Virtual CPD 2026

Joan Curry is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and President for 2026/27. Elected to Council in 2018, she trained in practice before building extensive finance leadership experience across the private and public sectors, culminating in her role as Head of Finance in the Department of Transport.

Joan serves on the Board of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), representing a global profession of over 3 million accountants, and is a senior member of its Planning and Finance Committee. She is a founding member and former Chair of Chartered Accountants Ireland’s Public Sector Committee and is a strong advocate for public financial management, ESG reporting, and the contribution of Chartered Accountants both in Ireland and internationally.

David McWilliams is an economist, author, podcaster, journalist, documentarian and broadcaster. He is the founder of the world’s only economics and stand-up comedy festival Kilkenomics described by the Financial Times as “simply, the best economics conference in the world”.

He also co-founded the Dalkey Book Festival, Ireland’s largest literary and ideas festival.

Bernard Eyres is a Director in the Forensic services practice at Interpath Advisory in Ireland, which he helped to build and lead since joining in 2022. He has considerable experience in the forensic accounting profession, having been involved for over  19 years in the provision of Investigation and Dispute Resolution Services. His work supports clients in areas such as commercial disputes, financial crime investigations and family law matters. Bernard is also involved in delivering the CAI’s Diploma in Forensic Accounting and Investigation.

Peadar Hogan, Director of Forensic and Investigation Services with Interpath Advisory Ireland. Peadar is a fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He spent 17 years employed in Ireland as a law enforcement forensic accountant, and 3 years as investigative accountant with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE). He has considerable experience in conducting financial crime related investigations, preparing expert reports and advising Counsel in economic crime, proceeds of crime, asset tracing, money laundering, organised crime, and other criminal financial investigations. He has given expert oral evidence and was cross examined in numerous successful civil proceedings and criminal prosecutions. He has extensive experience in managing corporate investigations which address financial misstatement, fraud, procurement, regulatory breaches and whistleblowing issues.  Peadar lectures on Chartered Accountants Ireland’s Diploma in Forensic Accounting and Investigation. He also lectures in Financial Investigation Techniques and Money Laundering on the Postgraduate Diploma in Proceeds of Crime and Asset Identification with the University of Limerick and the Garda College. 

Pat is originally from West Cork and retired from An Garda Siochána in 2023. He has 37 years Law Enforcement experience including Community Policing, Drugs and Organised crime, Fraud, Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Financial Intelligence and Cybercrime. Pat was involved in crime investigation for over 30 years and was at the forefront of the investigation of financial crime and money laundering for the last 8 years. · Led out on the investigation of serious economic crime including money laundering and terrorist financing and played a lead role in the Hamilton review of Financial Crime and Corruption in 2019/2020. · Established Public Private partnerships across four sectors of business, retail banking, international banking, fintech and accountancy bodies. · Participated and presented Ireland’s position at the joint expert meeting of the Financial Action Task Force in New Delhi in 2023. · Managed the Financial Intelligence Unit (Ireland) including an international role with the Financial Action Task Force and the Egmont Group. As a Consultant and Advisor with Pat Lordan Consulting, he is an expert in Anti Money Laundering/ Counter Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime. – Regular speaker at financial crime conferences. – Participated in the Cambridge Symposium on financial crime in September 2023 -Participated in the International Financial Crime Summit in London September 2024 – Working with several countries in relation to FATF Evaluations/ Assessments. – Provides advice in relation to compliance with AML/CFT legislation across a number of industries. 

Karin has 20+ years’ experience across learning and development, events, recruitment and career coaching. She’s an experienced public speaker, executive coach and career development expert.

Fiona Buckley is an award-winning international keynote speaker, Work Behaviourist, Executive & High-Performance Coach and Leadership Facilitator, known for making complex workplace and people challenges practical, relatable and actionable. She also is author of her debut book “The Courage to Be You-in the workplace”

Ann-Marie Herbert is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with over two decades of experience spanning public practice and global financial services. She holds both a BA and a Master’s in Accounting from Dublin City University. Ann-Marie trained in practice before joining State Street, where she spent 16 years in a variety of roles, gaining deep expertise in financial services and day-to-day business operations. Now at Chartered Accountants Ireland, she plays a key role in shaping the learning journey of accounting professionals, bringing a strategic and practitioner-informed perspective to the evolving needs of the profession.