OBK - Key Persons

Aidan O Byrne

Job Titles:
  • Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
Aidan is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. He trained in Craig Gardner & Co (now PwC) and following qualification has worked in senior executive financial positions in the Transport, Software and FMCG/Food industries for the past 20 years. He has previously been employed as Head of Infrastructure Finance in Iarnrod Eireann/Irish Rail, CFO of Airtel ATN plc, CFO of International Financial Systems (IFS),and most recently as Finance Director and part owner of Batchelors and following its sale as CFO of Valeo Foods one of the largest food companies in Ireland. He is a passionate supporter of Irish Food and is a founder and current director of Love Irish Food. He has brought his FMCG experience and skills to bear on a number of mentoring programmes including The Food Academy (Musgraves/Bord Bia), Cheese Institute (Bord Bia/Teagasc) and the Bord Bia/Compass Foodservice programmme.

Mary Keily

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
Mary is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. She trained in Craig Gardner & Co (now PwC) and following qualification worked in senior financial executive roles in the Financial Services industry, notably with AIB Capital Markets, Pioneer Investment Management and Bank of Bermuda. She returned to PwC as a Senior Manager and had overall client responsibility for a number of their largest IFSC clients including Barclays Global Investors and JP Morgan before leaving to set up her own consulting firm Keily Funds Solutions. A true IFSC pioneer, she has lectured extensively on Financial Services topics for the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mary is a practical, organised, dependable and energetic professional with a strong desire to add value. She has an extensive range of accounting, financial reporting, fund administration, consulting, training and operations experience. She combines deep technical knowledge with pragmatic business skills to solve problems, meet deadlines and achieve objectives.