Our Team

One of the two founding partners of UHY FDW, Alan’s vision and expertise continues to drive UHY FDW forward. Alan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the practice and performs best when presented with a client problem. His can do attitude has driven the firm to be a Top 15 firm in the UHY Network. Alan sits on the board of directors of UHY International.

Alan Farrelly
Managing Director

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Michael became a partner of UHY FDW in 2001 after joining in 1996. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Michael specialises in audit services for our clients who range from SME’s right up to multi million Euro international businesses.

Michael Bellew
Director

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Richard became a partner of UHY FDW in 2008 after joining in 2006. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Richard works with a myriad of clients from sole traders to multi-national corporations.

Richard Berney
Director

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Thomas initially joined the practice in 2003. After qualifying in 2006 Thomas spent some time abroad and in a number of other practices before re-joining UHY FDW as a Senior Audit Manager in 2015, becoming a Director in 2017. Thomas manages a wide-ranging portfolio of SME clients across many industries and has led teams on a wide variety of large audit assignments.

Thomas McDonagh
Director

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Martina joined UHY FDW as Senior Audit Manager in 2018. She has over 11 years of experience delivering audits across a range of industry sectors and preparing statutory financial statements. Martina has a great history of forming excellent relationships with clients and has a strong focus within the practice of developing our team to ensure they deliver the highest quality audit and assurance services to our clients.

Martina Gribben
Director

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Niall’s experience spans both life and non-life insurance and he has worked with a significant portfolio of domestic and International (re)insurance groups. Recent tax projects include the restructure of a major insurance operation, restructure and capital extraction planning for reinsurance groups, assisting clients with research & development (“R&D”) tax credit claims and assisting clients in respect of dealing with Revenue tax audits.

Niall Donnelly
Director

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Derek is a corporate and business advisory specialist with 15 years’ experience in corporate restructuring, transaction services and statutory audit compliance. He has significant corporate advisory experience having worked on a vast range of assignments for financial institutions, corporate clients and individuals. These assignments include debt advisory, formal and informal restructuring, due diligence and business reviews.

Derek Dervan
Director, Corporate Advisory

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Richard is a Chartered Company Secretary and a member of The Chartered Governance Institute. Richard manages UHY FDW Corporate Compliance Limited, which is responsible for the provision of corporate compliance and governance services together with advices around; and adherence to Irish Company Law principles for UHY Ireland clients.

Richard Windrum
Corporate Compliance Director

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Brendan Reilly is Portfolio Manager in our Dundalk office and has been with the firm for over 20 years.

Brendan Reilly
Portfolio Manager

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