‘You should be open and honest with your team’

Each week, we profile one of Ireland’s corporate leaders, tracing their career to date and exploring the lessons they have learned along the way. This week, we meet Niall Dorrian of Linked Finance

Niall Dorrian, chief executive of Linked Finance Picture: Fergal Phillips

Niall Dorrian is chief executive at Linked Finance. The peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform was founded in 2013 by Peter O’Mahony and employs 24 people in Dublin.

Linked Finance uses technology to connect SMEs looking for finance with private lenders. In its first year, the company lent €832,000 to businesses in Ireland across 45 loans.

Last year, it provided more than €24 million in P2P loans. More than 18,000 lenders have signed up to ...