MARK CARRIGAN

Senior Consultant, Ireland

Based in Ireland, Mark joined Brakeley as an Associate Consultant in July 2006 and brings with him extensive experience from both the commercial and not for profit sector. He has a proven ability to consistently exceed fundraising goals and provide tailor-made solutions that satisfy the needs of clients in a variety of different fields.

As a fundraising professional he has delivered strategic consultation, campaign planning, and major gift programmes to clients such as Concern, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of Great Britain, Shelter, City University London & Cass Business School, Sherrardswood School, The Archdiocese of Glasgow, The North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO), Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Rainbow’s Children’s Hospice, Women’s Aid and The Football Association of Ireland, where he continues to advise them on volunteer development and sponsorship strategies for their Premier League and grass roots clubs.

With his fundraising and commercial background Mark also heads up delivery of Brakeley’s market leading Wealth Preview service which uses advanced data mining technology to expand the donor pools and research resources of our clients.

Prior to his career in fundraising, Mark worked for several years managing client/market relations with Deutsche Bank in London/New York and with Morgan Stanley in Luxembourg.

Mark, who speaks fluent German, holds an honours degree in Business and Marketing from Dublin Business School, and is an alumnus of Glenstal Abbey School.  In 2005 he received the President’s Award from CCS Fundraising for his contribution to the firm and has taken part in various executive programmes given by organisations such as CASE, the European Association for Planned Giving, EU Consult, the Institute of Fundraising, The Wheel, Fundraising Ireland, and the Irish Charities Tax Reform Group.