Speaker: Tom Murray, Friel Stafford
KEY TOPICS:
• 2015 SME Outlook
• Securing finance including Bank Finance
• Equity Fundraising
• Valuing a business
• Buying and Selling a business
• Management Buy Out’s
• Legal Aspects of Corporate Finance (Joe McVeigh – Baily Homan Smyth
McVeigh)
Tom qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) in 1997.
Before moving into Corporate Recovery and Insolvency with Friel Stafford in 2003, Tom developed wide ranging experience in finance roles with a number of leading financial institutions such as Chase Manhattan Bank, Ernst & Young, Dexia and AIB Investment Managers in a number of diverse areas including Corporate Treasury, Corporate Finance and Corporate Accounting.
Tom has significant experience in preparing Independent Business Reviews and “Look See’s” on behalf of financial institutions.
Tom is heavily involved with the ACCA accountancy body and was the President of ACCA Ireland for 2012/2013. He represented ACCA Ireland at the ACCA international Assembly in 2011. He is also a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland.
Tom is engaged by the three leading accountancy bodies in Ireland as a lecturer for their CPD (continuous professional development) in the area of Corporate Recovery, Insolvency and Personal Bankruptcy. Tom has written and presented 2 of the 6 modules in the Diploma in Insolvency run by Chartered Accountants Ireland.