Staff in a variety of roles are contributing to the FinPOST programme by providing expertise, advice and other inputs to the programme. Take a look below at the profiles of our core programme team members or scroll further for information about the FinPOST Steering Committee.
David has worked for UCD since 2006 and has been in his current role as Chief Financial Officer since 2018. Prior to that David worked in BBC television and radio in London, covering a number of business and financial roles.
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Andy has over 20 years of international experience delivering a diverse range of Change Programmes through Finance Transformation initiatives with a number of diverse organisations across both the commercial and public sector. He is the Lead Partner - Business Transformation & Process Excellence with This Is Org, assigned to the FinPOST programme as Programme Director.
Elanor joined UCD in 2012. Prior to this, she held positions in Skillsoft, Bank of Ireland and Citi Dublin. During her time in UCD worked in various roles in education technology and project management for the College of Business. Elanor is the Change and Comms lead for the FinPOST programme.
Emma has been with UCD for 20 years, having started in August 2002. Emma spent three years in Accounts Payable, from there she moved to the Finance Systems team where she spent nine years learning the back-office intricacies of UCD’s financial system. Since June 2015 Emma has been managing the Central Purchasing unit, responsible for a team of five buyers who manage over 40% of the University’s purchasing needs.
Robert has been with UCD since January 2022, prior to which he worked for 10 years with the clinical research organisation ICON plc. During his time in ICON, he held various senior management roles in the area of financial planning & analysis. Robert has also worked in financial reporting and planning roles at Aviva and Toyota and completed his accountancy training contract with Deloitte.
Siobhán has been with UCD since summer 2002 starting as an executive assistant within the General Ledger team before moving to the General Ledger Manager position in August 2005. In March 2007 Siobhán moved to a Systems Accountant role within the Finance Systems team, with a 7-month secondment to the FPMA team during the implementation of the Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service in 2018. Siobhán has been in her current role since October 2019.
Ruth graduated from DCU with a BA Accounting and Finance and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Glanbia plc. Ruth has worked in Chicago, Florida, New York and Melbourne with Glanbia and also in Perth with an educational content company. Ruth joined UCD in 2022.
Sarah joined UCD in 2009 and is a practice trained FCCA Qualified Accountant. Sarah has worked in numerous roles within UCD Finance including Financial Reporting, Finance Manager for Academic Affairs, Senior Finance Manager for College of Social Science & Law and VP Research. She also worked for a number of years as deputy director of Administrative services in UCD Registry.
Catherine joined the accounts payable team in UCD 12 years ago. Her background is in purchasing and stock control. Catherine is working on the Expenses and Payments aspects of FinPOST
Nicola joined the General Ledger section of the UCD Finance Office in 2008, where she continued her training as an CPA Accountant, and was delighted to be appointed as the General Ledger manager in 2017. Accountancy is a second career for Nicola, following eleven fulfilling years with BP Chemicals working as a technical sales representative.
Mark has been with UCD since summer 2005. A UCD graduate, he started in IT support before becoming IT Manager for the Geary and Conway Institutes. He now works in the Enterprise Applications Group (EAG) in IT services. EAG supports administration at university, college and school levels by providing integrated systems, processes and information.
Isaac joined UCD in September 2023, prior to which He worked 4+ years with Dublin Business School. His professional journey spans 10+ years across various industries, including education, contracting, trading, hospitality, and consulting. He was involved in various critical software system transitions over the years including the Oracle Cloud ERP, SIS and the Sales Force implementation for DBS. Isaac holds a Masters in International Accounting and Finance and is an ACCA Finalist.
Val has over 20 years of experience delivering business optimisation, transformation and change management initiatives within fast-paced and dynamic global organisations.
Before UCD, Val worked in various senior roles in business optimisation/transformation, technology enhancement, strategic planning, and commercial finance. She joined UCD in August 2023
Liam relocated from New York to join UCD in September 2023. He graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2019, with a B.S. in Accounting. His previous role with NYU Langone Health worked to oversee fund accounting and analysis for various University and Hospital departments. Liam also contributes to the not-for-profit sector as the Treasurer of the MAWO USA Board of Directors. Liam joins FinPOST excited to work on the transformation of the Project and Asset Management group.
Shivaa joined UCD in October 2023. Prior to that, she worked for leading global consulting and FTSE 100 retail companies across the UK and Ireland, delivering finance transformation projects. Her experience spans finance change and system implementations including SAP BPC, Oracle etc. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and is leading the data workstream on FinPOST.
Louise joined UCD in 2006 and has over 15 years of experience leading and managing HR information systems (HRIS) projects. She has in-depth knowledge of UCD HR systems and processes and is the HR workstream lead for the programme.
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Joanna has over 20 years experience working in all areas of HR including delivering on large scale change programmes across a wide range of industries. Joanna holds a BSocSc, CIPD and worked in UCD as a Senior Change programme manager for a number of years prior to rejoining recently to support the HR workstream of FinPOST.
| FinPOST Steering Committee Members | College/ School/ Unit |
|---|---|
| Prof. Joe Carthy (Chair) | School of Computer Science |
| David Kelly (Project Sponsor) |
Bursar, UCD Finance Office |
| Andrew Wilson (Programme Director) | This Is Org |
| Suzanne Davis (Programme Manager) |
Finance Office |
| Prof. John Brannigan |
Head of School of English, Drama & Film |
| Prof. Catherine Blake | Head of School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science |
| Prof. Jeremy Simpson | College Principal, College of Science |
| Gillian Reilly | Director, School of Medicine Office |
| Aoife Mac Gabhann | Service Lead for Enabling Services, UCD HR |
| Phillip Fischer | Chief Information Officer, UCD IT Services |
| Mark Lande | Director of Enterprise Applications, UCD IT Services |
| Helen Doyle | Head of Change Management and Organisation Design, UCD HR |
| Dipti Pandya | Senior Manager, Research Programmes, UCD Research |