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Irish Franchise Association
Board of Directors

Chairman, David Killeen is managing partner of Killeen & Associates, franchise consultants. He holds a B.Comm from UCD, Diploma in Strategic Planning through the IMI and is a graduate member of the IITD. As General Manager, Retail Brands Division of Vantage Wholesale, David was instrumental in launching the Costcutter retail brand in Ireland. Subsequently as franchise Development manger with Statoil he developed the first business format franchise in the convenience store sector under the Fareplay retail brand. While at Statoil David was mentored and coached through best practice franchise principles by international franchise experts from America and shares that expertise, knowledge and his own practical experience through his franchise consultancy practice.
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Executive Director, Tom Shanahan is a Director and Co - owner of Kendlebell in Ireland. He has a BBS from Trinity, is a member of the Marketing Institute of Ireland and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Tom qualified as a chartered accountant in KPMG. Before setting up Kendlebell in Ireland, he held senior general management positions within large companies in Ireland. He was Chief Executive of Eirpage, Director of European Wireless Operations for Motorola and Managing Director of Software Paths and Zomax in Ireland.
Chris Pocock is Franchising Manager for McDonald's Restaurants of Ireland. McDonald's is the leading global foodservice retailer with more than 32,000 local restaurants serving more than 60 million people in 117 countries each day. More than 75% of McDonald's restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent local men and women. McDonald’s has 77 restaurants in Ireland 63 of which are franchised. Chris has a MBA from Trinity College Dublin and a BA from the University of Toronto.
Andy Hennessy and his business partner Gerry Riordan were granted the rights as National Master Franchisor for Fastway Couriers in Ireland at the end of 2000. Fastway Couriers have a full compliment of 9 Regional Franchisees and an ever increasing number of Courier Franchisees which in 2008 is in excess of 120, operating throughout the 32 counties of Ireland. Andy Hennessy comes from a sales and marketing background having spent most of his working life in both of these areas in many different industries. Andy, Gerry and the Franchise Support Office team operate from their head office in Swords, Co. Dublin.
John Green is master franchisor, Ireland, for Chem-Dry carpet & upholstery cleaning franchise. Together with his brother Pat, he acquired the licence in 1989 and currently has 47 franchisees operating across the country. John is former chairman of the Irish Franchise Association and a member of the Marketing Institute of Ireland. He was voted ‘Franchise Person of the Year’ in 2005 for his work in promoting franchising in Ireland.
Colette Pennick is a managing partner of Wellbusiness, providing consultancy and mentoring support to start up and growing businesses. Previously, Colette was business development director of The Streat Franchising Ltd, one of Ireland’s most exciting and fast growing café franchises. She began her career in the family fashion retail business as group buyer, before co-founding one of Northern Ireland’s leading software businesses, growing it into one of Europe’s ‘Fast 500’ and Ireland’s ‘Fast 50’ companies.
Tony FitzPatrick is the managing partner with Franchise Your Business.ie, who provide a complete consultancy service for both start up and established franchisors. The firm has offices in Dublin and London. With many years' experience in growing businesses through franchising, and having operated a Master Franchise himself, Tony can take a client through the entire process. He advises on everything from franchise agreements to fees and royalties, operations manuals, lead generation, PR and more. He also serves on the Association's Membership Committee. He speaks at seminars and writes articles on the industry for newspapers and magazines.
      
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