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29 North Anne Street
Dublin 7
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Our People

Directors and Secretary

Balmoral benefits from a proactive, highly committed and experienced Board of Directors which has a wide range of talents and skills.


Carl McCann, Chairman

Carl McCann, BBS, MA, FCA
Age 57
Chairman

is also chairman of Total Produce plc. He previously held the role of chairman of Fyffes plc until 30 December 2006. He is a director of a number of other companies.


Robert Knox, Chief Executive

Robert Knox
Age 47
Chief Executive

graduated in estate management in the UK in 1983. He worked in general practice as an estate agent and valuer until he joined the Dee Corporation plc in 1987, where he was responsible for overseeing that company's investment portfolio and subsequently for managing a large disposal programme. He joined McCarthy plc in 1989 as group estates manager, managing a mixed portfolio of high street retail and industrial property. He joined the Fyffes Group in 1992 and managed its property activities until joining Balmoral in May 2006.


Philip Halpenny, Finance Director and Chief Operating Officer

Philip Halpenny, BBS, FCA
Age 58
Finance Director and Chief Operating Officer

was a non-executive director of the company until his appointment as finance director on 1 September 2006. He joined Balmoral from Fyffes where he worked from 1991 and was company secretary since 1998. Throughout his career with Fyffes, he was closely involved in all aspects of its property activities.


Tom Neasy, Executive Director

Tom Neasy
Age 62
Executive Director

became a director of the company in June 2007. He has had a lengthy career in the property business and gained a wealth of experience in project design and management, working with a number of companies in Ireland and other countries. In 1989, he established his own consultancy business, Neasy Project Management Limited, which inter alia provided advisory and project management services to the Fyffes group. He acts as project director for the company on its property developments in Ireland, the UK and Continental Europe.


Andrew Kelliher, Non-Executive Director

Andrew Kelliher, B.Comm
Age 60
Non-Executive Director

became a director of the company in March 2006. He is a partner in Chartered Accountants, O'Connor, Kelliher & Treacy. He heads up the management consultancy division in the firm. Andrew has considerable expertise in corporate finance and has been instrumental in developing the corporate service activities of the firm. He has successfully completed funding for a large number of projects including, BES, Wind Energy and Urban and Town Renewal. His work also covers corporate recovery together with mergers and acquisitions.


Alan White, Non-Executive Director

Alan D White, BSc, FRICS
Age 65
Non-Executive Director

became a director of the company in March 2006. He has been property director at a number of businesses including Diageo and BT Group. He is chairman of Property Solutions (UK) Ltd and a director of Lenborough Consultants. Alan is a member of a number of RICS committees and is a past adviser to several UK government ministries. He is a governor of Oxford Brookes University, lectures at Reading University, is an external examiner at Sheffield Hallam, an adviser to University College London and to the universities of Keele and Buckingham.


Declan McCourt, Non-Executive Director

Declan McCourt, MA, MBA
Age 64
Non-Executive Director

became a director of the company in March 2006. He is the chief executive of automobile distributor, OHM Group. He is a director of Fyffes plc and a number of other companies. He is chairman of the Mater Hospital Foundation and UCD Law School Development Council.


Niall Quigley, Secretary

Niall Quigley, FCA
Age 45
Company Secretary

trained as a chartered accountant with Grant Thornton. He joined the Fyffes group in 1989, where he held a variety of senior financial positions based in the UK and in a number of Latin American countries. In May 2006, he joined Balmoral as company secretary and financial controller.