Previous experience includes 20 years with Aer Lingus, where Brian held a number of senior positions including 2 years as financial advisor to Kenya Airlines. Prior to that Brian was joint Managing Director of Memory Computer.

Brian is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, a Fellow of the Irish Computer Society and a Member of the British Computer Society. For two years he was a Council Member of the Confederation of Irish Industries.

Brian has worked with the EC in structuring R&D work programmes and in the evaluation of project proposals. He served as a member of the Software and Multimedia Advisory Board, and the Technology for Business Processes Advisory Board within the ESPRIT Programme in the EU 4th R&D Framework.