| Who’s who in Finance: Dermot Byrne, Head of Unit, ERDF & Cohesion Fund Financial Control Unit, Department of Finance |
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Dermot Byrne
Head of Unit, ERDF & Cohesion Fund Financial Control Unit, Department of Finance
Current Responsibilities: To head up a unit to evaluate and report on the level of compliance of EU aided projects.
E-mail: dermot_byrne@cmod.finance.irlgov.ie
Education: IPA, National Certificate in Business Studies, 1992. Second Level: O’Connell CBS, Dublin.
Other Qualifications: Chartered Public Finance Accountant (CPFA), 1996.
Professional Memberships: CIPFA. 1999 - Vice-Chairman of the Republic of Ireland Branch of CIPFA. 2000 - Irish representative on the CIPFA UK Regions Committee, London.
Career progress: Comptroller and Auditor General’s Office (’74 - ’98). Various roles in the audit of Government Departments and state-sponsored bodies culminating as Senior Auditor. ERDF & Cohesion Fund Financial Control Unit, Department of Finance (’98 to date).
Other Positions: Associate lecturer with the IPA, in financial accounting and auditing. Providing consultant advisory services to public sector representatives of the new EU accession countries.
Personal: DoB: 27/11/1955. Place: Dublin. Family: Wife, Susan, children, Fiona 11, Rory 9 and Gr?inne 5.
Social and Sporting Memberships: Member of Hollywood Lakes G.C., Rush Athletic F.C., Department of Finance Golf Society.
Interests: Golf, football (although my playing days are receding fast), public affairs, art (enthusiastic painter), reading and music.
Recommended Books: Business: Goldman Sachs - the Culture of Success by Lisa Endlich. Non-business: Biography of Jack Charlton. |
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| Article appeared in the July 2000 issue.
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