member of the Advisory Group on tax and Social Welfare established in 2011 by the Minister for Social Protection. He is also an Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute.