Private Equity and VCTs

Sean is a member of the Institute of Banking with over 38 years experience in the financial services industry. Sean has worked / lived in Waterford, Thurles, Kilkenny and Cork holding branch manager, area and regional management positions. Sean now lives in Cork and is Appian’s South of Ireland business development manager.

Kenneth joined Gresham House Ireland in March 2023.

Prior to Gresham House, Kenneth spent two years with Bank of Ireland in a Welcome and Operations role dealing with commercial and personal customers.

Kenneth graduated from the University of Galway with a Bachelor of Commerce and is studying for his Qualified Financial Advisor exams.

Ian joined Gresham House Ireland (formerly Appian Asset Management) in June 2009 after spending over five years at Bear Stearns.

Ian worked within Bear’s Fixed Income/Equity operational departments for two years followed by three years in the Legal & Compliance Department where he worked as an AMLO Officer & Compliance Officer. In June 2009, Ian worked within the Account Opening/Compliance departments before managing the operations department. Ian has built up a strong relationship with our brokers and clients over the past nine years. Ian brings a wealth of experience into our client relationship team having worked in the industry for nearly 14 years.

Ian is a Qualified Financial Advisor.

John joined the CRM team as Sales & Business Development Manager in January 2025.

Prior to joining John served as a Senior Investment Consultant at BCP Asset Management where he developed investment solutions and managed fund distribution through financial intermediaries.

Earlier in his career, John held multiple senior investment consulting roles at BCP Asset Management advising high-net-worth and institutional clients. His financial expertise extends to treasury consulting at J.P. Morgan and derivatives trading at Midas Trading House in Ireland and Austria, where he managed a U.S. Futures & Options trading team.

John has over 27 years of financial services experience and holds a MSc in Financial Services from University College Dublin, is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), a Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD) and a Diploma designate in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors (Dip IOD).