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| Diarmuid Hegarty | |
|---|---|
 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.
Early life and education
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.
From 1969 to 1973, he trained to be an accountant with Coopers and Lybrand.
Hegarty is a Barrister-at-Law and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.
Career
In 1974, Hegarty became a Taxation Consultant with constituent firm of Deloitte and Touche. That same year, Hegarty founded Business and Accounting Training, which grew into Griffith College Ireland. The college operated from Milltown, St. Stephen's Green and Morehampton Road, Dublin, In 1978, BAT college was incorporated. The name was changed to Griffith College when the college moved to the former Griffith Barracks in 1991.
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.
In 2018 he was elected to the Council of Dublin Chamber of Commerce.
Selected roles
- 2011: Chairman of the Higher Education Colleges Association (HECA),
- 2012: Received an Honorary Professorship from the Beijing Information Science & Technology University (BISTU) in China and was made an Honorary Member of the University's academic board
- 2018 - Elected as a Council Member to Dublin Chamber of Commerce
- Chairman of the Las Adelfas Hotel partnership, in which he has a business interest.
- Vice-Chairman of the Ireland-Pakistan Business Council.
References
- ^ 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.