Nollaig Heffernan

MANAGING DIRECTOR

NOLLAIG HEFFERNAN, BA, HDip, MSc, PhD, CPsychol

Specialising in: Leadership and its measurement; Workplace Psychology including Organisational Re-structuring, Selection and Retention, Stress Management; Business Mentoring; Psychometrics; Sport Psychology

Nollaig graduated with an honours degree in Applied Psychology followed by a Higher Diploma in Business and Financial Information Systems from University College, Cork, Ireland. A Masters in Work and Organisational Psychology from the University of Hull, UK, combined both disciplines of psychology and business and inspired further research in the form of a PhD, specialising in the area of leadership and its measurement under the supervision of Dr. Peter Clough.  This dual-discipline background in business and psychology has been invaluable in helping companies and organisations to improve their performance through both their processes and their people.

Leadership Coaching

Nollaig’s research is described in Chapter 3 of Kogan Page’s recently published book “Leadership Coaching”. 

A keen interest in all sport but in particular running, rowing and cycling, has turned more recently from competing to coaching and has resulted in successes at county, national and international competitions in rowing. As a result of her experiences in sport, Nollaig has chartership status with the British Psychological Society’s Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology and is a registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (Margaret Nollaig Heffernan; Reg. No. PYL05696). 

DIRECTOR

DAVID HEFFERNAN, BSc, ACA

Specialising in: Accounting, Finance, Business Processes

Dave graduated with an Accounting Degree from University College, Cork, Ireland before completing a three and a half year training contract with two accountancy practices in Ireland. Dave qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2003. On moving to England, Dave decided to change over to industry to broaden his accounting experience. Dave was initially recruited as Company Accountant for a subsidiary manufacturing company of American multi-national Emerson, but within two years took over from the retiring Financial Controller to take charge of both the Manufacturing and Engineering companies on the same site.

Dave’s experience of working to tight reporting deadlines, with strict financial controls and communicating with non-financial personnel at all levels, makes Dave an ideal financial consultant to companies of all sizes and potential.

Dave is a keen sport enthusiast and has had considerable success as an elite lightweight rower including competing internationally for Ireland.

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