Peter is a tax director in EY's People Advisory Services (PAS) team, based predominantly in Cork. Peter has more than 18 years’ experience providing tax advice regarding global mobility and advisory, international social security and global employment tax services including advising on the Irish tax treatment of share and stock option plans/schemes.

Peter previously spent 7 years working in the Mercer Share Schemes department, working mainly in the Approved Profit Sharing Scheme (APSS) space.

Peter has a degree in Government and Public Policy from University College Cork and is a Chartered Tax Advisor with the Irish Tax Institute. He is Chairperson of the Irish Pro-Share Association.

Rosaleen Boyle is A&L Goodbody's Incentives specialist. Rosaleen advises on all aspects of employee share incentives, in particular the regulatory, tax and legal implications of various share based incentives for companies, and on the establishment and operation of Revenue approved and unapproved plans. She also supervises the firm's trust and administration services for share incentives operated by clients in Ireland.
Rosaleen has more than 20 years' experience in the Irish market and works with both private and listed Irish companies, as well as multinational companies, on the design and implementation of all types of Revenue approved and non-tax approved plans. She also advises regularly on the share incentive aspects of corporate transactions.
Rosaleen has presented at a number of conferences both in Ireland and abroad on the topic of employee share incentives, often in conjunction with the Irish ProShare Association and the Global Equity Organisation (an international non-profit forum for equity professionals), of which she is the Dublin Chapter co-ordinator. Rosaleen is Vice Chairperson of IPSA.

Marie is a tax director in the private client team of PwC Dublin with more than 20 years’ experience in UK and Irish taxation, both in practice and with HMRC in the UK. She specialises primarily in advising management teams on all aspects of share incentivisation (including share valuations) and high net worth individuals/families and partnerships on a variety of planning/structuring projects.
Marie is a member of both the Irish and UK Institutes of Tax and has written articles and presented in Ireland and the UK on a variety of topics including management incentivisation, tax issues for non-domiciled individuals, professional partnerships, real estate etc.
Marie is a member of the PwC European Management Shareholder Network and the PwC International Private Wealth Network. A former Chairperson of the Irish ProShare Association, Marie is currently IPSA Treasurer.

Sarah Conry is a director with the Global Employer Services (GES) group in Deloitte. She advises a wide range of multinationals in relation to their global mobility and compensation strategies. Sarah has extensive experience in the design and implementation of appropriate policies which support an organisation’s overall corporate strategy including mobility and compensation strategies. She advises on tax effective employee remuneration and the design and implementation of executive and employee shares schemes in public and private companies. Sarah has worked closely with companies to support them with their share scheme reporting obligations and overall compliance. Sarah is a Chartered Accountant and an Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute.

Eleanor is a Partner in the Pensions & Incentives Group in McCann FitzGerald. She is responsible for advising financial institutions, semi-state bodies, companies, trustees, committees and employees on various pension plans, employee share plans and other incentive plans. Her practice includes advising international and domestic clients in both the private and public sectors. Relevant experience includes advising on a range of pension issues including the establishment, governance, amendment and day to day administration of defined contribution schemes and the impact of pensions and other relevant legislation regarding DC schemes and their operation. Eleanor also advises on defined benefit scheme including issues such as restructuring, liability management exercises, benefit design, trustee governance, scheme amendments, dealing with funding deficits and funding proposals, mergers, and scheme wind-ups. Eleanor advises on both Revenue approved tax efficient employee shares schemes and on unapproved employee share schemes and other incentive plans.

Eleanor lectures on the Law Society of Ireland’s Certificate in Applied Pensions Law and Trusteeship. She is Chairman of the Association of Pension Lawyers in Ireland and Chair of its Pensions Sub-Committee. Eleanor also sits on the IAPF’s DC Sub-Committee, and is a member of the UK Association of Pension Lawyers.

Gillian advises on corporate and commercial law to include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders agreements and various other commercial matters.
Gillian advises on corporate and commercial law to include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders agreements and various other commercial matters.
In addition to advising on a range of general corporate and commercial matters, Gillian has considerable experience in advising on pensions, employee benefits and employment law in the context of corporate transactions.
She is a former member of the Council of the Association of Pension Lawyers in Ireland. Gillian’s approach is to assist clients in achieving a practical solution and guiding them through the process.

Marie has over 15 years’ experience in Share Plans. Marie is currently responsible for the Computershare Share Plans Team, in Ireland who manage a large portfolio of clients including many FTSE100 and major multi-national companies as well as locally established companies in financial services, pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors which gives her a great understanding of client requirements across both approved and unapproved share plans. Over the years, Marie has been involved in all aspects of share plans including operations, corporate actions, business development and project management giving her a wealth of experience in managing complex share plans.

Claire is the Group HR Manager for Dalata Hotel Group, Ireland's largest hotel operator, growing rapidly in the UK with a presence in continental Europe. She leads people strategy delivery across the group, fostering an excellent employee experience aligned with Dalata's values and culture for c. 5000 colleagues. This extends to employee relations, engagement and wellbeing, remuneration and benefits and HR operations. She has over 15 years’ generalist HR experience and is a passionate advocate for the benefits of promoting employee share ownership for attraction and retention of talent. Claire graduated from NCI with a (BA) Honours degree in Human Resource Management.

Thalia is a Principal in KPMG’s tax practice and has over 15 years’ experience advising on all aspects of Irish employment tax, global mobility and rewards. She has significant experience in advising on the design, implementation and review of employee incentive arrangements for private Irish business and listed companies.
She leads the global mobility practice for KPMG in Ireland and chaired the international tax training for KPMG International for EMEA Global Mobility Tax professionals for several years in tandem with the KPMG International Business School.
Thalia is a member of the Irish Tax Institute and sat on the Editorial Board of the Irish Tax Review, the academic and technical journal for members of the Irish Tax Institute. She lectures on behalf of the Irish Tax Institute, most notably on pension, equity remuneration and employment tax matters.

Brian Purcell is Executive Director of Business Development, Equity Plan Services, for J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions (formerly Global Shares) and is based in Cork, Ireland.
Joining Global Shares in 2007, Brian has worked in various positions within the company, progressing from Share Plan Analyst to Client Relationship Director, to his current role. Brian also spent several years in the U.S. and the U.K. establishing offices and operations in New York, New Jersey and London.
Brian has both a Bachelors and Masters degree in Business. With a focus on the EMEA region, Brian is passionate about helping companies bring their reward strategy to life. In his spare time, Brian enjoys travelling, cooking, skiing, surfing, golfing and watching sports.

Gavin Forde has more than 25 years' experience in the UK and Ireland working in Mercer’s administration outsourcing, retirement, and career businesses. He has advised private and commercial semi-state sector clients on reward propositions, including pension scheme governance, benefits, flexible benefits design, executive remuneration, incentive plan design, and remuneration policy. Gavin’s work includes the establishment, design, and operation of Revenue-approved profit-sharing schemes.

Jennifer has worked at EQ for 37 years, including 26 years specialising in employee shares plans, with responsibility for enhancing employee share plan services. She is an influential and trusted member of the share plans community and is a member of a number of employee plans working groups, liaising with HMRC and industry bodies.