‘Never forget where you’ve come from and who you really are’

Be yourself, even early on in your career when it’s hardest, advises chartered surveyor Aoife Brennan, a director at Lisney estate agency

Aoife Brennan, head of Lisney’s research department Picture: Fergal Phillips

Aoife Brennan is a director at Lisney and head of the estate agency’s research and consultancy department. A chartered surveyor, she joined the company 14 years ago. She has been a director since 2016. Lisney employs 135 people at its Dublin headquarters and six residential branch offices in the Republic and the North.

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