‘I would have an optimism about the resilience, adaptability and agility of entrepreneurship that exists in Irish business’

KPMG played a key role in cleaning up the remnants of the crisis, and managing partner Shaun Murphy took over in the midst of that recovery. Here, he discusses its past and present challenges – including Trump and Brexit

Shaun Murphy, managing partner at KPMG Ireland: ‘At the height of it, we were effectively running a bank’ Picture: Fergal Phillips

An olive green military truck is parked outside KPMG’s headquarters on Stokes Place in Dublin 2. A group of women file out of the building and onto the truck. As part of its corporate social responsibility plan, the Big Four accountancy firm is paying for a 1916 city tour, and the women are availing of it.

A few call out to Shaun Murphy, the managing partner of KPMG, who is posing bashfully for ...