Our corporate partners play a key role in securing a strong future for the TBA and share a tremendous commitment to our mission. Thanks to their generous support the TBA continues to expand its role in helping to connect more alumni in business with the college, and encourage greater collaboration between business and the college.

Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With approximately 177,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$23.39 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2008. Visit www.accenture.com.

HSBC

HSBC Corporate Banking Ireland offers Irish corporates and multinationals a global solution for their business.

As part of HSBC Group, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations, the team in Dublin can bring products and services, such as finance, debt, deposit, transaction banking and foreign exchange services to work for clients.

We have on the ground specialists in the areas of payments and cash management, trade and supply chain, treasury and foreign exchange who can bring the full range of network capabilities of HSBC to life for our clients – this is of particular interest to Irish corporates buying and selling in international markets.

For over 30 years, HSBC’s business in Ireland has continued to grow and prosper and we now employ over 550 people.  In addition to Corporate Banking we provide Private Bank facilities in the Irish market and operate Insurance and Securities Services businesses which provide services to clients throughout Europe.

HSBC Group serves customers worldwide from more than 8,500 offices in 86 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With assets of US$2,422 billion at 30 June 2009, HSBC is known worldwide as ‘the world’s local bank’.  Visit www.hsbc.ie.

Mason Hayes & Curran

Mason Hayes & Curran  is a corporate law firm headquartered in Dublin, with representative offices in London and New York.  It provides a broad range of services to business, institutional and government clients including multinationals operating in Ireland.

The firm is highly praised for the quality and integrity of its lawyers who are well known for their approachable style and entrepreneurial flair.  For over 40 years the firm has nurtured strong international relationships always focusing efforts on delivering successful results for clients.  Our 60 partners and almost 300 staff are dedicated to client service, professional excellence and the right solutions for business success. Visit www.mhc.ie.

NCB

NCB is one of Ireland’s largest independent securities firms and has been a leading provider of institutional equities, wealth management and corporate finance services to our clients for over 25 years. In addition to these activities, NCB also operates in the Investment Funds/Debt Securities and Venture Capital areas. NCB is the only Irish broker with a London office, which opened in 2005, serving institutional and corporate finance clients. NCB’s research has consistently been voted Number 1 in Ireland in both domestic and international surveys. Visit www.ncb.ie for more details.

Pulse Tidal

Based in Sheffield, UK , Pulse Tidal is developing technology which can generate electricity from the water currents caused by ocean tides. At the leading edge of the sector, Pulse is one of only 4 companies worldwide who have deployed a sizeable grid-connected tidal power generator. The 100kW Pulse-Stream machine has been operating for over a year in the estuary of the River Humber in NE England, proving that the innovative “oscillating hydrofoil” design can efficiently generate electricity from the tides.

Late in 2009, Pulse Tidal received an €8m grant from the European Union to take their proven technology to commercial scale. The company aims to deploy a 1.2MW Pulse-Stream device in 2012 – with locations in the Shannon, Scotland and the Channel Islands all under consideration. Visit www.pulsetidal.com.

Irish Times

The Irish Times was established in 1859; the first edition was published on Tuesday March 29th 1859. The real strength of The Irish Times lies with the particular composition of its readership comprising an exceptionally high ratio of business and professional reader. The Irish Times has earned an international reputation as Ireland’s quality daily newspaper. News reporting from throughout Ireland is accompanied by reports from a comprehensive network of foreign correspondents, as well as sports and business coverage, features and arts sections, lifestyle, jobs and property. Each issue contains well-informed background analysis and assessment of the events of the day, and diversity of debate in the daily opinion columns. Visit www.irishtimes.com.