Colm Brennan, BCOMM, AITI

Managing Director

Colm graduated from University College Dublin with a B.Comm. and began his career as a tax consultant with KPMG. He has extensive experience in investment management and tax planning. He is also an Associate of the Irish Tax Institute. A founding director of Acumen & Trust, Colm's main role is determining and implementing business strategy for the company.

Diarmuid Bell, CPA

Financial Controller

Diarmuid joined us in 2014. His main duties are the provision of strategic management information to support board decision making, along with credit and supplier management. Diarmuid is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland and has previously held a number of positions in the Finance Departments of multinational Automotive, Asset Management, Software and Life Assurance organisations.

Edel Hunt, FCCA

Management Accountant

Edel joined Acumen & Trust in 2016 and works as part of the finance team.  She is a qualified accountant and a member of ACCA.  Her role involves developing and managing financial systems to provide strategic management information in support of board decision making.

Ann Greene,

Receptionist / PA

An experienced administrator, Ann is responsible for the efficient running of the reception, documentation management and client communications, as well as providing administrative support to company directors. Prior to joining Acumen & Trust in 2007, Ann was practice manager in the medical field.

Bernadette Blincoe,

Receptionist / Administrator

Feargal O’Sullivan, B.SC, CFP®, GRAD. DIP (Hons), QFA, SIA

Compliance Consultant

Feargal joined Acumen & Trust in 2016 as a Financial Planner and recently moved roles into compliance. He works alongside our external compliance consultant in ensuring Acumen & Trust DAC operate in a compliant manner in accordance with the relevant legislation which includes the Consumer Protection Code, Minimum Competency Code and GDPR among others. He has over 11 years experience in the Life & Pensions industry. Having completed a degree in Business Studies with DIT in 2005 he started his career in Caledonian Life before moving to Canada Life and then Aon.  He is a Qualified Financial Advisor and completed the Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning and also attained Certified Financial Planner status.

Killian Coleman, MSc, CFP®

Investment Research Analyst

Killian has 14 years experience working in the financial services industry. He joined Acumen & Trust in 2017 as a Financial Planner, however in May 2017 he moved role to our Investment Research Team as a Research Analyst. Prior to joining Acumen, he gained valuable experience working with Aon Hewitt, Finance Matters & AIB Wealth Advisory. Killian is a Qualified Financial Adviser, Specialist Investment Adviser, has completed the Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning, attained the Certified Financial Planner status and completed a Masters in Financial Services. He is currently studying the Chartered Financial Analyst exams.

Stephen Roche, BSc, MSc

Investment Research Analyst

Stephen has 3 years’ experience working in the investment management industry. He holds a BSc. Finance degree and a MSc. Asset Management degree both from University College Cork. He started his career in Abbey Capital as a fund accountant. Stephen has passed all three levels of the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Program and is awaiting full membership upon completion of the required work experience.

Manju Kadam, BE (Hons), QFA

I.T. Manager

Manju graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and is currently doing an online Masters in Data Analytics with UCD.  Her role in Acumen & Trust involves designing and developing the optimum technology strategy for the overall business.

She previously worked as a Technical Architect, designing and building a CRM application on .NET framework which manages financial services and mortgage advisor requirements.  Her area of expertise is in the full life cycle of product development.

Philip Ferguson, Acumen & Trust Pension Trustees DAC, FIIPM, QPT

Trustee Consultant

Philip has over 30 year consulting experience with trustee boards developing the stages of pension funding and saving, successful investment designs, governance and communications. His experience is drawn from both Irish and multinational companies – many of whom are well known names with large funds under investment.  He is a Fellow of the Irish Institute of Pensions Management (IIPM), holds the Qualified Pension Trustee qualification, is a past President, and current Council member with a focus on trustee governance.