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Diarmuid Hegarty | |
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Born | Dublin |
Nationality | Irish |
Academic background | |
Alma mater |
University College Dublin (BComm) Honourable Society of King's Inns (Barrister at Law) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Higher Education, Commerce and Law |
Institutions | Griffith College |
Diarmuid Hegarty is the president of Griffith College in Ireland. He is also chairman of the Friends of the Vocal Arts.[ citation needed]
Diarmuid Hegarty was born in Dublin. He studied Commerce (BComm) at University College Dublin and obtained a Barrister at Law (BL) degree from the Honorable Society of King's Inns.[ citation needed]
From 1969 to 1973, he trained to be an accountant with Coopers and Lybrand. [1] [2]
Hegarty is a Barrister-at-Law and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.[ citation needed]
In 1974, Hegarty became a Taxation Consultant with constituent firm of Deloitte and Touche. [1] That same year, Hegarty founded Business and Accounting Training, which grew into Griffith College Ireland. [1] The college operated from Milltown, St. Stephen's Green and Morehampton Road, Dublin, [3] In 1978, BAT college was incorporated. The name was changed to Griffith College when the college moved to the former Griffith Barracks in 1991. [4]
In 1992, he became president of Griffith College Ireland. From 1999 to 2006, he served as a board member of Griffith College Karachi. As president of Griffith College, Hegarty has been involved in promoting the Bologna Process for a Europe-wide Higher Education Network. [5]
In 2018 he was elected to the Council of Dublin Chamber of Commerce.[ citation needed]