People
Maeve Buckley
Eamon McLoughlin
Dave Moran
Johnny O'Shea
Monica Rubinos
Sinead Marrinan
Lucy Burns
Adam Crothers
John Seasman
Fintan Drury
Maeve Buckley
Maeve is Chief Executive of PLATINUM ONE (Group) Ltd, and is responsible for the growth and development of the company in Ireland and internationally, as well as managing certain key clients and projects. Maeve joined PLATINUM ONE at the start of 2005 and developed our profile and contacts in Spain, then managed our UK offering for two years, until coming back to Ireland in 2008.
Maeve holds an MBA from Instituto de Empresa and has worked in international management and marketing positions with Orange, Bord Bia and Salvatore Ferragamo (Sports Division). Maeve is fluent in Italian and Spanish and speaks excellent French and German.
If you would to get in contact with Maeve please do so by emailing her at mbuckley@platinumonegroup.com
Eamon McLoughlin
Eamon heads up the Football Division of PLATINUM ONE. A FIFA Licensed Player Agent and UEFA Licensed Match Agent, his client list involves him working with some of the biggest clubs and federations in world football on a daily basis in relation to the management of their players or match schedules. Eamon funnily enough lists football as his favourite sport, loves the odd weekend down in Kinsale and is happiest when sitting bumper-to-bumper on the M50.
If you would like to get in contact with Eamon please do so by emailing him at emcloughlin@platinumonegroup.com
David Moran
David trained as a chartered accountant with KPMG in Dublin and worked for several years in the financial services sector before joining Drury Sports Management in 2000. He has been with PLATINUM ONE since its launch in November 2004 and also combines his interest in sport with some freelance sports journalism work in soccer, rugby and golf when time permits.
If you would like to get in contact with David please do so by emailing him at dmoran@platinumonegroup.com
Johnny O'Shea
Johnny, who heads up our Rugby Division, joined PLATINUM ONE in 2002. He has worked on some of the biggest sporting events that have been hosted in Ireland over the past eights years including the WGC – American Express Championships, Smurfit European Open and the 2006 Ryder Cup. In 2009 Johnny helped establish the Lough Erne Challenge which saw Rory McIlroy and Padraig Harrington go head to head at Lough Erne Golf Resort.
As well as managing the day to day activities of our rugby clients Johnny works on the Sports Team and his current client list includes Coca-Cola, Lough Erne Golf Resort and Alltech.
If you would like to get in contact with Johnny, please do so by emailing him at joshea@platinumonegroup.com
Monica Rubinos
Monica Rubinos joined the events team in March 2007 and is responsible for overseeing the Spanish incentive market. Since her arrival she has established Platinum One as a leading Irish DMC with the major agencies in Spain and she continues to grow and develop this market. She is also involved in various key projects with the sports team, recently acting as media manager for the Real Madrid pre season event held at Carton House.
She has extensive business tourism experience and holds a degree in Tourism management and a Diploma in Event Management and Public relations.
If you would to get in contact with Monica please do so by emailing her at mrubinos@platinumonegroup.com
Sinead Marrinan
Sinead Marrinan, Events Manager has over ten years experience in the hospitality, meeting and events sector. Sinead has gained extensive experience working with various companies and event agencies including Dublin Tourism, Abbey Tours, Clarions Hotels, Conference Partners Ltd and Jigsaw Management Ltd. A career highlight was managing the Ninth World Harp Congress, a performance based congress, which attracted over 1,000 international harpists to Dublin in 2005. After studying textbook French at University Sinead immediately took herself off to Rome for 2 years and managed to perfect ‘Roman’ Italian (slang).
If you would to get in contact with Sinead please do so by emailing her at smarrinan@platinumonegroup.com
Lucy Burns
Lucy is a key member of the events team and has a flair for creating innovative and exciting programmes for our clients in both English and French. Lucy is particularly good at understanding our clients requirements and tailoring solutions.
With 4 years experience in PLATINUM ONE Lucy has gained vast experienced in all sides of the business, from the crucial early stages in preparation and development of a proposal through to the successful operation and completion of an event. Lucy’s keen eye for detail and excellent communication skills ensures that client’s expectations are met and exceeded!
If you would like to get in contact with Lucy please do so by emailing her at lburns@platinumonegroup.com
Adam Crothers
Adam joined PLATINUM ONE at the end of 2007 after a year spent back-packing around the world. He is a key member of the Sports team and in the short time he has been with us has worked on projects for some of the biggest clubs in world soccer including FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea.
Adam’s current client list includes the Carton House Training Facility where he is involved in the development of the sports training offering at the Maynooth hotel. He also works on various sports marketing projects ranging from sponsorship activation and management to sports event creation and management.
If you would like to get in contact with Adam please do so by emailing him at acrothers@platinumonegroup.com
John Seasman
Having played professionally for 17 years in seven league clubs, John naturally progressed into scouting, coaching and administration. He worked with the Professional Footballer’s Association as regional director of the National Football Community Scheme. John then progressed to Chief Scout at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Blackburn Rovers F.C. and was also appointed Academy Director at Leeds United in 2001.
Over the last five years John has helped and supported the careers of many young players.
If you would like to get in contact with John please do so by emailing him at
info@platinumonegroup.com
Fintan Drury
Fintan is Chairman of the PLATINUM ONE group, having initially founded the company in 1991. Drury was one of the key players in the initiative to bring the Ryder Cup to Ireland in 2006, and has been retained as a consultant to the European Tour for over 10 years, covering The European Open (1995 – 2007), The World Golf Championships and The American Express Championship (2002 & 2004) for PLATINUM ONE along the way.
He is a former Chairman of RTE, a former non executive director of Anglo Irish Bank plc, and is the former Chairman of Paddy Power plc. Fintan is also the main driver behind the need for an All Ireland Premier League in professional soccer. He is ancient but still plays (as badly as ever), coaches, and attends games at all levels!