Finbarr Flahive, Managing Director
Finbarr is an Irish Chartered Accountant who previously ran his own practice & served for a decade as Finance Director of a large specialist engineering consultancy firm with headquarters in Ireland and operations globally. DPS Engineering grew from 20 people when he joined to 2,000+ people today. More recently Finbarr established both Youngfields OCP Ltd and Smerwick Management Ltd in 2006 to provide advisory and investment services to Irish clients, mainly in Ireland & Germany. He specialises in sourcing, structuring and managing property investments for individuals or groups of investors. In recent years this has evolved into providing alternative private funding solutions to Irish property owners, investors and developers. Through Smerwick Consultancy Finbarr also acts as a strategic and financial advisor to a number of Irish private companies, mainly in the services sector.
Carl Dillon, Chairman
Carl Dillon is Chairman of Youngfields OCP. Carl previously served as Managing Partner in Moore, a leading Chartered Accountancy & Business Advisory firm in Ireland. Carl has over 40 years’ experience, specialising in Corporate Finance & Corporate Restructuring for a broad range of Irish & international clients. Carl has extensive property experience in Ireland & abroad, & he is also a non-exec director of a number of successful Irish companies across a variety of sectors.
Ciaran Desmond, Non Executive Director
Ciaran Desmond, Consultant, is a lawyer & tax consultant & the Managing Partner of CDS Law & Tax, a law firm who specialise in taxation, mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring and property. Ciaran specialises in Irish & international tax, & in investment structures for groups of investors. He has served as a Council Member of the Irish Institute of Taxation and as a member of the Taxation Committee of the Incorporated Law Society, and has lectured and written extensively on tax matters. As a consultant to Youngfields OCP Ltd he brings his expertise & that of his team.
Jeanette Rolletschek, German Office Manager
Jeanette has over 15 years of experience in managing commercial and residential property, throughout Germany, and manages our Stuttgart office .She is also a Director of our German property management company, Property Solutions GmbH, who manage all properties in our German portfolio.
Gustav Epple, German Property Consultant
Gustav runs a long established Real Estate Agency, Property Management, and Property Consultancy Business based in Stuttgart. Gustav has over 35 years’ experience across all aspects of German property investment and management and the Epple name is well known in property in the Stuttgart area for over 80 years. Gustav acts as Property Consultant across our YOCP German Property Portfolio.