Fintan has over 25 years experience in the Financial Services industry. Having worked with Standard Life for 6 years, Fintan joined DHKN as Sales Director in 2003, and was appointed Managing Director of DHKN Life & Wealth in 2006.
Areas of Expertise

• Pensions (pre & post retirement planning) Investments Syndicate investment structures

Fintan is a Qualified Financial Advisor and is a member of the Life Insurance Association.

Having commenced his career as a Chartered Accountant where he worked closely with self employed individuals and business owners/company directors Padraig has accumulated significant business and financial experience. Working in this environment helped Padraig realise that no two individuals have the same needs and, for this reason, his approach to his engagement with all clients is to ascertain what their objectives and goals are in the short and medium term while always being cognoscente of the longer term outcome. Solutions and recommendations are designed to suit the best client outcome and these are updated to reflect changes in personal circumstances Padraig received a BComm Degree from NUIG, is a Qualified Financial Advisor while also being a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds the internationally recognised Certified Financial Planner qualification Padraig continues to work closely with the self-employed and business owners and has built up significant experience in working with hospital consultants and their families providing advice in the following areas:

• Pension & Retirement Planning to include consideration for tax efficient savings, long term financial cash flow requirements and ensuring individuals have sufficient personal resources available to meet the cost of their lifestyle requirements while they continue to work and, in retirement. This involves ensuring those same individuals and, more importantly, their families are adequately protected while they have financial dependents and/or debt obligations.
• Savings & Investments with specific targets in mind
• Inheritance & Estate planning

In his spare time Padraig helps train his local GAA team while he coached the Roscommon U16 and U20 football teams in the past. He is also a keen runner of longer distance races.

Gemma has over 13 year’s experience in the Financial Services Industry. Gemma has extensive experience catering to the Financial Planning Needs of SME’s, Sole Traders, Family, Corporate and Medical Professionals. Prior to joining DHKN Life & Wealth Gemma worked as a Mortgage Advisor and Financial Services Administrator in Michael O’Mahony Financial Services Ltd. Areas of Expertise

• Family & Business Protection
• Savings & Investments
• Pre & Post Retirement Planning
• Financial Planning

Gemma is a Qualified Financial Advisor and holds an honours degree in Business Studies and a Graduate Diploma in Computing from the University of Limerick. She is an Accredited Product Advisor for General Insurance and a member of the Life Insurance Association.

Niall joined Maven Financial Planning in 2020 with more than 14 years’ experience of working for some of Ireland’s largest Wealth Management firms. His experience encompasses all aspects of financial planning for individuals, companies and families. His areas of expertise include:

• Providing comprehensive Financial Planning to High Net Worth individuals including retirement planning, cash flow modelling, inheritance planning and goal orientated lifetime planning.
• Advising self-employed individuals, company directors, families and corporate clients on efficient investment portfolios, wealth generation and wealth protection.
• Pre, at and post retirement advice including Self-Administered Pension and Approved Retirement Funds (ARF’s) options.
• Advising businesses on the design, structure and implementation of employee benefit schemes including group pension and group risk schemes.

A native of Galway Niall has a Master of Economics from NUIG, is a Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA), a Retirement Planning Advisor (RPA) and a Member of the Irish Institute of Pension Managers (MIIPM).   If you would like to review your current financial plans, Niall can be contacted; by phone by email by LinkedIn.

Nina joined DHKN Life & Wealth in 2004 and was appointed Operations and Strategy Planning Manager in 2013.
Areas of Expertise

• Implementing and managing various regulatory obligations, including the ISO Quality system
• Oversight of procedures and controls
• Office Management

Nina is a Qualified Financial Advisor and a member of the Life Insurance Association.

Yvonne joined DHKN Life & Wealth in 2006 as sales support administrator, and was promoted to office manager in 2013.
Areas of Expertise

• Office Management
• Support DHKN Financial Advisors
• Providing an oversight of procedures and controls, and the general every day running of our office
• Management of DHKN website and literature

Yvonne has a Diploma in online marketing and has completed a number of QFA exams. Yvonne is a member of the Life Insurance Association.

Maeve joined DHKN Life & Wealth in 2005 as the main receptionist. She has over 20 years office and reception experience including working for a number of years in London.
Areas of Expertise

• Ensuring clients are put in contact with the correct advisors in a timely fashion
• Support DHKN Financial Advisors
• Arranges appointments for members of Group Pension Schemes to meet Financial Advisors.

Pauline joined DHKN Life & Wealth in 2014. She has worked in Financial Services for over 25 years having previously worked with Friends First. Pauline brings a wealth of experience and support in Life, Pensions and Investments to DHKN Life & Wealth.
Areas of Expertise

• Processing and administration of client applications
• Support DHKN Financial Advisors

Pauline is a Qualified Financial Advisor.