Staff Directory - John Maher

Teaching Experience

Teaching has covered programmes across the Schools of Business, Science, Humanities and Engineering. This has involved delivery at certificate, diploma, degree and postgraduate levels. Modules have dealt with financial management, financial services, insurance, lending, financial regulation, financial accounting,management accounting, auditing, taxation, small business management, innovation and entrepreneurship.Student cohorts consisted of full time students, part time students and executives. 

International students participating in these programmes have come from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France,  Germany, India, Malayasia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Phillipines, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, UK, and USA, 

Guest lectures have been delivered in Memorial University of Newfoundland, Maynooth University and University of Wisconsin Eau Claire.

My Professional Experience

Trained as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers and Lybrand ( now Pricewaterhousecoopers)  in Dublin where experience covered assurance, insolvency, taxation and accounts preparation (1982-88). Completed secondment to St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.

Joined Irish Life Assurance Plc in 1988 and worked in taxation and management accounting areas. Dealt with tax planning and compliance as well as financial and management reporting. Worked with colleagues from IT, surveying, investment, legal, accounting, actuarial, customer service and marketing disciplines. Dealt with Irish , UK, French, German, Dutch, and Belgian tax authorities.

Governance Roles

Council Member of the Association of Canadian Studies in Ireland 2013 to date

Board Member of Waterford Credit Union 2007-2014. In that period served as Treasurer 2009-2011 and on Board committees dealing with Strategy, Investments,Remuneration and Nominations.

Member of the Governing Body of Waterford Institute of Technology 2000-2005

Honorary Auditor of the Irish Accounting & Finance Association. 2006-2008

Council Member of the Irish Accounting & Finance Association 1999-2001 and chair in 2001.

Trustee of the Irish Life Staff Profit Sharing Scheme 1993-1995

Secretary of the Coopers & Lybrand National Tax Committee 1987-88

My Publications

Maher, John (2015) Finance, Failures, Fines and Fiefdoms. In: Bank Regulation : Too Much or Too Little, 7th & 8th May 2015, iff, The Hall of the Patriots, Hamburg, Germany. (Unpublished)

Maher, John (2013) Credit Unions : Yesterday , Today and Tomorrow. In: Probus Waterford Branch Event, Tower Hotel, Waterford.

Maher, John (2012) Higher Education and Regional Economic Development in the South East. In: Strengthening and Developing Regional Economic Partnerships, 31 August 2012, Dept of Environment, Community and Local Government. (Unpublished)

Maher, John and Reinl, Leana (2010) Reigniting the Regional Proposition. Working Paper. School of Business, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland. (Unpublished)

Maher, John (2012) Strengthening and Developing Regional Economic Partnerships. In: Strengthening & Developing Regional Economic Partnerships, 31st August 2012, Dept of Environment, Heritage & Local government, Wexford.. (Unpublished)

Maher, John (2006) Developing a performance framework for the Financial Regulator: a Consumer Perspective. In: Irish Accounting & Finance Association Annual Conference, May 2006, DCU, Ireland. (Unpublished)

Walsh, Laura (2010) An Assessment of the credit management process of credit unions : an examination of three chapters. Masters thesis, Waterford Institute of Technology.

Forsey, Laura (2008) Using Waterford Credit Union as an exemplar of the larger Irish credit unions, what is the capacity and propensity of Irish credit unions to develop their current business model? Masters thesis, Waterford Institute of Technology.

Maher, John (2010) A Consumer Perspective on Financial Regulation. In: After the Goldrush, 26th & 27th May 2010, University of Iceland, Reykjavik. (Unpublished)

O'Connor, Siobhán (2009) How indigenous software companies price their product and service offerings: an exploratory investigation. Masters thesis, Waterford Insitute of Technology.