525 Years Combined Experience

Paul McKenna

Chief Executive Officer

Paul founded mac with the goal to be different, to be disruptors and to challenge industry practices and deliver what we promise. He began in 2002 with 1 employee and 17 years later the count has risen to over 200 professionals across four offices in Ireland and the UK. In 2018, mac’s revenue reached €200m / £177m and was listed as the 9th highest grossing construction company in Ireland by Linesight.

When asked how he does it, Paul says “Simple – I surround myself with people that are better than me.”

Qualifications:

• BSc (Hons)

Ronan McGovern

Commercial Director

Ronan’s experience and understanding of procurement and cost management is difficult to match. Having been with mac since inception, Ronan has a depth of understanding of how to interrogate the supply chain to extract value for clients. He has built a team of professionals that are proficient and resourceful in delivering the best results for the project.

Qualifications:

• BSc. (Hons) Quantity Surveying
• MRICS

Ray O’Sullivan

Country Director UK

Ray has gained a depth of knowledge and experience over his 20 year construction career. He focuses on the client – their goals and ambitions, and he takes personal responsibility for delivering the job that they want. Formerly with a top 20 UK Contractor, Ray has established relationships with clients who know that he acts as project sponsor to meet their targets. Ray heads up our UK Construction business based out of Birmingham.

Qualifications:

• BSc. (Hons)
• MCIOB

Brendan Moley

Managing Director - Interiors

Brendan has been with mac for 10 years during which he has delivered projects of scale, of complexity and particularly of quality. He has overseen the development of a strong operations team who have the capacity to overcome any number of project challenges. Brendan’s calm and confident approach has driven strong results from his team and earned him much trust among clients and influencers in the industry.

Qualifications:

• FELLOW of the Chartered Institute of Building
• Chartered Construction Manger
• BSc. (Hons) in Construction Engineering & Management
• BTEC Higher National Diploma In Construction
• LEED GA

Michael Hollywood

Group Construction Director

Michael is an accomplished construction professional with over 15 years’ experience working in the industry based in Main Contracting and overseeing commercial projects up to a value of £30M. He has worked across a range of sectors with clients such as IPUT, Mastercard and October Investments. Previous to joining mac in 2018, Michael worked as commercial lead for a major building and civil engineering contractor overseeing all projects in their south of England region. He has held a senior management position for the last eight years, overseeing multiple projects at any one time and managing teams of quantity surveyors.

Qualifications: 

• BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying & Commercial Management
• Business Adult Access Diploma

Colm O’Hanlon

Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Director

Having worked all over the world as an Electrical Site Manager, Colm has built jobs of great scale and complexity. He joined mac in 2014 and was promoted to Engineering Manager in 2017 having proved himself adept in the management of teams, stakeholders and projects. Colm is measured and hard-working – a natural problem-solver. He has supervised the successful M&E installation of several complex projects for mac including Oracle, 1 Cathedral Square in Bristol and Brown Brothers Harriman.

Qualifications:

• Level 3 Electrotechnical Engineering
• MIET
• LEED Green Associate
• BRE BIM Level 2 Essentials Qualified
• Queen University Belfast – Emerging Leaders Programme

Dee Booth

Group HR Director

Dee’s generalist HR experience combined with her wider understanding of business objectives is a unique pairing. Dee has an ability to establish relationships at all levels whilst remaining credible and influential at the highest level. Her drive and commitment inspire confidence and brings knowledge to bear on business-critical issues.

Dee came to mac from Pegasus Group where she was Group HR Director bringing with her over 30 years’ experience working in construction, house-building and civil engineering, giving her a deep understanding and strong ability to communicate, facilitate and negotiate where necessary.

Qualifications:

• Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Numerous training courses covering HR, Health & Safety and General Management.

Darren Bourke

Group Environmental Health & Safety Director

Having worked with mac-group since 2016 within our EHS Department, Darren assumed full responsibility for managing Health & Safety group-wide in January of 2020 as Group EHS Manager until his recent promotion to Group EHS Director.

Darren has been working in the construction industry for 29 years, the last 19 of which have been spent working fulltime in the Health & Safety sector. His vast experience in managing complicated H&S requirements on multi-million projects and his warm, open honest approach is appreciated by all.

Darren is custodian of our ISO certified 45001 & 14001 integrated EHS Management System and leads a team of experienced and highly trained EHS practitioners.

Qualifications:

• Diploma in Health & Safety Law
• Diploma in Construction Management

Steve Parsons

D&B Technical Director

Steve connects design and technical knowledge and experiences in the management of the design from concept through to completion. Upbeat and enthusiastic with a focused approach on design, buildability and value engineering, Steve is adept at finding design solutions that will deliver the client’s vision.

Qualifications:

• BA (Hons) Architecture
• PG Dip Architecture
• PS Dip Architecture
• RIBA

Gerry Rowe

Construction Director

Gerry has been in the construction industry for over 35years, having commenced his career as a tradesman. With extensive experience in the construction process this has afforded him the knowledge to successfully work with all disciplines in the construction process from technical detailing, programming, commercial management, value engineering to innovative solution solving.

Gerry has completed many construction projects both within Ireland & UK and internationally, working along with multiple teams to successfully complete projects whilst also fostering long lasting relationships with clients, designers and supply chain members.

Qualifications: 

• City & Guilds Carpentry & Joinery
• Chartered institute of building diploma in site management
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building
• NEBOSH national certificate in construction health & safety

Paul Noble

Operations Director - Interiors

Paul is an internationally experienced Project Director with a background in surveying which affords him the benefit of understanding all aspects of a project. His extensive knowledge of construction detail allows him to successfully liaise with the design team members to assist in help with technical details in the build process and value engineering. Paul has completed many refurbishment and fit-out projects in live and occupied buildings, these experiences have given him a sound awareness of the needs of the building users as well as excellent interpersonal skills for liaising with relevant stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Degree (Hons) Construction Economics
• BSc. (Hons) Surveying

Peter Browne

Head of Business Development

Peter is a highly experienced business development and construction professional.

A Chartered Construction Manager with nearly 20 years’ experience in identifying opportunities and delivering solutions across both the public and private sectors. Peter is an expert in Modern Methods of Construction and is an advocate of innovation and creativity in construction.

Qualifications:

• MCIOB
• CSR – Platinum Card