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BUSINESS CONNECTIONS The Alumni Magazine of UCD School of Business Winter 2007 PROPERTY THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME WITH ROBERT VAN ORDER FAST FORWARD MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLANS AT BLACKROCK CAMPUS Leadership ANGELA KENNEDY ON CREATING THE INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE ;fefk]fccfnn_\i\ k_\gXk_dXpc\X[% >f`ejk\X[n_\i\ k_\i\`jefgXk_ Xe[c\Xm\XkiX`c% IXcg_NXc[f<d\ijfe C`b\<d\ijfen\le[\ijkXe[k_XkfliZljkfd\ij k_`eb[`]]\i\ekcp%K_`eb`e^`eXejn\ijiXk_\ik_Xe hl\jk`fejflig\fgc\jlggfik`[\XjXe[Ylj`e\jj m`j`fe\m\ip[Xp%8jk_i\\k`d\jn`ee\if]k_\BGD> 9lj`e\jj9Xeb`e^<oZ\cc\eZ\8nXi[jn\Xi\gifl[ f]k_`ji\Zf^e`k`feXe[`ek_\Zfek`el`e^^ifnk_f] fliZljkfd\iYXj\#fek_\`jcXe[f]@i\cXe[% N_Xk\m\ipflim`j`fefigcXejn\[\c`m\iÕ\o`Y`c`kp Xe[\og\ik`j\Yfk_^cfYXccp#k_ifl^_I9JXe[ cfZXccp`epfliXi\X% Jfc\kËjkXcbXYflkpfliaflie\p :Xccljfe(/0')(*(+(fi[ifg`ekfXepLcjk\i9XebYiXeZ_ nnn%lcjk\iYXeb%Zfd BUSINESS CONNECTIONS The Alumni Magazine of UCD School of Business • Winter 2007 WELCOME TO UCD BUSINESS CONNECTIONS I am delighted to be back at UCD School of Business, 10 although not as a student this time. During the summer I joined the man- agement team as the new 20 Alumni Relations Director. My main role is to develop and support the UCD business alumni com- munity in Ireland and abroad to ensure they can stay connected with their alma mater and each other. To do this I need your help. We currently have email addresses for less than 20% of our alumni. Consequently, many people are missing out on event invites, business news and our UCD Business Connections ezine. So please take the time to drop me a mail at [email protected], with your details. In the magazine this month we look at the sub- 40 30 prime and property markets with Prof Robert Van Order — a topic that will be dealt with in greater detail at our Property Seminar in November. We also 6 NEWS & VIEWS 29 BOOK REVIEWS showcase work by one of our PhD students on the A round-up of news and events from the Alumni offer their views on several phenomenon of the Irish sports horse. And, as ever, alumni community, faculty and campus recently published books you can catch up on news from your classmates in the Class Notes section. I hope you enjoy this issue of the magazine. A big 10 DEVELOPMENT 30 RESEARCH thank you to everyone who has been in contact, A look at the preliminary plans for Ongoing PhD research casts some light attended an event or contributed to the magazine. a new state-of-the-art campus at on the sport horse industry in Ireland I look forward to working with you and hope to see Blackrock and its future you at one of our events. 14 COVER STORY 34 GETTING AHEAD Natalie McGuinness (MBA 03), An in-depth interview with business International coaching expert Peter Alumni Relations Director, UCD School of Business leader Angela Kennedy (MBA 02) and Bluckert on the emerging profession a conference report from ‘Creating the of executive business coaching Innovative Enterprise’, at which she We would be delighted to receive your feedback, comments, spoke 38 STRATEGY & BUSINESS photographs or letters. We cannot, however, accept responsi- Sinead Johnson (DBS 91, MBA 96) bility for loss or damage to such materials. Please note that 20 THE INTERVIEW on managing people through change the editors reserve the right to edit material and can’t guar- antee that items will be used in part or full. Robert Van Order on the sub-prime debacle in the US, the international 40 TIME OUT ALL ENQUIRIES TO: fallout and the Irish property market Art collecting is no longer the sole Natalie McGuinness, domain of the connoisseur Alumni Relations Director 24 THE ENTREPRENEUR Tel: + 353 1 7168805 Profile of Conor Ridge (BComm 98, 45 PHOTO DIARY MMP 99) and his fledgling sports The NY Dinner in October, the BComm EDITORIAL BOARD: Anne Nolan, Tony Somers, Caroline Kinsella EDITORS: Natalie McGuinness, Ann O’Dea, Róisín Burke management company Golden Jubilee, MBA reunions, alumni CONTRIBUTORS: Mahesh Bhaskar, Karen Hennessy, at the races and more Sinead Johnson, Aebhric McGibney, Paul McErlean, 26 LETTER FROM KERALA Ann O’Dea, Róisín Burke Mahesh Bhaskar (MBA 02) says there 54 CLASS NOTES PUBLISHER: Whitespace Publishing Group Ltd was never a better time to live and Find out what your old classmates for UCD School of Business work in India are up to UCD BUSINESS CONNECTIONS 3 MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN DEAR UCD BUSINESS SCHOOL ALUMNI, E are delighted to bring you the fourth financial services sector in Ireland. The second, the Innovation, edition of UCD Business Connections. In Technology and Entrepreneurship Academy, will emerge from the it, you will find news of activities at the critical mass of faculty who work in that domain. School of Business along with articles on We do hope you will use the forum of UCD Business Connections significant developments in the business to keep in touch, and we will always be delighted to hear from you world. The magazine is part of our effort and receive feedback. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this edi- to stay in closer touch with alumni, keep tion, and wish you the very best for the coming holiday season. you informed on what we are doing and offer you the chance to let classmates With very best wishes know the latest in your lives and careers. The current initiatives focus on implementing our strategy. We plan Professor Tom Begley, Dean, UCD School of Business Wto increase the number of graduate students while maintaining and enhancing quality. A significant portion of new students, both gradu- ate and undergraduate, will come from other countries as we seek to provide Irish students with exposure to the globalised environment in UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS which we live. Since we are getting close to full usage of classrooms and Property Seminar: The Shape of Things to Come offices, we will need to expand. Our Blackrock campus is the logical place for that, and we have come up with an exciting preliminary Monday, 19 November 2007 design for new construction and the refurbishment of existing build- Christmas Drinks Thursday, 6 December 2007 ings, which you can read about in greater detail in this issue. Even more important are our plans to increase our intellectual An Inconvenient Truth Tuesday, 15 January 2007 capabilities. Talented faculty are the cornerstone of any great school. Our current academic staff constitute the best in Ireland, Wine Wednesday Wednesday, 6 February 2008 providing a high standard of teaching, and publishing research in Marketing Seminar February 2008 top outlets in their disciplines. Building on their considerable accomplishments, we intend to recruit additional chaired profes- IFSC — 20 years and growing March 2008 sorships as well as entry-level lecturers. We also plan to develop major centres of excellence. The first, the Global Finance Academy, For more information, is well on its way to addressing the educational needs of the visit www.ucd.ie/businessalumni 4 UCD BUSINESS CONNECTIONS Execution is another. Strategy is one thing. Appreciating that distinction has made Pioneer Investments one of Europe’s largest investment managers, trusted with assets in excess of E225* billion. At our European investment hub, in Dublin, more than 500 people offer intermediaries, institutions and high net worth individuals alike the right mix of strategic and executional skills. Pioneer Investments people chart an exceptional course. You might like to join us on the voyage. For more info please log onto: www.pioneerinvestments.com *E225 billion as at 30 September 2007. Pioneer Investments is a trading name of the Pioneer Global Asset Management S.p.A. group of companies. Pioneer Global Investments Limited is regulated by the Financial Regulator in Ireland. Registered number: 223421. NEWS&views Leadership — the French connection LEADING members of the business community in Ireland participated alongside the deans of HEC Paris and UCD Smurfit School in a conference on the subject of leadership at UCD Smurfit School on 24 September. Paul Duffy, CEO of Irish Distillers, and Oliver Tattan, CEO of Vivas Health, were among the panelists who debated the key attributes of good leaders, in front of a packed hall. The lively discussion was Philippe Cosson, President, the Ireland France Chamber of Commerce, Prof Tom Begley, Dean, chaired by former rugby international UCD School of Business, Hugo McNeill, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Ireland, Oliver Tattan, Hugo McNeill, today managing director CEO, Vivas Health, Paul Duffy, CEO, Irish Distillers and Bernard Ramanantsoa, Dean, HEC Paris of Goldman Sachs in Ireland. Called ‘Cross Cultural Leadership — A to leadership, particularly leadership in a than nurture. The consensus was that pan-European perspective on manage- cross-cultual context and different styles while leadership cannot be taught, it can ment and education practices conducive of leadership. The panel also debated in fact be fine-tuned through training, to leadership’, the conference saw the whether leadership can be taught or and learning can bring empowerment to panel discuss a range of issues pertaining whether it is essentially nature rather natural leaders. The business of variety year students, the seminars have proven so popular that several are already booked out. The first talk, ‘The Business of Fashion’, took place on 25 October at UCD Quinn School, with speaker Moira Murphy, Marketing and Communications Director at Brown Thomas. The next talk, ‘The Business of Magazines’, takes place on 22 November with Norah Casey, CEO of pub- lishing house Harmonia.

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