Declan Lernihan FCA AITI
Currently Managing Partner of PGL, Declan has over 20 years experience of managing professional firms and acting as a senior advisor to the boards of many private companies and professional partnerships.  Declan has a particular interest in wealth management, succession planning, professional mergers and acquisitions.

Declan McGinley FCA
Declan has established a varied portfolio of successful clients who rely on his commercial acumen and technical expertise.  He has developed strong advisory skills, focusing in particular on practice management, strategic planning and investment appraisal over two decades.

David Jones
David has over 20 years experience providing accounting. financial and information technology advice at a senior level to a broad range of clients in a variety of commercial industries, specialising in the prospering professional services and enterprising SME sectors.

Bobbi Walshe FCCA AITI
Having been in professional practice for 12 years, Bobbi has considerable experience in coporate finance, advising clients on acquisitions, mergers, MBO's and disposals across a range of sectors, including telecoms, professional firms and insurance brokers.  Bobbi also has a strong background in practice management.

Bryan Phelan
Bryan has been a senior partner in PGL ( and Brian Phelan & Co.) for 26 years.  He specialises in MBOs and he has completed in excess of 50 substantial MBOs. Very active in fundraising in both the public and private markets, he has carried out acquisition, disposal and due diligence assignments for PLCs and private companies.

Jimmy O'Byrne
Jimmy has extensive experience handling the tax affairs of private clients and owner managed businesses, advising on a range of taxation issues and dealing with Revenue. His particular interest is in tax planning, succession and tax based property transactions and he is well versed in the tax issues facing professional partnerships.

Jim Carr
Jim has extensive experience in the Corporate Finance market and has completed some one of the largest MBO’s in the Irish market. (sole corporate advisor to the BWG Group Ltd management team in their 2002 LBO)Prior to joining PGL ,Jim operated as a sole practioneer in the corporate finance market under the style of James Carr & Associates until 2003 when he set up a unit called PGL Carr Corporate Finance. Jim was a banker for 18 years and held senior positions with Banque Nationale De Paris (Ireland) Ltd and Smurfit Paribas Bank Ltd. Jim is currently a non executive director of Print & Display Ltd, Hickey & Co,Oxner Consultancy Ltd, Orchard Equipment Rental Ltd. He is a former non executive director of DG Motors Ltd, Glenlo Abbey Ltd and Glencullen Holdings Ltd. Over the past 4 years he has been an active advisor to companies in the motor trade at a retail and distributor level