Paddy Gray is an established academic and has wide experience of academic and applied research with over 400 publications on housing related issues. In 2010 he was appointed the first and only Irish President of the Chartered Institute of Housing.

He on the board of the Wheatley Homes Glasgow, Scotland’s largest Housing Association, and is Chair of the Wheatley Foundation. In England he is on the board of SafeAgent UK and external Examiner at the Chartered Institute of Housing. (CIH).

In Ireland he is Chair of Tuath Housing, Chair of iCare Housing, and a member of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB). He was also a member of the recent Housing Commission. In NI he is a former Chair of Connswater Homes and Citizens Advice Derry.

In 2012 was awarded an honorary Fellowship of RICS. In 2015 he won the UK national award for Outstanding Contribution to Work Experience. In 2017 he was named the top power player in housing in the UK and in 2019 was awarded an OBE for services to the community.

In 2023 he was named Property Personality of the year at the Belfast Telegraph Property Awards and in 2024 received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the AICO Community Awards in Birmingham.

Constantin Gurdgiev is an Associate Professor of Finance with University of Northern Colorado (USA) and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance with Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland).

His expertise and academic research are concentrated in the fields of investment markets, geopolitical and macroeconomic risk, uncertainty, and complexity analysis, and conflict finance.

Professor Gurdgiev advises a range of institutional and professional investors through his consulting practice, www.macroview.eu.
In the past, Professor Gurdgiev served as Associate Professor of Finance with Middlebury College (USA), Head of Macroeconomics with the Institute for Business Value, IBM (USA), and Director of Research with NCB Stockbrokers, Ltd (Ireland).

He splits his working and personal life between Ireland and Colorado and is an avid mountaineer, fly fisherman and forager in his free time.

Anita was a partner in PwC for 20 years.

She was the leader of the tax practice in both the Limerick and Galway offices and specialised in advising both indigenous business and a broad range of public sector clients Anita’s former roles include an auditor with the Revenue Commissioners and as a Tax Consultant with KPMG US in Atlanta.

She co -authored the annual Tolley’s Irish Tax Guide and is a Chartered Tax Advisor of the Institute of Taxation of Ireland.
She worked in a voluntary capacity for 10 years as a business advisor to the Board of Directors of the Hunt Museum and also advised the Board of the Marie Keating Foundation.

Martin Hayden SC has a broad practice covering areas of Aviation Law, Banking Law, Tax Law, Commercial Law, Employment Law, Public Procurement Law and EU Competition Law. Martin has to a detailed and specialist knowledge of e-contracts in general, and particularly in the context of the Aviation industry; and regularly acts for the largest airline in Europe.

Martin has recently appeared for Ryanair in litigation against Google relating to the use of the adword system. He regularly acts for one of the largest Banks in Ireland and has also been heavily involved in financial litigation arising out of the economic collapse suffered in Ireland post-2008.  In addition, Martin frequently acts in ligation involving the waste industry.

Martin was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2014 and is a member of The 36 Group Chambers in London. He also has rights of audience before the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts.

Jacky Mayne serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of icare housing, and Chairs the Audit and Risk Committee.

She is a seasoned professional in Financial Services, specialising in Regulatory Compliance and Operational Risk. With diverse industry experience, she guides organisations through complex compliance landscapes.

As owner of her own consulting firm, Regulatory Risk Partners, Jacky leverages her background to drive compliance and business success. She holds Masters in Management Consulting, Executive Masters in Risk Management, and specialised diplomas in Financial Services Law, Compliance, and Financial Crime.

Jacky also shares her knowledge as a lecturer at the Institute of Bankers, empowering future leaders.

David was one of the co-founders of New Beginning in 2010.

In July 2012, David and other concerned citizens established the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (IMHO) to help consumers tackle the increasing burden of Mortgage and personal debt.

In addition to IMHO, David owns and runs Lifeline Ambulance Service. David founded the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 1992 and was its voluntary CEO for 10 years.

David was president of the international organisation of Make-A-Wish from 1999 to 2001. David also chaired the Board of the Marie Keating Foundation from 2001 to 2011 and is a current Board member of the Beaumont Hospital Foundation.

Over the past 10 years David has been to the forefront on a national basis in advocating on behalf of those in mortgage and personal debt. David has significant experience and success in negotiating deals with banks on behalf of debtors.

David was appointed interim CEO of disgraced charity Console to help protect the services it provided and arrange for an orderly transfer of services to alternative well respected organisations.