Diarmuid Hegarty (Griffith College)

Diarmuid Hegarty
Born	Dublin
Nationality	Irish
Alma mater	University College Dublin (BComm) Honourable Society of King's Inns (Barrister at Law)
Scientific career
Fields	Higher Education, Commerce and Law
Institutions	Griffith College Business and Accounting Training

Diarmuid Hegarty BComm LLB is the President of Griffith College Ireland.
He is also Chairman of the Friends of the Vocal Arts.

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. He speaks conversational Italian and Chinese and fluent French.

1969 – 1973: Training Contract with Coopers and Lybrand followed by specialisation in Tax Consultancy. Promoted to level of Tax Manager
1974 – 1975: Taxation Consultant with constituent firm of Deloitte and Touche
1975 – 1992: managing director, Business and Accounting Training. Established the BAT college (now known as Griffith College Ireland)
1992 – present day: President of Griffith College Ireland
1999 – 2006: board member of Griffith College Karachi

Barrister-at-Law
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
Previously a member of the Irish Tax Institute

Diarmuid Hegarty founded Griffith College as the Business and Accounting Training College in 1974 and the college operated from Milltown, St. Stephen's Green and Morehampton Road, Dublin,
The name was changed to Griffith College when the college moved to the former Griffith Barracks in 1991.

As President of Griffith College Diarmuid Hegarty is actively involved in promoting the Bologna Process for a European wide Higher Education Network.

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