Deloitte Ireland announces new leadership appointments

In April Deloitte Ireland made the positive announcement that it was adding 300 new jobs in response to strong demand from Irish and international clients for business transformation and advisory services. Job opportunities will be in all areas of the Deloitte business, including Audit, Tax, Consulting, Financial Advisory and Risk Advisory.

At the same time, the business shared the exciting news that it has signed a four-year deal with Team Ireland, making it an official partner to the Olympic Federation of Ireland until the end of 2024. The deal will see Deloitte partner with Team Ireland for the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo and the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing in 2022. In addition, it sees Deloitte as the first official partner for the Paris Olympics 2024. It also covers the Summer and Winter European Youth Olympic Festival, and European Games.

In further positive news, Deloitte Ireland has announced the appointment of six new partners across its business. Heather Doolin and David McCaffrey have been appointed partners in Audit & Assurance; Donal Murray has been appointed a partner in Risk Advisory; James Smyth has been appointed a partner in Tax; and Louise McEntee and Carol Trunk are now partners in Consulting. In addition, it has appointed a managing director, Ciaran Duffy, within its Consulting business.

“Huge congratulations to our new partners and managing director,” said Harry Goddard, chief executive of Deloitte Ireland. “This is a significant milestone for both them and the Deloitte Ireland business as we recognise their contribution to our clients and our people. As leaders, they have supported clients as they navigated the unprecedented uncertainty of the last year, supporting them to respond with agility and with a focus on emerging strongly from the pandemic. In addition, they have maintained a strong commitment to working closely and prioritising the wellbeing of our people. I wish them every success in their new roles.”

The new partners at Deloitte are:

Heather Dooli​​n​

Heather, a partner in Audit & Assurance, has more than 15 years' experience providing audit and advisory services across the consumer business and financial services industries. The focus of her career to date has been large global audits. Heather is experienced in dealing with complex accounting under both US GAAP and IFRS, SOX requirements, and SEC reporting matters. She spent a number of years with Deloitte in Bermuda before returning to Ireland in 2016.

Heather holds a bachelor’s in commerce and a master’s in accountancy from University College Dublin, and is a fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland. ​​​​

David McCaffrey

David, a partner in Audit & Assurance within the financial services group, has more than 13 years’ experience in audit and assurance projects with large Irish and international plc organisations. This has included projects with Irish and European banks, aviation finance companies, payment companies and investment property funds. David has significant experience in advising clients on accounting and technical matters and has also acted on a number of corporate transactions including debt and equity raises.

David is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. He has a BA (Hons) in accountancy from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

Louise McEntee

Louise is a partner in Consulting, in the Operations Transformation team. She has significant experience leading major transformation programmes with Deloitte across Ireland and the UK, specialising in business transformation, digital transformation, and programme leadership. Her work has been across the public sector, including criminal justice, policing, health and social care, transport, housing, and central government.

Louise has also worked with clients across the financial services and not-for-profit sectors. Louise leads Deloitte's Intelligent Automation Team, which works to support organisations to enhance their customer, employee, and citizen journeys, through the delivery of digitally enabled transformation.

Louise holds a bachelor’s in commerce and a master’s in management & organisational studies from University College Dublin.

​​Donal Murray

Donal is a partner in Risk Advisory, specialising in technology assurance and IT risk advisory services. He joined the firm in 2005 and has worked across many industries, supporting organisations in better managing their IT risks. Most recently Donal has been involved with large-scale plc organisations, providing assurance and IT risk services in heavily regulated environments. He has extensive knowledge of IT risk frameworks, IT controls in SEC registrants, IT governance, third party assurance reporting, and technology controls as it relates to the protection of data.

Donal has a BSc and MBS in business information systems from University College Cork, in addition to numerous qualifications relating to system audit and data privacy. ​​

James Smyth

James is a partner in Tax, where he advises a range of large Irish headquartered businesses with an international footprint. He has significant corporate and international tax advisory experience across a number of areas, including M&A, business model optimisation, and cross-border financing, with a proven track record in leading cross-border teams on a number of high-profile transactions, and global engagements for large clients. He re-joined Deloitte in 2019 after two years working in industry.

James holds a bachelor’s in commerce from University College Dublin. He is a member of Chartered Accountants Ireland and the Irish Taxation Institute. ​

​Carol Trunk

Carol, a partner in Consulting in the Enterprise Technology and Performance team, specialises in SAP transformation programmes. She brings more than 22 years’ experience in delivering high-quality SAP programmes, both as a consultant and as an industry leader. She is experienced in defining and delivering large-scale ICT projects with a focus on enterprise applications, information management, and reporting.

Carol is a leading expert in SAP Finance and provides advice to clients across various industries within the private and public sector. She has extensive experience in the consumer business, life sciences and distribution sectors with a detailed understanding of the associated constraints of regulated environments.

Carol holds a bachelor’s in economics, a master’s in economic science, and a postgraduate diploma in computer science, all from University College Dublin.​

Ciaran Duffy

​In addition to our six newly appointed partners, ​Ciaran Duffy​ has been named a managing director in Consulting in the Human Capital team. Ciaran also leads Deloitte Ireland’s Workday Human Capital Management and ServiceNow HR practices. His primary area of specialty relates to HR technology transformation, specifically around how organisations can effectively employ the latest technology solutions, standards, and models to modernise their HR function, and support the wider people strategy of the business.

Ciaran has more than 16 years' commercial experience, with a background in both software development and HR. His deep technical and HR experience has helped to deliver HR technology implementations and HRIT advisory services for a broad number of international clients on cross-border and cross-industry engagements. ​

Ciaran holds a bachelor’s in computer systems from the University of Limerick, in addition to numerous qualifications relating to software development and project management. ​​

Details of the vacancies available at Deloitte Ireland can be found at www.deloitte.ie/careers.