I don’t want to be totally in property. That’s probably another big lesson I’ve learned

After the death of her father Liam, one of Ireland’s biggest developers, in 2008, Emma Maye battled the banks and Nama to sort through a €649 million legacy debt to come successfully out the other side

Emma Maye Pic: Fergal Phillips

CV: Emma Maye

Role: property developer, businesswoman, investor

Age: 41

Hobbies: tennis, cooking and photography

Favourite movie: Julie & Julia

Favourite book: “Out of my 200 cookbooks, one by Neven Maguire or Darina Allen”

In 2008, Liam Maye, one of the biggest property investors and developers in the state, died. That was in early summer, and months later, Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Irish property prices were already on the slide. ...