HISCo Board of Directors
Tim Madigan - HISCo Chairperson
Tim has served as an Independent Non-Executive Chairperson/Director since 2012, for a number of investment fund management companies and insurance companies in Ireland, UK and Luxembourg.
Prior to this he held a number of roles for the Aviva group including Finance Director of Aviva Investment Management Europe and Managing Director of cross-border life insurance company Aviva Life International (previously he was Finance Director for that company).
He holds a Bachelor of Business Studies (Finance) degree from University of Limerick and a Master of Arts (Journalism) from Dublin City University. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Certified Investment Fund Director. He served as an elected Council member of the Irish Fund Directors Association from 2016 to 2020.
John O’Neill - Board Director and Secretary
John worked for over 40 years in the Local Government Sector in Counties Tipperary, Meath and Cork prior to his retirement in 2018. He held Senior Management positions for over 20 years including Town Clerk, Financial Controller, County Secretary and Director of Services for Infrastructure, Planning, Traffic and Transport at various stages of his career.
During his time as Director of Services, John led Policy Initiatives that contributed to Metropolitan Cork being designated as complimentary to Dublin in the National Planning Framework, Strategic Development Zone Designation at Monard, Master Planning of 9 Urban Expansion Areas and the re-opening of the Cork Suburban Rail Project in East Cork.
John was a Member of the City and County Managers Association Land Use and Transport Sub-Committee for a number of years during his career. He was also a member of the National ePlanning Project Board.
Isobel O’Regan - Board Director
Isobel is a Director with Savills based in Cork. An experienced property professional with over 35 years experience in the commercial property market in Cork and Dublin. A broad reach of areas of business which include asset management, commercial lettings and sales and professional services.
Ian Lydon - Board Director
Ian has over 25 years’ experience in the Real Estate/Development industry and is currently Managing Director at Hines UK/Ireland where he co-leads the Development team.
Ian previously worked in the UK/ EMEA region for Tishman Speyer, JP Morgan, Gardiner & Theobald and Arup where he managed the feasibility, design, planning, construction and handover stages of large scale projects in the commercial, residential, rail, highway, pharmaceutical, higher education and local authority sectors.
Ian is a Chartered Engineer both in Ireland and the UK and graduated from University College Dublin in 1997 with an honours degree in Civil Engineering followed by a Masters of Engineering in 1999.
Louise Mulcahy - Board Director
Richard has worked for Cork County Council for over fifty years in areas including Housing, Finance, Planning, Insurance, Estates and Property.
Joshua Moran - Board Observer
Richard Keating - Board Observer
HISCo Team
Niall Morrissey - Chief Executive Officer HISCo
Niall has worked in Senior Management positions in local government for 20 years. He has worked in local authorities in Kilkenny, Tipperary, Laois and as Director of Services for Roads, Transportation and Public Safety in Kildare County Council.
Niall has an extensive range of Managerial experience having also been employed as Manager of a Voluntary Housing Body and as CEO of South Tipperary Development Company which provides supports to SME’s, entrepreneurs and the unemployed.
In addition to his Project Management experience within local government and the community development sector, Niall worked for 7 years in the private sector as Business Development Director with the Thornsett Group, a residential and commercial property development firm. Niall has a BA (Honours) in Public Administration.
