Meet the New EY Partners

Katie Burns has been admitted as Partner in Consulting, leading the firm’s business consulting finance transformation team. She specialises in large scale finance transformation programmes and has experience across a wide range of industries. Katie has extensive experience of finance operating model design, global business services, digital finance and enterprise performance management.

Aileen Daly has been admitted as Partner in Tax. She specialises in designing and implementing innovative solutions for both domestic and international groups including IP planning, group reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions as well as tax efficient holding and financing structures.

Gareth Kelly has been admitted as Partner in EY’s Data Analytics and Emerging Technology team. In his role, Gareth manages a team of over 150 analytics professionals operating across all industry sectors. Experienced in external audit, he helps lead the EY Audit Centre of Excellence and works with a large team, supporting innovation and statutory audit transformation through the implementation of data and analytic technologies.

Alan Murphy has joined EY as a Partner and Head of Law. He is an experienced legal professional with almost 30 years’ experience in commercial law. Alan joins from Eversheds Sutherland Ireland where he was most recently the Managing Partner, served as Chair of the firm’s European offices and was a member of its Global Board.

Dean Phillips has been admitted as Partner in Financial Services Assurance, where he provides assurance and advisory services for EY’s wealth & asset management clients. With over 16 years of experience providing assurance and advisory services to the Wealth and Asset Management sector, he has extensive knowledge of the sector and works with global and boutique asset managers, alternative fund products and fund service providers based in EMEIA, the U.S. and Asia.

Petrina Smyth has been admitted as Partner in Financial Services Tax. She has more than 15 years’ experience advising international financial institutions, investment funds and leasing companies on taxation, with a focus on structured finance transactions and asset leasing, in particular aircraft leasing. Her experience includes advising on the establishment and financing of aircraft leasing structures and aircraft investment platforms and on the disposal and acquisition of aircraft portfolios.

Louise Whyte has also been admitted as Partner in EY’s Assurance practice. Louise specialises in delivering international audits to Irish public companies and Irish based multinational groups and has extensive experience in the area of internal control over financial reporting, and in delivering innovative audit solutions to her clients.