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Philip Maher, FCCA is a Dubliner that now lives in Limerick. He has over 20 years’ Practise and industry experience advising SME’s on strategic and financial matters, corporate finance, and corporate restructuring.
Philip recently established sustainablebusiness.ie. He is a strong advocate for the urgent need to address the climate and biodiversity emergency and committed to sustainable business practices and playing a positive role in supporting the required transition to a low carbon world.
A standout moment for me was when I attended an International Assembly for ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) in 2020 when guest speaker Peter Bakker, president of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the man who coined the phrase ‘accountants will save the world’, argued that the recent pandemic was nothing compared to the crisis that we are facing with climate change. This made me revaluate my own priorities regarding climate change and biodiversity. The reality is we all now have to challenge ourselves and change.
Accountants and business advisors have a significant role to play by helping business contribute to achieving a net-zero, nature positive world and to identify the risks and the opportunities while providing the insights for better business decisions that will drive real change.
With a background at Deloitte and Mazars, we bring best in class financial and sustainability expertise to your business. |
Philip graduated in February 2024 from Trinity College Dublin with a Postgraduate certificate in Sustainable Development for Business. This was a milestone for Philip as he gained the knowledge from an esteemed institution in Ireland, and practical tools working with like-minded individuals that is critical to address sustainable development challenges facing SME’s. Through this learning, Philip was able to develop the METRAR programme which is a cornerstone of Sustainable Business.
Philip first found his passion for finance as a young trainee in Deloitte, where he worked in a tiny department which served small businesses in Ireland. ‘It was a wonderful experience, and a perfect education in what it means to run a business,’ said Philip. ‘We were working with the butchers, the bakers and the candlestick makers. All these small, family businesses which were at the heart of their communities.
The work was incredibly varied, and it was miles away from theoretical accountancy and textbooks. Farmers would send in cardboard boxes stuffed with receipts and invoices, and often they’d carry the physical evidence of animal husbandry on them, if I can put it like that. You could literally smell the reality of what it means to run a small business. ‘In that job I learned that it is so important to build personal connections, and to remember that this business is about people.
"That is the part of our profession that I love.
Ultimately it is about helping people and making a contribution to the community."
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