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About Burke Hair Lounge

Burke Hair Lounge is a cruelty-free hair salon in the heart of downtown Kelowna. We opened our doors in 2016, hoping to build a unique sanctuary of inclusivity. A place where people can come on their best or their worst days and leave with spirits lifted. Since then, we’ve worked tirelessly to help all of our clients look and feel their best with empowering, positive vibes always.

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- Saturday: 9:00AM - 9:00PM

9:00AM - 5:00PM

MEET THE BOARD OF THE ICCCVAN: The ICCCVan is a not-for-profit organization that represents, supports and encourages the Irish business community in Vancouver. The ICCCVan was created to promote, connect, and support Irish professionals and business owners in Vancouver. We are the only Irish professional networking organization in Vancouver, offering members a variety of opportunities to promote their business, as well as numerous opportunities for professional education and development. Through our business community and events, professionals of all levels can grow their networks and seek the support of fellow members.

Mike Murphy President michael@icccvan.ca

Mike Murphy, from Clane, County Kildare in Ireland, emigrated to Vancouver in 2011. Mike is a Business Development Professional with vast experience in Ireland and North America across numerous industries. Since moving to Canada, his main industry focus is the AEC sector. This year, Mike wishes to offer value that will drive business and success to our sponsors and members in such uncertain ti mes. Mike is an Associate and Director of Client Experience Canada for Introba. Introba are a global engineering firm who specialize in sustainability and technology. He is responsible for providing strategies to win key opportunities and add value to key clients as well as securing new relationships and increasing lead generation to maintain a healthy pipeline for future sales generation.

Mike’s greatest passion is building and nurturing relationships, providing strategy and driving market growth in a fast and competitive industry.

Alan Cosgrave Treasurer alan@icccvan.ca

Alan is from Wexford, Ireland and moved to Canada in 2012. Day-to-day, Alan is Managing Partner with MNP LLP and oversees their suite of Advisory services across British Columbia. Well known in the market place for his business acumen, Alan is a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants Ireland and a Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant. In 2021, Alan was recognised as one of Business in Vancouver’s Top 40 under 40 and in 2023 he was recognised by the Top 100 Magazine as one of Canada’s TOP 100 Executives.

Eoin Logan Director of Membership

eoin@icccvan.ca

Eoin was born in Cork and came to Vancouver in 2014 after a brief stint in Whistler. Eoin is a lawyer and was called to the bar in BC in 2017. He works in civil litigation with a particular focus on immigration negligence law.

Eoin works at Meridian Law Group in Vancouver. Eoin has appeared in the Supreme Court of BC numerous times. Eoin has worked in cases involving different areas of law such as debt collection, negligence, commercial, litigation , personal injury and contract litigation. On weekends he can be found either hiking up or snowboarding down the local mountains

Alan Bradley Vice President alanb@icccvan.ca

Alan moved to Vancouver in 2012 from Dublin after working abroad. Before leaving Dublin, Alan spent 4 years working with PwC Consulting mainly helping banking clients to navigate the financial crisis.

Alan joined Ledcor in 2012 working with their Resources and Transportation division to help grow their aviation, marine, trucking and forestry businesses via M&A and International operations expansion. He then joined the cannabis industry with Aurora Cannabis helping them to expand internationally through M&A and leading Finance Transformation projects. He is currently with lululemon working as a Program Manager on the Strategic Growth Initiatives team.

Clare Murphy Governance Secretary clare@icccvan.ca

Born and raised in Dublin, Clare moved to Vancouver in 2019. Prior to moving, Clare completed a Master’s Degree in Management Consultancy at the Smurfit Graduate Business School and worked in Strategy Consulting at PwC for 3 years.

In 2020, Clare joined the Enterprise Business Transformation Team at lululemon, where she managed the company’s Strategic Planning process. In 2023, Clare stepped into the Corporate Innovation space by joining the Strategic Ventures Team at BCAA. Clare loves the lifestyle in Vancouver and has learned to snowboard since moving here. She enjoys meeting new people, traveling, and going to concerts.

Kate Clarke Director of Communications & Marketing kate@icccvan.ca

Hailing from East Cork, Ireland, Kate made the move to Vancouver in 2017 after completing an MSc in Marketing and an undergraduate degree in Commerce with Chinese language from University College Cork. Kate is working with Technical Safety BC, the BC Provincial safety regulator, on a multi year business transformation and system implementation project focusing on Change Management and communications. In 2022 she completed the PROSCI certification which allowed for further skill development into OCM.

Vancouver is a fantastic place to live combining work and the great outdoors, so in her spare time. Kate loves to get moving. You may find her running along the seawall, hiking the trails of BC or simply zipping in and out of the shops on Robson Streetit’s all about balance after all!

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