Dermot has over 25 years of experience in banking and real estate. Having started his banking career with Allied Irish Bank in 1990, he moved to Anglo Irish Bank in 1998 as an Associate Director in the Real Estate Lending Division. Dermot’s focus was the Irish Market where he managed a lending portfolio in excess of €3BN. After the global financial collapse in 2008, Dermot’s focus shifted to workout and restructurings until he set up his own consultancy business in 2010 specializing in bank restructuring advisory work.