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KIERAN GUINNESS
Kieran Guinness has been a Trustee of the Iveagh Trust since 1979. He has a degree in Botany from Oxford University and farms in Castleknock and Co. Westmeath. He has developed and maintained a keen interest and involvement in the business of the Trust paying particular attention to the wellbeing of the tenants, the impact
of Trustees’ decisions on the tenants and the promotion of a community spirit within the Trust’s estates.
He is a strong advocate of the aims of the founder, particularly that of giving “assistance to individuals to improve their conditions”. As the longest serving Trustee, he has a very good overview of the way the Trust has operated over the years.
CHARLES COASE
After a career of over 25 years with Diageo in a variety of finance roles, Charles is now an independent pension scheme trustee. With Diageo until end 2014, Charles worked in London, Scotland, Hong Kong and Ireland, in various market and regional Finance Director roles and then latterly corporate roles such as Group Treasurer, Group Controller and Head of Global Audit and Risk. Charles is now chairman of the pension trustee boards for the pension schemes of a number of companies, including Ulster Bank Ireland, Aviva Ireland and Dublin Airport Authority.
He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.
Charles was appointed a Trustee of the Iveagh Trust in 2015. He is Chairman of the General Purposes Committee and Chairman of the Trustees of the Iveagh Trust pension scheme. Charles also sits on the Trust’s Audit and Risk Committee.
PATRICK GUINNESS
Patrick is an historian and author, having written the first biography of Arthur Guinness. He was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College Dublin. Patrick continues his father’s business in
real estate development and is a financial analyst. He formerly represented Sotheby’s in Ireland and is past President of the Irish Georgian Society. A Trustee of the Iveagh Trust since 2005, Patrick is also a member of the Trust’s Audit and Risk Committee.