Managing Director

Robert Adams

Chartered Accountant
Experience in M&A for more than 10 years. Involved in mid-corporate national and international deals.

Leader of the Construction & Real Este Industry Group and member of the Business Services Industry Group.

Industry expertise:

Energy & renewables; Financial services; Leisure.

Director

Martin Higgins

Commercial experience at C suite levels within various European multinationals.
Experience in M&A for more than 10 years. Involved in mid-corporate national and international deals.
Industry expertise in Retail, Technology, Ag Tech, and Renewables.

Industry expertise:

Energy & renewables; Information technology; Retail and franchising.

Director

Alan Kelly

Chartered Accountant.
Experience in M&A for more than 15 years.
Involved in >mid-corporate national and international deals.
Industry expertise having worked in Commercial Roles in Technology, Distribution & Logistics in international companies.

Co-leader of the Healthcare, Biotech & Pharma Industry Group 

Industry expertise:

Business services; Clean technology; Education and training; Electronics; Energy & renewables; Healthcare; Information technology; Telecom; Transport & logistics.

Associate Director

Brian Barrett

With 13 years of strategic and commercial experience working with SMEs, large corporates, and semi-state bodies, Brian is a leading corporate finance advisor. His expertise is helping companies to achieve their strategic ambitions and prepare for significant value events.

Member of the Agri, Food & Beverages Industry Group.

Industry experience:

Building & construction; Business services; Electronics; Energy & renewables; Financial services;  Hotels & restaurants; Leisure; Media, printing and publishing; Telecom; Transport & logistics.

Manager

Owen Hackett

Working experience at Deloitte & Touche and Grant Thornton.
Experience in M&A, transaction services, advisory, and restructuring for more than 5 years.

Member of IT, Software, and Technology M&A Worldwide Industry Group.

Industry expertise:

Healthcare; Information technology; Leisure; Retail and franchising.

Senior Manager

Barry Madden

Degree from the University of Limerick in Accounting & Finance. Chartered Accountant.
Working experience in PwC. Experience in M&A and valuation >3 years.

Industry expertise:

Energy & renewables; Healthcare; Leisure; Real estate & facility management; Retail and franchising; Transport & logistics.

Manager

Hazel Slattery

 Worked in Corporate Finance for over 9 years, gaining experience across a broad range of areas including funding, debt advisory, and mergers & acquisitions. Hazel’s client base includes SME’s, corporates, and high net worth individuals, spread across a variety of sectors such as construction, etc.

Industry experience:

Agriculture; Building & construction; Electronics; Energy & renewables; Hotels & restaurants; Plastics; Recycling; Retail and franchising.

Member of the Advanced Manufacturing Industry Group.

Advisor Corporate Finance

Dermot Brennan

Four years of working experience at PWC Ireland in the International and Domestic Business department.
Joined MAWW Dublin in 2019.

Industry expertise:

Automotive; Food; Healthcare; Telecom.

Corporate Finance Executive

Orla Devlin

Master in Finance and Capital Markets.
Universities in Dublin, Ireland.
Master Thesis in the effect of stop-loss strategies on hedge fund indices.
5 years of commercial experience in operations and e-commerce.
Joined MAWW Dublin in 2017.

Industry expertise:

Financial services.

Associate Director

Johnny Dillon

Johnny has 10 years’ experience in corporate finance and advisory roles. Since joining the firm in 2013, Johnny has managed several of Focus’ key transactions. Johnny has managed €150M of refinance transactions across numerous sectors including the property, retail, leisure, and food & beverage sectors.

Expertise:

Beverages; Food; Leisure; Real estate & facility management.

Members Consumer & Retail Industry Group.

Director Renewables and Infrastructure

Jack O’Keefe

Extensive background in banking, funding, investments and corporate finance across a broad range of sectors. Jack held senior executive positions in many Irish financial institutions both in Ireland and overseas and led and executed transactions ranging in size from €5 to €100m. Now primarily focused on the Renewable Energy, Infrastructure and Sustainability sectors.
In recent years, he has been involved in several fundraisings covering equity and debt. He has an established network across private, family office and institutional investors which enables alternative funding solutions & investment insights to many clients and efficiently matches investors with projects & promoters.
He has taken deals from initiation, and structuring to full execution across property, social housing, renewable energy & hospitality sectors and gained extensive knowledge in these particular areas and has led innovative fundraising transactions for a number of clients across different jurisdictions.

Industry experience:

Agriculture; Energy & renewables; Financial services.

Leader of Energy, Environment & Cleantech Industry Group.