Chamber Chats

In this episode we chat with Gerry McConville from the Capital Credit Union about the expanding role the credit union plays in the community and its growth beyond its original conception as the poor mans bank

To find out more about the Capital Credit Union

In this episode we chat with Allan Deller from the Clayton Hotel in Leopardstown about running a hotel reliant on business traffic in the age of working home.

To find out more about the Clayton Hotel in Leopardstown

In this episode we chat with Loughlin "Locky" Murphy about the impact that the pandemic as had on car sales and the mass move to hybrid and EV's

To find out more about Toyota Sandyford

In this episode we chat with Brendan the ins and outs of restructuring & Insolvency and where he see's business going next post pandemic.

In this episode we chat about managing a hotel post pandemic and adapting the hotel business to thrive and survive in 2021

If you want to find out more about the Talbot Hotel in Stillorgan 

In our sixth episode we chat with Dave Gilmore CommScope.

A breakdown of Dave's career to date

Driving change in the fast evolving business world. Most recently challenged with driving Supply Chain service response in this COVID environment.

Business integration and restructuring following M&A including building new teams where needed. Leading and motivating large supply chain teams with up to 25,000 people globally

Optimizing Global footprint - balance between Europe, Asia and Americas - creating sustainable and robust customer service capability
Supply Chain management in a dynamic duty environment like Brexit, China and India tariffs

Significant experience in Datacenter, Enterprise and Service Provider network infrastructure manufacturing as well as contract manufacturing
Cost reduction - through Lean and Kaizen principles and business model simplification. First exposure to this was in my hands on role in Japan at the start of my career.

ERP (SAP) implementation and integration on 4 occasions on a global scale with specific focus on order to cash execution.
Led the regional manufacturing and supply platforms that include facilities management, purchasing and planning, engineering, operations and quality resources.

Regular acquisitions led to regular structural change and redefinition in which I had a central as we matched operational capability to customer service needs.

Strong and experienced people coach with significant multifunctional, multinational, diverse teams ranging from hundreds to 25,000 people in my most recent role.

Enjoyed building strong teams and relationships in China, India, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America. A fundamental cornerstone was to culturally understand the people in each region.

For more on the Commscope

In our fifth episode we chat with Marc Coleman and his business Octavian. 

Marc Coleman is an acclaimed economic author, award winning broadcaster, leading consultant and former senior manager with Ibec.

He pioneered accessible forward looking comment on the economy between 2005 and 2015, initiating the “Confidence in Media” event in 2010 with then Finance Minister Brian Lenihan and leading Media CEOs and commentators to shift Ireland’s media narrative away from relentless negativity and towards positivity.

Between 2008 and 2014 he promoted Ireland’s economic reputation abroad – countering sensationalist coverage of Ireland’s crisis – by giving speeches in Germany, US, Poland, UK and elsewhere.

In 2013 he hosted high profile seminars on Ireland’s banking and fiscal crises.

In 2014 he made the case to senior ECB economists for debt relief on Ireland’s IMF debt.

In 2015 he became Director of Financial Services Ireland – part of Ireland’s largest business representative body Ibec – and in that capacity established, in 2015, the first Working Group to identify and the challenges of Brexit for the financial services industry. He oversaw strong growth in FSI’s membership and pioneered

FinTech and Aviation industry representation.

He has pioneered Ibec’s global commercial outreach and hosted multinlingual events. He is designated champion of foreign language use in business (Dept Education)

In this episode we chat about Marc's history and how his experience has helped forge his career and put him in the best possible position to help his customers during the Pandemic.    

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In our fourth episode of the Chamber Chats podcast we speak with Sinead Murphy and Deirdre Moore from the AIB Dun Laoghaire. We talk about banking during the Pandemic and to push to remote banking

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In our third episode of the Chamber Chats podcast we speak with Aiden Ryan from the Neville Hotel group. We talk about how the hotel trade during Covid and the struggle to retain staff.

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In our second episode of the Chamber Chats podcast we speak with Paul Merriman from Pax Asset Management. We talk about how vital planning your finances is and his venture ASKPAUL.IE which offers free financial advice. We cover everything from taking the initial steps to planning your finance and the emergence of bitcoin.

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In the first episode of this chamber chat we speak with Mark Scott- Lennon from Fitzpatrick's Castle Hotel. We talk about running a hotel in the DLR region and how they have had to think outside the box in terms of adapting their business to stay afloat in COVD_19