ADVOCATE - Key Persons
Dermot Hoare joined Advocate Financial Services as a partner in 2012 and has over 30 years experience in the industry.
Dermot is highly qualified in the area of Life and Pensions and his experience includes sales and senior management positions with a number of Financial Institutions.
A Qualified Financial Advisor through the LIA he began his career with Royal Liver. He subsequently joined Bank of Ireland Lifetime and was promoted to Senior Counsellor.
Dermot moved to join AIB's Ark Life as a Consultant and was promoted to Regional Sales Manager in 2001. On leaving AIB he spent two years in brokerage followed by a period as Senior Manager, Wealth Management in IIB Bank. He subsequently became a board member and Sales Director of Independent Trustee Company.
He leverages his extensive industry experience to provide his clients with solutions that are bespoke to their individual needs.
Micheál Kelly set up Advocate Financial Services with Sylvia Campion in 2003 and has over 35 years experience in the industry.
A Qualified Financial Advisor he also holds a Diploma in Wealth Management.
Patrick Feely joined Advocate Financial Services as a partner in 2019 and has over 37 years experience in the industry.
Patrick is highly qualified in the area of Life and Pensions and his experience includes sales and senior management positions with a number of Financial Institutions.
He leverages his extensive industry experience to provide his clients with solutions that are bespoke to their individual needs.
Sylvia Campion set up Advocate Financial Services with Micheál Kelly in 2003 and has over 32 years experience in the industry.
Sylvia is highly qualified in the area of Life and Pensions and her experience includes sales and senior management positions with a number of Financial Institutions.
A Qualified Financial Advisor she also holds a Diploma in Financial Services and a Diploma in Wealth Management.
Sylvia's career began in AIB where she gained invaluable experience in a wide range of financial products and branch banking. In 1993 she was appointed to the position of Financial Planning Consultant with AIB's Life Company, Ark Life and then as a Senior Financial Planning Consultant.
She was subsequently appointed as Regional Sales Manager. In 2003, Sylvia established Advocate Financial Services with Micheál Kelly to provide financial advice to their clients.
She leverages her extensive industry experience to provide her clients with solutions that are bespoke to their individual needs.