Gerard O'Neill
Chairman
Gerard O’Neill is Chairman of Amárach Research. Gerard studied economics at the LSE before working at The Henley Centre for Forecasting in London. He then became business planning manager in An Post, before setting up Henley Centre Ireland. Subsequently re-named Amárach Consulting, the company grew through the acquistion of a number of businesses, including Field Research Ireland and Research Solutions.
The companies were merged to form Amárach Research in 2008. Gerard was previously chairman of the Marketing Society, and is a director of the Irish Direct Marketing Association. He is also a member of the Irish Taxation Institute's Strategic Policy Group, and was recently appointed to the external advisory board of UCD's Institute of Food & Health. He speaks and writes regularly on the business impact of economic and social change. He does his own blogging thing over at www.turbulenceahead.com
Email: gerard.oneill@amarach.com
Direct dial: 01 410 5200
our blog
Switching on to Recovery
Thu, 09 May 2013
Our Economic Recovery Index is four years old. The latest issue looks back to April 2009, and includes new analyses relating to switching, Irishness and price sensitivity.
Cloudy Outlook
Thu, 09 May 2013
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD today joined Microsoft as part of National Cloud Week to launch the findings of the second annual Microsoft/Amárach Cloud Index. The Index focuses on tracking the adoption of Cloud Computing amongst …
Social Media at Work
Mon, 06 May 2013
A new report from William Fry has found that Irish workers spend nearly an hour a day on social media – at work. Based on surveys for William Fry of Irish employers and employees by Amárach Research. View here.
The Biggest Opportunity
Tue, 30 Apr 2013
Despite everything – the recession, emigration, austerity – we’re still having babies. More than everyone in Europe (pro rata) it seems. The result: by 2026 we’ll have a population over 5 million, according to the latest CSO forecasts. It depends …