Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland

New appointees with Addleshaw Goddard, Stepstone Group, Orbitus, Primark, JDA Architects and St John of God Hospitaller Services Group

New roles: (top row) Piaras Power, Jennifer O’Brien, Christopher Paye; (bottom row) Claire Taaffe, Douglas Ahern, Jerry Dempsey.

Here is a selection of people starting new roles with Addleshaw Goddard, Stepstone Group, Orbitus, Primark, JDA Architects and St John of God Hospitaller Services Group.

Piaras Power has been named as a partner in the finance and projects practice of law firm Addleshaw Goddard in Ireland. He joins from Eversheds Sutherland. He brings more than 20 years' experience as a partner working in acquisition finance, cash flow, asset-based lending, real estate and development finance, with a focus on residential, healthcare and alternative asset sectors. Piaras will work with Ray Byrne, partner and head of finance in Ireland, and John Kearns, partner, structured finance and debt capital markets. The firm’s new office at Fitzwilliam No.28 in Dublin now hosts 90 solicitors, with the firm adding 15 new hires in the last year.