Obituary - Adrian Madden (1969 – 2021

OBITUARY Adrian Madden

(1969 – 2021)

by David Stokes

Business colleagues, friends and clients across the country have been paying tributes to Adrian Madden, Close Brothers’ Head of Asset Finance Sales, who passed away after a courageous battle with cancer; the father of two died peacefully at home in County Meath.

Adrian, described as “a much admired colleague, and a fantastic salesman,” helped found and grow the business at Close Brothers Commercial Finance. “He spent the past ten years building our team from the ground up and we are incredibly proud of everything he achieved,” said the company. “Anyone who met Adrian remembered him. He was a true character – funny, respected, respectful, liked, loved, dedicated and successful. His positive outlook, sense of fun and warmth set him apart, and he will be sorely missed.” There’ve been scores of tributes on social media following his death. Alan Fallon, Managing Director at Dungannon Plant Sales Ireland, wrote: “A gentleman of the highest degree. He had the ability to invite you to lunch but I always ended up footing the bill! But it was a cheap price for the chat which was a mixture of humour, wit and a bundle of information, though he never broke customer confidentiality. You will be missed, Adrian.” From John Kirrane Plant Hire Ltd: “Adrian was a man that made financial lending decisions based on the people he was dealing with rather than numbers on a sheet of paper. When nobody would look at construction asset finance during the downturn he and his Close Brothers team led the way.” And said Billy Farrell, Head of Sales at Hibernia FX - International Payments and Foreign Currency Providers: “To say we are all devastated would be an understatement; Adrian was our kind and thoughtful neighbour and indeed our great friend for almost 20 years. “As well as being all of the above from those amazing tributes and comments in the work place he was a brilliant dad and family man and I was fortunate enough to have spent many a day and night in his company at many events, corporate and socially, at our homes over the years . Adrian was an exceptional character and will be sorely missed by everyone he encountered in his life.” Because of Covid-19 restrictions, many who wanted to be at the funeral mass couldn’t, so it was streamed online from the Holy Trinity Church in Ratoath, County Meath, followed by cremation at Lakelands Crematorium in Cavan.