Rider on the storm: EY Ireland's Mike McKerr

McKerr took over at EY Ireland as the economy was heading towards the bailout and the firm, as auditor of Anglo Irish Bank, was under siege. But EY has bounced back and is now growing again

Mike McKerr

Mike McKerr is reflecting on when he first took on the job of managing partner of EY Ireland. We are in a meeting room in the distinctive EY Building on Harcourt Street in Dublin looking out on the cranes and construction sites that are filling in new gaps in the cityscape.

McKerr is due to step down on July 1 as managing partner, a role he took on in 2009. We had first ...