Ronan O’Loughlin has been Director of Education and Training at CAI since 2003.

He qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in 1981 and spent many years working overseas in various accounting education projects.  He joined the Institute from the Irish Taxation Institute where he was Director of Education.  

Since joining the Institute Ronan was responsible for the development and enhancement of syllabi, examinations, education programme and training arrangements including alignment with the national education framework, an elective education model and increased international recognition of the Irish ACA.  

Ronan was a previous Technical Advisor to the IFAC Education Board Chair Henry Saville.

Jimmy Greer is head of sustainability at ACCA. He creates global research and advises on policy issues for ACCA related to sustainability, social impact and business model innovation.

He is a member of the UNCTAD-ISAR Consultative Group on Enterprise Reporting on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and is also a member of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board Technical Working Group.

He holds an MSc. in Globalisation and Latin American Development from the UCL Institute of the Americas.