ABOUT BEYONDER

 

  Helping Companies Grow With Confidence

 

Our Story

First, we offer empathy and confidence before we focus on the facts of your business.  

We appreciate the role of a leader can be lonely.   We provide support and advice that eases the burden but also strengthens future decisions.

We are different to most consultancies who simply stimulate strategic options, or diagnose problems without fixing them– we prefer to roll up our sleeves and be part of your journey.

 

Our Values

 

  • Ethics We will conduct business in an ethical, transparent, people-sensitive and socially responsible manner.  Our integrity, and that of our customers, will never be compromised.
  • Value  We will return value to our clients through having the best people, consistent standards of service, predictable delivery and objectively demonstrable business benefits.
  • Customer Service  Customers are first.  We will continually assess and improve our service to our customers to ensure the highest levels of satisfaction.
  • Intellectual Community  We will have, and cherish, an intellectual culture where knowledge is the primary asset, and where people are constantly learning and gaining from each client engagement.

Meet Our Team

We are an array of Domain Experts and Business Leaders dedicated to doing great work for great clients. 

John Collins

FOUNDER

John is a Chartered Director and an experienced business growth leader, having built and sold proprietary companies, as well as planning and facilitating investment for others.  He provides mentoring and management bandwidth to executive teams and is engaged as a Trusted Advisor.. John also engages as Consultant / Director, in exec and non-exec roles, advising on corporate governance, commercial strategy, operational goal-setting and organisational scaling. 

Maryrose Lyons

DIGITAL MARKETING EXPERT

Maryrose is one of the earliest adopters of digital and has been delivering results for clients since 1999. Beginning with a clearly thought out strategy, she delivers B2B and B2C marketing campaigns that get results, adhere to budgets, and open new areas of profitability.

Niall Glynn

HR BUSINESS ADVISOR

Deliver a range of HR Advisory and Business Solutions including Strategic HR Business Reviews, Performance Management & Management of Organisational Change & Restructuring. 

Fiona Slevin

STRATEGIST & BUSINESS BUILDER

20 years’ experience scaling businesses as founder and CEO/COO of award-winning life sciences start-ups as well as international executive roles at multinationals (Diageo and Goldman Sachs). A Chartered Director on commercial and not-for-profit boards.

Peter Ryan

TAXATION ADVICE & CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING

Qualified as an Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute in 1994, then as a Chartered Accountant in 1997. Peter has dedicated his career to tax – 28 years and counting. With deep tax expertise Peter works across all tax heads, including Corporate Tax, Income Tax, VAT, Capital Gains Tax and Capital Acquisitions Tax. Peter has particular skills in problem solving, and finding solutions for corporate and shareholder issues complexities

Mary O’Donovan

CHARTERED DIRECTOR

Mary O’Donovan is a Chartered Director with board experience in the public, private and voluntary sectors. She is currently a Board member of the Residential Tenancies Board, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, An Post and St. Gabriel’s School and Centre.

She has broad experience at a senior level in operations, systems and general management and has held senior roles including Customer Services Director, Chief Information Officer, Chief Operations Officer and General Manager in the Telecommunications and BPO sectors

Mary Sweetman

PR & COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL

Provides specialist PR and Communications services for technology companies. For over 25 years she has been delivering highly impactful PR and communications campaigns with unrivalled success.  Mary has worked with International and local technology companies and harnesses strong communications, media relations, attention to detail, and collaborative skills coupled with demonstrated drive to achieve goals.

Peter Keogh

ADVISORY SERVICES

Peter has 20 years’ experience advising clients on growing their business. Peter has a real interest in helping clients make their businesses work for them, so that – on every front – they get what they want from the effort they put in. With the current revolution in Cloud Accounting Peter’s team can now work closely with businesses that need the input of a financial controller or finance director but haven’t been able to justify the commitment to recruiting a dedicated team internally.  This work is transforming owner-managed businesses that suffer from poor monthly financial information.

Seamus McCann

INTERNATIONAL MARKETS DEVELOPMENT

Help organisations win business in International Markets – particularly in Emerging Markets often funded by the EC, World Bank and UN. He has over 30 years’ experience working with Governments and private sector clients. Previously Chairman of the Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers and qualified accountant..

John O’Gorman

PERFORMANCE POTENTIAL COACH

An accredited executive coach & managing partner of Growth PitStop®. His passion is performance psychology, measuring and unlocking performance potential.  He is a co-author of the Pitstop research series of 6 books. John helps companies and leadership teams unlock performance gains of up to 30%..

Harry Largey

BUILDING SALES & MARKETING FUNCTIONS

Harry is an MBA qualified Entrepreneur, Board Member and Consultant with over thirty years’ experience in a range of high growth Irish and Global software and services companies.

His specialist focus is in building sales and marketing functions to include business model design, team processes, resources and product focus areas.

Willie Costello

HEALTHCARE BUSINESS LEADER

Former owner and founder of Synapse Medical, a highly successful medical device distribution business. With principals including Abbott Vascular and GE Healthcare, Synapse was acquire by John Sisk and Sons in 2007.

Still investor /shareholder and board member, in a number of medical device manufacturers and distributors with a strong local and international network

Orla Veale

MARKETING STRATEGIST

Orla has over 20 years of experience working with companies to develop and implement their business & marketing strategy.   Orla’s broad education and experience allows her to understand all facets of an organisation before bringing together a cohesive approach. 

Neil Pope

RECRUITMENT SPECIALIST

With a background in psychology, Neil has over 30 years’ experience in recruitment internationally. He is an experienced corporate executive, individual contributor and entrepreneur. Today he is a trusted advisor to high growth companies, helping them recruit to scale and providing access to an unmatched network of executives seeking high-impact roles.

Meadhbh Quinn

CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

Meadhbh is an accomplished, results orientated CMO with over 20 years’ experience working in global corporations and entrepreneurial businesses. She has held senior marketing positions with Virgin Media Ireland, 02, Meteor, Independent News and Media & Permanent TSB.

She works extensively with b2c and b2b companies to help define and shape their strategic market positioning, articulate their points of difference and implement growth strategies that deliver real and sustainable impact.

Luke Sparrow

Supply Chain Expert

Internationally experienced, commercial expert/CPO. Excellent negotiator, extensive large-scale tender, BPO and complex contract experience. Supports clients in maximising value and minimising risk. Has worked with GE, Google, Telefonica, Eir, NBI, Musgraves over 25 years in Ireland, Europe, and beyond. Has collaborated with several SMEs to unlock untapped value since 2010.

Kieran Regan

Legal Adviser

Kieran Regan is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer with extensive transactional experience. Kieran co-founded ReganWall, Business Law Firm, in 2018 along with Adrian Wall. Kieran has acted for acquirers and vendors of businesses throughout Ireland, one of Ireland’s leading healthcare groups, venture capital funds and angel investor syndicates.

Adrian Wall

Legal Adviser

Adrian Wall is an experienced corporate lawyer with a strong market standing, having practised for over 25 years at a number of Ireland’s largest law firms. Adrian co-founded ReganWall, Business Law Firm, in 2018 along with Kieran Regan. Adrian is regularly rated by independent legal directories as one of Ireland’s leading corporate lawyers.

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