About Us
The Discovery Partnership are a network of experienced, professional consultants in Ireland working with SMEs and other organisations to facilitate positive change and maximise the potential that exists within individuals and teams using world-class customisable programmes and solutions for the benefit of our clients.
Billy O'Connor
The Discovery Partnership Limited was established by Billy O'Connor, a Commerce Graduate from U.C.C. (University College, Cork) who qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1981 with KPMG in their local office in Cork, Republic of Ireland.
Following an early career in banking, financial services and management consultancy, he recognised the need for a specialised consultancy. The focus of The Discovery Partnership was to work in partnership with owners and executives of small to medium-sized companies and organisations to facilitate change and realise the potential that exists within individuals and teams in those businesses.
To date, the business has been built on forming strong relationships with key decision makers and exceeding their expectations with the personal attention and passion to ensure client success. We have built the firm on a foundation of solid values and beliefs. We believe that our first duty is to our clients, to always act in their best interests, we transfer the enthusiasm that we have for our own business to theirs by "painting positive pictures" and opening up client's minds to the possibilities in their business.
We behave as good partners should; we do not take over but empower individuals and teams in client organisations to maximize their own potential and that of their business. We are always true to ourselves. We do not pretend and place the integrity of what we do above all else.
We practice what we preach, have the courage to give and take constructive criticism while maintaining and enhancing the self-esteem of all we deal with.
We are continuously learning and innovating for the benefit of our clients and our consulting partners take 100% responsibility for their personal and professional development.
Robert Grealis
Robert graduated in business from GMIT in 1984 and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Robert has held a number of senior management positions across the private and public sectors in Ireland and overseas and has extensive experience in the Service, Retail, Aviation and Education industries. Robert was Chief Executive of Ireland West Airport Knock where, under his leadership, the company received numerous business development and service awards. He has also held a number of other senior financial and general management positions, including divisional finance director for Bunzl plc, the global support services company.
Brian McCullagh
Brian is an MBA graduate from UCD and a qualified Chemical Engineer with over 25 years industry experience in the pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, engineering, and oil sectors including significant MD experience within the MNC sector having worked with Loctite/Henkel Ireland and Leo Laboratories amongst others.
Brian has extensive leadership experience in transforming the operational and sales performance of various enterprises in highly competitive sectors and is an experienced facilitator and trainer specialising in partnering business leaders, owner managers and managing teams to maximise their financial and commercial performance through engaged teamwork and innovation.
Ted Brooks
Ted Brooks is a Commerce graduate from UCD and is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Institute. He has 25 years of experience working in the manufacturing industry in Ireland. Following a period working as a financial accountant he held various production management roles and became General Site manager of a large multifunctional site. He served for 10 years as a Global Executive Director of Element Six (formerly De Beers Industrial Diamonds), a multinational manufacturing company. During this time he held specific responsibility for the creation and execution of an international strategic review process of all aspects of the business. He also held global Supply Chain management/ IT/and Legal roles at executive level. He has experience in business acquisition, international relocation and business branding.
Robert Kelly
Robert has many years of experience in both the multinational and SME sectors. While with Intel Corporation, Robert held a variety of Managerial positions in Logistics, Operations, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Information Systems, and has facilitated many Change Management Initiatives over his 13 year tenure with the company. He also worked in a project management role establishing the order management and supply chain processes for Lucent Technologies in Blanchardstown, Dublin.
Robert was the Operations Manager with the Irish subsidiary of the medical devices company KCI, an organisation where he learned about and experienced first hand the many challenges and opportunities facing an SME in Ireland. .
He completed an MBA with the Open University in 2001.
Robert, who is based in Maynooth, Co Kildare, is an Associate Lecturer of International Enterprise and Management at the Institute of Technology, Tallaght
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