Ms Eimear McGeown

Biography

Eimear McGeown is a lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Finance at University College Cork (UCC) where she specialises in financial accounting and entrepreneurial finance.   Eimear is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland and an Associate of the Institute of Bankers.  She has a broad range of experience in the private sector including accounting, corporate finance and banking.  This experience has formed the basis of her PhD study on the role of non-bank finance in the Irish SME sector.  Her PhD is an empirical study on the determinants of the demand and supply of non-bank debt finance to the SME sector in Ireland and the impact of same on firm performance.

Grants and Honours

• 28/10/2022 - Best Paper in Entrepreneurial Finance, Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• 28/10/2021 - Best Paper in Entrepreneurial Finance Track, Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• 01/07/2013 - Associate of the Institute of Banking, The Institute of Banking, Ireland
• 20/12/2000 - Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland, Chartered Accountants Ireland

Other Activities

• 15/09/2020 - Irish Accounting & Finance Association
• 10/07/2020 - Getting Back to Business After the Covid-19 Shutdown, Cork University Business School
• 15/05/2019 - Irish Accounting & Finance Association
• 14/11/2018 - Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• 05/09/2018 - Irish Academy of Management
• 17/05/2018 - Irish Accounting & Finance Association

Research Domains

• Accounting education  
• Entrepreneurship  
• Family Capital  
• Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
• Finance  

Publications