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Chief Executive Officer, Eddie O'Brien
Eddie joined Topaz in January 2008 from StatoilHydro ASA, having held the positions of Vice President Finance and Vice President Retail Operations within Energy & Retail Europe. Prior to his time in Norway, Eddie held a number of senior management positions with Statoil Ireland Limited, having joined Statoil in 1995. |
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Chief Financial Officer, John Williamson
John joined Topaz in June 2009. Prior to Topaz, John was the Chief Financial Officer of alphyra Group (now Payzone plc). John is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. |
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Retail Director, Frank Gleeson
Frank joined Topaz from Statoil Ireland Limited having previously held the position of Vice President of Retail. Frank has spent most of his career in the retail sector, as Operations Director of O’Brien’s Off Licence Group and Group Sales Manager for Xtravision Plc. A graduate of the Irish Management Institute, Frank is an International Committee member of the NACS (National Association of Convenience Stores) Global Forums and chairman of the NACS/Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council. Frank is married to Marian and has 4 children aged from 2 to 19, and in his spare time he is Chairman of Parnell's GAA club. |
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Corporate Services & Marketing Director, Paul Candon
Paul previously held the position of Vice President Human Resources and Operations for Statoil Ireland. Paul holds an Honours Degree in Human Resources Management from Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management (MSc HRM) from Sheffield Hallam University. Paul is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management FCIPD and a Member of the Irish Institute of Training and Development (I.I.T.D.) Paul is also the current Chairman of Retail Excellence Ireland.
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Chief Operating Officer, Dr Frank Bergin
Frank was appointed a Director of Topaz Energy Limited having held senior positions with Shell both nationally and internationally. He joined Irish Shell Limited in 1990 where he held Brand and Sales Management roles in a number of areas including Lubricants, Commercial and Petrochemicals. Frank was appointed to the Board of Irish Shell Limited and Shell Northern Ireland Limited in 1999. In 2004 he was appointed as Shell’s Downstream Representative in Ireland. Frank graduated from NUI Galway with a B.Sc. in Physics and later completed a Ph.D. in Experimental Physics. |
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Commercial Director, Liam Mulcahy
Liam joined Topaz from Statoil Ireland Limited having previously held the position of Vice President Commercial. Liam has worked in the Commercial Oil sector for over eight years, in Ireland and Norway. During his time in Norway, Liam also worked in the Retail sector. Liam holds a Civil Engineering degree from NUI Galway. |