Diarmuid Hegarty (academic)
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Diarmuid Hegarty | |
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 Hegarty in 2007 | |
| Born | Dublin |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin (BComm) Honourable Society of King's Inns (Barrister at Law) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Higher Education, Commerce and Law |
| Institutions | Griffith College |
Diarmuid Hegarty is the president of Griffith College in Ireland. He is also chairman of the Friends of the Vocal Arts.[citation needed]
Early life and education
[edit]Diarmuid Hegarty was born in Dublin. He studied Commerce (BComm) at University College Dublin and obtained a Barrister at Law (BL) degree from the Honorable Society of King's Inns.[citation needed]
From 1969 to 1973, he trained to be an accountant with Coopers and Lybrand.[1][2]
Hegarty is a Barrister-at-Law and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]In 1974, Hegarty became a Taxation Consultant with constituent firm of Deloitte and Touche.[1] That same year, Hegarty founded Business and Accounting Training, which grew into Griffith College Ireland.[1] The college operated from Milltown, St. Stephen's Green and Morehampton Road, Dublin,[3] In 1978, BAT college was incorporated. The name was changed to Griffith College when the college moved to the former Griffith Barracks in 1991.[4]
In 1992, he became president of Griffith College Ireland. From 1999 to 2006, he served as a board member of Griffith College Karachi. As president of Griffith College, Hegarty has been involved in promoting the Bologna Process for a Europe-wide Higher Education Network.[5]
In 2018 he was elected to the Council of Dublin Chamber of Commerce.[citation needed]
Selected roles
[edit]- 2011: Chairman of the Higher Education Colleges Association (HECA),[6]
- 2012: Received an Honorary Professorship from the Beijing Information Science & Technology University (BISTU) in China[7] and was made an Honorary Member of the University's academic board
- 2018 - Elected as a Council Member [8] to Dublin Chamber of Commerce
- Chairman of the Las Adelfas Hotel partnership, in which he has a business interest.[citation needed]
- Vice-Chairman of the Ireland-Pakistan Business Council.[9][failed verification]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Paul, Mark. "The business interview". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "How Diarmuid Hegarty built a €27m business out of education". independent. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Dean of private education still on course – Diarmuid Hegarty has big plans for Griffith College – interview by Ciaran Hancock, The Sunday Times 3 September 2006
- ^ An Educating Business by Kieron Wood – Sunday Business Post, 17 October 2004 Archived 2 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bologna Process – Irish Bologna Promoters Archived 10 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Higher Education College Association Chairmans Message Archived 18 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Griffith College President Honoured Archived 24 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Council of Dublin Chamber of Commerce 201i8".
- ^ "Ireland Pakistan Business Council Members". Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.