Chamber Board

Brendan O’ Donoghue of RBK Chartered Accountants is Managing Partner of the firm’s Dublin office. Brendan specialises in Corporate Recovery & Restructuring. Widely recognised for his expertise in corporate insolvency matters, he is an insolvency practitioner and provides litigation support and forensic accounting services to clients nationwide.

Brendan is also an accredited mediator. Outside of the office, Brendan is a keen rugby fan and acts as marketing and sponsorship director of Greystones Rugby Football Club.

Brian is a Partner in Amorys Solicitors based in Sandyford and originally joined the Board of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Chamber of Commerce in 2019. As part of a local business, Brian is keen to do all he can to use his own experience to help promote businesses in the County.

Brian was President of DLR Chamber from 2020 to 2022.

Dan is the driving force behind Arrow Management, with an extensive track record in print, design, publishing and packaging.

Deirdre is a Business Development Manager in Financial Services with a proven track record in territory management and sales performance. I’ve experience managing and driving the frontline business along with implementing the Group’s Strategic & Performance Agendas.

Deirdre was appointed Vice-President of DLR Chamber in June 2022.

Dr Josephine Browne is Head of Faculty of Enterprise and Humanities, at the Institute of Art Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland. She has extensive experience in the public and private sector senior management and policy research roles and has published in the areas of company law, entrepreneurship and labour relations.

Emma Hickey is a Senior Recruitment & Business Manager for Osborne.  She has 19 years’ experience working in the recruitment industry in Ireland and internationally.  

After setting up Osborne’s Sandyford office in 2018, Emma and her team work closely with organisations and job seekers in the region in matching the right person, with the right job, no compromise. 

Emma is highly educated, having completed an MBA and Diploma in Psychology and is an NRF Certified Recruiter and CPSA trained consultant. 

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Johns current role as Director of Operations and Sustainability focuses on the day to day operations of Airfield as a visitor experience and overall financial and environmental sustainability. With c100 staff and 300,000 visitor per annum Airfield focuses on delivering food centric education and experiences for all generations. Johns team are responsible for organic food production and stunning ornamental gardens, an urban regenerative working farm, the Overend legacy and a key tourism and education experience in DLR. Sustainability is in the heart of Johns responsibilities and he leads  Airfields continual innovation to reduce their carbon footprint on site.

Within Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, John is a member of both the DLR Tourism Steering group and the tourism representative on the Strategic Policy Committee

Prior to joining Airfield Estate, John worked in the commercial multi-site retail and property sectors having  initially trained with BDO Simpson Xavier, qualifying as an accountant in their general business and later specialised in their consultancy department.

Dermot has held Senior Management, Executive Director and Board positions in Corporate (Glanbia, MARS Inc, Unilever plc. & Keelings International) and in SME (Gowan Group / Mellstock) before establishing and currently managing his Start-up’s; an international procurement company (The Four Corners Company), a local Coaching and Consulting company (Darkard Ltd) and more recently a Dublin based retrofit LED Lighting Company (SME Lighting Ltd).

While Dermot has over 20 years of international bi-directional trade, in more recent years his focus is on assisting local and organic companies to both succeed domestically and, where appropriate, on the international stage. He does this through Consulting and Leadership Coaching for the Dublin City Local Enterprise Offices, as a Business Mentor with Enterprise Ireland & the DCU / Ryan Academy and privately as a ‘Personal, Leadership and Executive Coach’.

Dermot is a past pupil of Blackrock College (1980), a Graduate in Economics and Politics from UCD; a Graduate in Marketing and a Graduate in Personal, Leadership & Executive Coaching from the Kingstown Academy Dun Laoghaire.

He is a member of the EMCC and ICF, the Marketing Institute of Ireland, the Enterprise Ireland HPSU Mentor Panel, the DCU / Ryan Academy Mentor Panel, the Sales Institute of Ireland, and the Ireland-China Business Association, The Grey Matters Network and of course the DLR Chamber.

Importantly, Dermot’s diverse background gives him and understanding of the challenges facing local business, large and small and is eager to ensure that the Chamber delivers the assistance those businesses need in these challenging times.

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Rachael manages the day to day operations within DLR Chamber including providing support to the CEO. She has more than 20 years’ experience in Finance, Sales & Marketing within different industries.

She is a qualified member of Accounting Technician Ireland and currently doing a Diploma in Business Studies in UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business.