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Meet the moneysherpa team

Mark is a qualified finance & media professional and Irish business veteran. Mark founded moneysherpa to help Irish consumers by bringing those worlds together with straightforward guidance and support.

Joe is the architect of our tech stack which powers our customer tools. Joe makes sure our tech works hard for our customers.

Daire is a qualified financial advisor working with customers everyday to help them buy their dream home and save money.

Petrina is an experienced qualified mortgage advisor, before joining the team she was branch lead for PTSB in her native North Dublin. She gets a kick everyday from helping our customers!

Gavin hails from north Dublin, has over a decade's experience working with mortgage lenders, boundless enthusiasm and a passion for helping our customers.

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