Keynote Speaker - Adam Harris
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- Adam is the Founder and CEO of AsIAm, Ireland's Autism Charity.
- Adam was appointed to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in July 2020 and served as a Executive Council Member for Autism Europe.
- He is a Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Awardee and has sat on and advised many government consultative and policy committees on disability rights and inclusion, which have helped shape national policies for a more inclusive society.
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Keynote Speaker - Ken Kilbride
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- Ken is CEO of ADHD Ireland.
- Ken has over 20 years experience in senior management positions in a wide range of both very large and very small not for profit organisations in Ireland.
- His role in ADHD Ireland is to enact the vision and strategy of the Board
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Keynote Speaker - Christine Kearney
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- Christine is a Director of Development, Autism NI.
- Christine drives autism inclusion and accessibility across health, education, public services, and the private sector.
- Christine leads accredited training programmes and the Autism Impact Award Programme.
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Jared Browne
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- Jared is the Global Head of Privacy and AI Governance for the Fexco Group.
- Jared is a qualified lawyer, holds a master’s degree in Privacy & Technology Law, and is a recognised, international speaker on AI and AI governance.
- He is also a recipient of a PICASSO Europe Privacy Award in 2023, and he was nominated again in 2024 in the Responsible AI category
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Ramy Ebeid
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- Ramy is the EDIH Digital & AI Engagement Lead at CeADAR, Ireland’s National Centre for AI.
- He leads business discovery workshops to integrate AI technologies into industry practices and guides clients through their AI adoption journey.
- With years of experience in product management, AI/ML, and data-driven innovation, he supports businesses in adopting AI solutions to enhance efficiency and competitiveness.
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Dympna Cassidy
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- Dympna is a director in the Financial Reporting Advisory team in Deloitte and as over 12 years’ experience providing audit and advisory services with a focus on International Financial Reporting Standards.
- Dympna has 12 years’ experience in practice including time in audit and accounting advisory and significant experience in respect of International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union (“IFRS”), the suite of Irish GAAP frameworks (including FRS 101 and FRS 102) and US GAAP.
- Provides CPD and training sessions on a wide range of accounting topics in various industries.
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Maura Ginty
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- Maura set up her own tax advisory firm, Gintax, in 2020 – focused on Irish private business, from the startup tech sector to well-established family-owned operations.
- Prior to starting Gintax, Maura worked for KPMG for over 16 years, from the graduate program to director, servicing a range of clients from multinationals to family offices.
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Tom Penman
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- Tom is a highly experienced tax professional with a distinguished career. He began as an HMRC Inspector, eventually becoming the Head of the Edinburgh Tax Office.
- Following his tenure at HMRC, Tom joined EY as a Director of Tax Risk Management for the UK & Ireland.
- He then became a Partner of Tax at Baker Tilly. Tom joined PGR Advisory this year to provide expert assistance in enquiry mitigation and resolution.
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John Darby
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- John, BCL, is a Senior Legal Counsel with PM Group
- John is a frequent speaker in the areas of corporate and company law and lecturer on the Law Society’s Professional Course on Business Law and its diploma courses on Company Law and Corporate Governance.
- Has practised in-house with Diageo plc, Bord Gais Eireann and the Coca-Cola Company.
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John’s main areas of practise are corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He has advised numerous domestic and international clients in a wide variety of business sectors, including project management, media, motor distribution, telecommunications and food and agri.
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Morna Aherne
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- Morna is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Consultant, and Lecturer in Taxation at TUS.
- Morna is the owner of Brass Tax Consultancy, a boutique tax advisory firm based in the Mid-West
- Morna is also a Member of Mid-West Society for Chartered Accountants Ireland.
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Claire McGurk
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- Claire is an associate in the Belfast Corporate team.
- Claire has acted on a wide range of transactions at a local, national and multi-jurisdictional level for businesses in a variety of sectors including manufacturing, retail, textiles, sport, property development, healthcare and technology.
- Claire specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, group reorganisations, share buybacks, shareholders agreements, charity incorporations, general corporate governance advice and company secretarial matters.
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