JUMP INTO THE NOW. WE’LL KEEP A SEAT FREE FOR YOU. In Ireland we live in the now. So don’t worry about tomorrow. Enjoy today’s stroll among Dublin’s landmarks, the stories that unfold on the Guinness Storehouse tour, or the enchantments of Ireland’s countryside. The unanticipated, the poetic and the astonishing, they’re all in the now. Come and share the now with us. Visit Ireland.com WELCOME A warm Irish welcome to the 55th Anniversary Dinner of the Ireland-U.S. Council . As President of the Council it is always a pleasant duty for me to Aextend greetings to this annual occasion when we celebrate, on behalf of the entire Council membership in the United States and throughout Ireland, the Council’s continued engagement of our core mission. This past year has seen much change in Ireland and in the United States. However, from the vantage point we occupy in the Ireland-U.S. Council , I am happy to report that the business bonds and commercial connections between America and Ireland, North and South, have never ever been stronger, deeper or more durable than they are now. Brian W. Stack It has been ten long years since the calamitous real estate crash which precipitated a financial industry cataclysm that was especially brutal and harsh in Ireland. What a difference can be made in a decade with careful, smart, energetic and prudent managing of a difficult economic problem. Tonight the Ireland-U.S. Council is delighted to hail, through our honoree Bernard Byrne, CEO of AIB Group, the milestone return to financial health achieved by one of Ireland’s largest banking groups. The sale into private hands of a large chunk of AIB Group stock ownership by Ireland’s Government marks a true watershed event. With the benefit of hindsight we can clearly see the wisdom of the Government in Dublin in rescuing Ireland’s banking system ten years ago. It stands as testimony to the faith which people in Ireland have in the system of free enterprise. I must always underline how thankful we are for the support and participation received during this past year from Council members and from so many benefactors, patrons and sponsors. The encouragement, assistance and support you have offered has been most heartening. It has also been essential in helping us to sustain the organization’s roster of programs and activities during this past year. Because of your support, we have been enabled to continue to engage the core mission of the organization in meaningful ways. In working to enhance and strengthen those important business bonds and commercial connections between the United States and Ireland, we hope to make a worthwhile contribution to the betterment of the economic circumstances of all the people in the United States and in Ireland, north and south. Improved and expanded investment, trade and tourism in both directions between America and Ireland is not a zero-sum game – it betters the lives, livelihoods and economic circumstances of everybody. The very important business links that connect America and Ireland in capital investment, trade, tourism, technology transfer and so much more have flourished during this past year. These are tangible and resilient connections that require smart attention and careful nurturing. Our hope is that in the coming year, we in the Ireland-U.S. Council can assist the process of strengthening and expanding these bonds that bind America aBnd Irriealand eSver ctloasecr.k Brian W. Stack President The Ireland-U.S. Council Thursday November 9, 2017 New York City 3 Tom Goodwin and McCarter & English, LLP are proud to support The Ireland - U.S. Council at its 55th Annual Dinner and join in congratulating Bernard Byrne, Diarmuid Hogan, and Roy Adair on receiving their awards Thomas J. Goodwin | Partner McCarter & English, LLP Boston | 265 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 | 617.449.6500 Hartford | CityPlace I, 185 Asylum Street, Hartford, CT 06103 | 860.275.6700 Stamford | One Canterbury Green, 201 Broad Street, Stamford, CT 06901 | 203.399.5900 New York | 245 Park Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10167 | 212.609.6800 Newark | Four Gateway Center, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, NJ 07102 | 973.622.4444 East Brunswick | Two Tower Center Boulevard, 24th Floor, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 | 732.867.9777 Philadelphia | BNY Mellon Center, 1735 Market Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA 19103 | 215.979.3800 Wilmington | Renaissance Centre, 405 N. King Street, 8th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801 | 302.984.6300 Washington, DC | 1015 15th Street, NW, 12th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 | 202.753.3400 www.mccarter.com 15 THE COUNCIL ’S U.S. B OARD OF Officers Directors Michael Brewster Managing Director - President Investments Brian W. Stack Brewster Financial Strategies President Executive Director Group • Wells Fargo Advisors Stack International David O’Sullivan (USA) LLC National Secretary National Treasurer James M. Adrian Kieran Claffey Partner Michael Clark Partner Adrian-Cassidy President PwC, LLP & Associates Surmont, LLC. Vice Presidents Niall Condon John J. Reilly Vice-President Michael J. Gibbons Partner Pharmaceutical President-Emeritus Squire Patton Boggs Manufacturing Operations The Ireland-U.S. Council (U.S.) Pfizer, Inc. Diarmuid Hogan Cillian Ó Brádaigh Elizabeth Crabill Chairman Executive Director Chief Executive Officer Global Excess Partners, LLC Morgan Stanley CIE Tours International Andrea T. Mills Director Gerald C. Crotty Fiscal Management President Associates, LLC Weichert Enterprise, LLC 6 Patricia A. Cunningham William Falvey Donard Gaynor National Account Manager Sales Director - International Business Leisure Sales Metro Atlantic Consultant and United Airlines Diageo Guinness USA Non-Executive Director Patrick J. Donaghy Mark Finlay Thomas J. Goodwin Chairman President Partner Favour Royal, Inc. ULV Americas, Inc. McCarter & English, LLP William B. Finneran John J. Doolan Chairman & Peter J. Hooper Vice President Managing Director Director Heineken USA EXOP Capital, LLC New Ireland Fund, Inc. James J. Houlihan Eddie Dowling John Fitzpatrick Partner Chief Executive Chief Executive Houlihan-Parnes The Padded Wagon Fitzpatrick Hotel Group Realtors, LLC David Evans John J. Kelly Managing Director - Jack Foley Managing Partner North America Executive Vice President Hanover Stone Partners, Canyon CTS Aer Lingus LLC 7 U.S. B OARD OF DIRECTORS Barbara G. Koster Senior Vice President & Martin Murphy Chief Information Officer Partner Prudential Financial, Inc. The Repton Group, LLP Dennis D. Swanson John P. Nallen Maurice Wolridge Chief Financial Officer Chairman MacDara Lynch 21st Century Fox Alimentary Health, Inc. Gerard P. McNamara Global Managing Director Information Officers Rhianna Quinn-Roddy Practice Principal Korn Ferry Tinderbrook Associates Honorary Director Thomas J. Moran Carl Shanahan Chairman President Mutual of America Shamrock Building Services Patrick O’Neill Council Contact Information NEW YORK DUBLIN 420 Lexington Avenue - Suite #356 Suite #8, Malton, 31-33 Merrion Rd. New York, NY 10170-0247 Simmonscourt Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Tel: (212) 867 6268 • Fax: (212) 867 6834 Tel: (01) 667 4040 • Fax: (01) 667 4041 [email protected] [email protected] www.irelanduscouncil.com • www.facebook.com/IrelandUSCouncil 8 CongratulationsCoongratulations fromfrom DDeloitteeloitte toto BernardBernard ByrneByrne )RFXVHGRQ\RXUJURZWK The Deloitte Corporate Finance team provides solutions that enable our clients to grow their business. We tailor our services to meet the unique needs of each business and enhance their value. GHORLWWHLHFRUSRUDWHȴQDQFH © 2017 Deloitte. All rights reserved THE COUNCIL ’S IRELAND CHAPTER Chapter President Dr. Michael Somers Deputy Chairman AIB Group, plc Chapter Board Members Ron Adair Derek Collins Chief Executive Senior Director Michael Greene Belfast Harbour Bank of Ireland Of Counsel Commissioners Corporate Banking A & L Goodbody Frank Hayes Clive Bellows Michael Donohoe Director of Corporate Country Head Director Corporate Services Affairs Northern Trust Ireland Colliers International Kerry Group Roddy Feely Richard M. Henry Brendan Cahill Executive Director Producer Broker Partner Ireland-U.S. Council Lex Risk Solutions William Fry, Solicitors Ireland Chapter Jatco Insurance Brokers Michael Cannon Pat Gilroy Danny McCoy Director Managing Director – Ireland Chief Executive Cannon Kirk Homes Designer Group IBEC Brian Goggin Martina Coogan Past-President James O. McNally Country Manager - Ireland Ireland Chapter Partner United Airlines Ireland-U.S. Council PwC 12 Martiena Milton Marie O’Connor Julie Sinnamon Director Former Partner Chief Executive H. R. Holfeld Group PwC Enterprise Ireland Yvonne Muldoon Dr. Len O’Hagan Aidan Smyth Director of Sales Director Managing Director Aer Lingus OCH Corporate Advisers Labplan Ltd. Joseph P.J. Murray Eoghan O’Mara Walsh Founding Director Chief Executive Siobhán Talbot Ireland-U.S. Council Irish Tourist Industry Group Managing Director Ireland Chapter Confederation Glanbia plc Martin Naughton Aidan Prendergast Executive Chairman Chief Executive Glen Dimplex Cardinal Consulting Ltd. Anne Nolan Andy Ruane Chairman Chief Executive Irish Aviation Authority Irish Channel America Mark Nolan Martin Shanahan Managing Director Chief Executive Dromoland Castle Hotel IDA Ireland 13 Pfizer Inc proudly supports The Ireland-U.S. Council and congratulates Bernard Byrne, Diarmuid Hogan, and Roy Adair, on their Awards. 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