Meet the Team

Deirdre Corcoran is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland and has extensive financial, management, company secretarial and governance experience. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University College Dublin and a Masters in Accounting from the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. She is also a graduate of the Institute of Directors Chartered Director programme. Deirdre worked as Financial Controller and Company Secretary for Kenmare Resources plc from 1999 to 2021. Prior to joining Kenmare, Deirdre worked with Concern Worldwide and with Deloitte.

Aoife Kelly-Desmond is the CEO of Community Law & Mediation (CLM) an independent community law centre and charity, working since 1975 with communities impacted by disadvantage and inequality. Aoife previously worked as Managing Solicitor at Mercy Law Resource Centre and as a solicitor in A&L Goodbody and Matheson, where she advised commercial entities, in particular financial institutions, and public bodies on investigations, regulatory matters and complex litigation and disputes. Aoife is a member of the Law Society of Ireland, a graduate of University College Cork and has completed post-graduate programmes in law and business disciplines with Queen Mary, University of London, the Leicester Castle Business School, DeMontfort University of Leicester, and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.