Stewart Dunne, partner, Head of Audit - Stewart is partner in charge of BDO’s audit division and works with large and medium-sized domestic and international clients across many sectors. Stewart is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.

Sinéad Heaney, partner, Corporate Investment & Business Advisory  - Sinéad is partner in charge of the BDO’s Corporate Investment & Business Advisory department. Sinead and her team manage the BDO Development Capital Fund and the Davy BES/EIIS Funds. Sinéad is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland.

David Byrne – Manager, Potential Exporters Division, Enterprise Ireland

David manages a dedicated team in Enterprise Ireland who work with client companies who are looking at exporting for the first time and helping them to navigate the opportunities and challenges.    

Prior to his current position, David was head of Enterprise Ireland’s Latin America, and High Growth Markets teams with responsibility for a dedicated team of market specialists covering the BRIC countries, Middle East, Japan and South Africa. He also held direct responsibility for the development of Enterprise Ireland’s activities in Latin America.

The speakers will focus on the following key areas:

• Drivers for companies looking to expand abroad?
• Deciding on the right location (country and region)?
• Sources of funding available for expansion
• Managing your compliance obligations abroad – tax; payroll; VAT; PE; accounting; filings etc
• Using advisors (incl state agencies)
• Case studies
• Tips for “success” or “how to quickly fail!”