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Fintan Swanton,
MSc CEng FICS MBCS CDPP CISA
Fintan Swanton, Senior Consultant and Managing Director with Cygnus Consulting, has been a data protection and management consultant since 2006. Fintan was the founding Chairman of the Association of Data Protection Officers and is a past President of the Irish Computer Society.
Previous employers include The Sunday Business Post, AIB, and Prudential Europe. He has more than 25 years experience in ICT. Fintan is a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered IT Professional, a Certified Data Protection Practitioner, a Certified Information Systems Auditor and holds a Masters Degree in Computing.
In recent years he has collaborated with ICS Skills and the Institute of Public Administration to present their data protection training programmes, as well as updating and developing the content of these courses. He consults with, advises and provides training to a range of organisations, public and private, on data protection compliance.
Deirdre Garvey,
PhD MBS BA (Mgmt)
Dr Deirdre Garvey is a management consultant with Cygnus Consulting. She has held senior management positions in education and industry, most recently as Head of Centre and Senior Lecturer at GMIT Castlebar.
Before joining GMIT, Deirdre was a Senior Specialist in Strategic Management with the Irish Management Institute. While at the IMI she taught on BA (Mgmt) and MBA programmes. She has also lectured with The Open University, DIT and Athlone IT.
She has extensive experience at senior management level with multinational technology companies including Microsoft, Stream International, and RR Donnelley.
Deirdre holds a PhD in Business Studies from TCD, an MBS Degree in International Business from UCD’s Smurfit Business School, and a BA (Mgmt) from the IMI.
Cygnus Consulting and Cygnus Training are registered business names of Cygnus Consulting Ltd. Registered in Ireland, nº 316701. Registered office: Westport, Co. Mayo, F28 KP23.
