OCCUPLI - Key Persons


Alan Kerr

Job Titles:
  • Director
Alan co-founded Harbourmaster Capital Management (‘Harbourmaster') in 2001. Harbourmaster was a leading investor in the European alternative credit space and was well recognised within the industry for its award winning track record and investment team. In 2012, Harbourmaster was acquired by Blackstone, the leading global alternative asset management firm. At Blackstone, from 2012 to 2017 he was a Senior Managing Director, responsible for the European Customised Credit Strategies Business. Overseeing investments in leveraged loans, high yield bonds and structured credit across various investment strategies. In addition Alan co-founded Bonkers Money in 2010 and is involved in a number of other businesses. Alan's early career was with EY and Euro Capital Structures. He is a Chartered Accountant and has M.Acc and B.Comm degrees from University College Dublin.

Andrew Murphy - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Group Chairman
Andrew is well known across Ireland's startup and entrepreneurial community. A Chemical Engineer and formerly Chemical Plant Manager with Henkel KGAA for the first part of his career, Andrew founded a healthcare technology startup, Slainte Healthcare in 2006. Andrew was nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014. Since 2016, Andrew has assisted numerous companies to scale internationally. In addition he has helped found and grow Robotify Labs, a rapidly growing ed-tech and robotics simulation company.

Brian Murnane

Job Titles:
  • Business Development Director

Darren O'Keeffe

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety
  • Consultancy Director
Darren has been with the company for 18 years and a director of Occupli for 13 years. He is a member of the senior leadership team and responsible for the commercial performance of the Consultancy Division of CMSE since 2007. During that period the company has become one of the largest independent providers of EHS related services in the country. Darren is Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and an Associate Member of the Irish Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Mairead McCarthy

Job Titles:
  • Food Safety Manager

Martin Clancy - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Business Leader
Martin is an accomplished business leader with 25 years' experience focused on value delivery, market development and relationship building. Martin has particular strength in shaping organisational vision, strategic planning and implementation. He has a very strong commercial acumen combined with driving results through people. He believes that businesses are built

Odhran Molloy

Job Titles:
  • Technology & HR Manager

Robert Burns

Job Titles:
  • Director
Robert, BBLS, M.Acc, FCA has extensive commercial experience across businesses in a wide range of sectors and has been a Director of a number of private companies. Robert was the Group Head of Corporate Development at diversified holdings group One51 plc (now IPL Plastics plc, a leading rigid plastics manufacturer for the packaging, environmental containers and industrial products sectors operating manufacturing facilities in Ireland, the UK, North America and China) where he was a member of the Senior Management Team. Robert previously worked with IAWS Group plc and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG.

Tallis House


Thomas Davy

Job Titles:
  • Director
Thomas has a long career in the PLC arena as a senior executive with DCC PLC (Dublin-headquartered FTSE 100 Group) where he was responsible for the Environmental division. He was involved since the inception of the division to its leading positions in both the Irish and British markets. Thomas led the successful implementation of an aggressive growth and expansion strategy which included the acquisition of multiple companies along with significant organic growth. Prior to the inception of the Environmental division, Thomas held senior executives roles in both the Energy and Food/Beverage divisions within DCC. Thomas's early career was with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is a Chartered Accountant and has M.Acc and B.Comm degrees from University College Dublin.

Tim O'Brien

Job Titles:
  • Finance Manager