CPD Course Speaker

Grant Thornton

Janette Maxwell

Janette joined Grant Thornton in 2010 and is a director in the Indirect Tax team, specialising in VAT and RCT. She is a solicitor and tax advisor. Her areas of expertise include property transactions, cross border trade and vendor/purchaser due diligence as part of restructuring of businesses. Janette provides regular training to finance departments of clients and keeps them abreast of Irish and EU VAT developments.

Taxkey

Mairead Hennessy

Mairéad Hennessy has over sixteen years’ experience delivering tax advice in both practice and industry tax roles.

Mairéad is passionate about providing SMEs and their owners with specialized and proactive tax advice. In 2016 Mairéad set up Taxkey as a tax advisory practice specialising in providing bespoke tax solutions on matters such as retirement planning, business succession, corporate group structuring, inheritance tax, property transactions and VAT.

Mairéad represents CCAB-I on TALC (indirect taxes), which is the main forum for making representations between the Irish Revenue and practitioners on tax administration in Ireland. The CCAB-I is the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies of Ireland and is an umbrella group of the Irish accountancy profession.

OmniPro Tax and Legal

Niall Hanton

Niall brings a wealth of experience across various tax areas, including corporate restructuring, succession planning, business acquisitions and disposals, tax due diligence, and corporate and personal tax compliance. Niall comes from a top 6 firm which has undergone rapid market growth over the last number of years bringing a wealth of knowledge from that fast-paced environment.

Niall's expertise extends to a wide range of industries, including retail, agriculture, manufacturing, hospitality, professional services, and more. Additionally, his background in tax, combined with experience providing accounting advise surrounding transactions, makes him a valuable asset to our team.

Brass Tax Consultancy

Morna Canty-Ahern

Morna is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Consultant, working as an Assistant Lecturer in Taxation with TUS formerly Limerick Institute of Technology. Morna is owner of a boutique tax advisor firm Brass Tax Consultancy which is based in the Mid-West. Morna is Vice-Chair of the Mid-West Chartered Accountants Society.

Morna has over a decade of experience in the Finance sector, having started her career in practice, she has worked for a number of high-profile companies across the public and private sector. Morna is technical editor for a series of tax publications and enjoys advising on tax education.