John is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and a Tax Associate with the Institute of Tax in Ireland. He qualified as a Civil Engineer from University College Cork and has a master’s degree in Business Administration from University College Dublin.He was a former tax partner in Horwath Bastow Charleton, a medium sized accountancy practice; a tax associate in Warren & Partners, a specialist tax boutique firm; and tax director in KPMG, Dublin. He has over 25 years’ experience in practice and has advised on large property deals (Irish and overseas), mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and family owned managed businesses.