Our Team

Bernard has been a member of The Marymount Board since 2020. Bernard is an experienced professional executive with a core background in Finance and Human Resources. Bernard spent 39 years with Apple in Cork most recently in the position of HR Director. Previously he had spent 15 years in Finance with Apple 10 of which were as Financial Controller. He also spent a period as Controller for the original Apple Mac facility in Fremont California. Prior to joining Apple Bernard was a Director of Sunbeam Ltd. Bernard is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA)

John has been a Member of the Marymount Board since 2018. John is a Senior Counsel with an extensive practice in the fields of commercial and personal injuries litigation. He was educated in University College Cork and the King’s Inns in Dublin. John was called to the Bar of Ireland in 1987 and was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in 1996. In 2010 he was appointed a Senior Counsel. He is an accredited mediator, an experienced arbitrator, a former member of the Professional Practices Committee of the Bar of Ireland and a former board member of the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork.

Margaret joined the Board of Marymount in 2019. Margaret’s working life was mainly in administration and spanned a variety of enterprises – Local Government, Economic and Social Research Institute, Central Statistics Office, Midleton Services Limited, The Congregation of the Presentation Brothers and University College Cork. Following the death of her son as a result of medical error she was invited to join the newly formed W.H.O. Patients for Patient Safety Programme and over a twenty-year-plus period has been a patient safety advocate and served as the External Lead Advisor and Steering group member of WHO Patients for Patient Safety. Her work in the field has entailed local, national and international activity.

Martin has been a member of the Marymount Board since 2022. Martin is an experienced retail executive and served on the Board of The Musgrave Group for 11 years and served as Managing Director of Musgrave Retail Partners for 10 years. Currently, as founder and owner of Dursey Capital limited he is an advisor to businesses on transactions and business issues such as acquisitions, succession planning, business growth plans as well as being a mentor to business owners and leadership teams. Martin holds a Batchelor of Commerce degree from University College Cork, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and a member of the Institute of Directors in Ireland

Mary joined the Board of Marymount in 2021. Mary is a qualified Registered General Nurse with post registration clinical qualifications in midwifery and critical care nursing. She has attained additional qualifications to include an MSc in Health Services Management at Trinity College, Dublin. Mary worked as the Director of Nursing and member of the Executive Management Board at the Mercy University Hospital, Cork leaving in 2009 to begin working with the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). In HIQA she held the position of Chief Inspector of Social Services and Director of Regulation.

Paddy joined the Board of Marymount in 2017. Paddy is a Marine Engineer and served in the Merchant Navy for 10 years. He then worked for 30 years in the Pharmaceutical industry with Pfizer in maintenance, utilities, production and ultimately lead the Pfizer site engineering team in Cork for 15 years before retiring in 2018. Paddy has served on the boards of a number of organisation.

Peter has been Member of the Marymount Board since 2019 and was appointed Chairman in 2023. Peter retired in 2019 having held a variety of senior finance roles in the multi-national sector including roles with Johnson & Johnson , Organon Ireland , General Semiconductor Europe and Square D Saudi Arabia. Peter holds a B.Comm from University College Cork and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Peter is a member of the Institute Of Directors and holds a Diploma in Company Direction from the I.O.D.

Liam has served on the Marymount Board since 2016. Liam retired in 2024 from the post of Clinical Professor in Renal Medicine at the School of Medicine, University College Cork. Liam was also a Consultant Renal Physician at Cork University Hospital. Liam holds degrees in Physiology and Medicine from University College Cork and has worked in Renal Medicine in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and as Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Edinburgh University Medical School. Liam is a Council Member & Censor of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and a former President of the Irish Nephrology Society.