Shareholders

Jim Thorpe, ROD Managing Director

Roughan & O'Donovan is an independent firm owned by our shareholders who lead our people. The strength and depth within our leadership team enables us to deliver exceptional project outcomes for our clients.

Aonghus O'Keeffe

Aonghus O’Keeffe

Director

Aonghus is a leading member of our bridges team, overseeing the delivery of major infrastructure projects from feasibility through to construction supervision.  He has over 15 years’ experience serving public and private sector clients in Ireland, the UK and Europe.

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Barry Corrigan

Director

As our environmental team lead, Barry has successfully delivered many of the biggest road projects in Ireland through the planning process. He specialises in Environmental Impact Assessments for infrastructure projects and has extensive experience of Appropriate Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment.

Daire O'Riagain

Daire Ó Riagáin

Technical Director

Daire has more than 17 years’ experience in the design and construction of projects across a range of sectors, including rail, bridges, roads and drainage.

Eoin Ó Catháin

Eoin Ó Catháin

Director

Eoin is responsible for managing our urban transportation, greenways, ports and energy portfolios. He is experienced in leading and collaborating with multidisciplinary design teams on large public and private infrastructure developments. 

Harry Meighan

Harry Meighan

Chairman

Harry was appointed to the role of chairman in 2021. A civil engineer, chartered member of Engineers Ireland and registered consulting engineer, he specialises in the procurement and contract administration of major projects.

Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe

Managing Director

Jim was appointed to the role of managing director in 2021, having previously served as company secretary and a director of the company. He has more than 35 years’ transportation design and project management experience and has worked on road, rail and bridge projects in the UK, Ireland and Singapore.
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Joe Kelly

Director

Joe brings more than 20 years’ international experience in civil engineering, specifically bridge engineering, to his role as director at ROD. He is an expert in non-destructive testing and the inspection of reinforced and prestressed concrete, masonry and steel bridges. 

Lewis Feely

Lewis Feely

Director

Lewis leads ROD's Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) team, overseeing the delivery of projects from initiation, design and procurement through to commissioning, operation and maintenance.
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Marc Jones

Director

Marc serves as both company secretary and a director at ROD. He has extensive experience, both nationally and internationally, in the delivery of multidisciplinary civil infrastructure schemes for the employer and contractor under traditional, D&B, ECI and PPP forms of contract.

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Mark Kilcullen

Director

Mark is responsible for leading ROD’s railway activity. He has extensive experience of road, railway, bridge and structures engineering, both in Ireland and abroad. He has undertaken the roles of project director and team leader structures on numerous design and build and PPP schemes.

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Seamus MacGearailt

Technical Director

Seamus is responsible for managing ROD's transportation and buildings teams. A fellow of Engineers Ireland, he has prepared numerous environmental impact assessments for major infrastructural projects across Ireland. 

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Tony Dempsey

Chief Bridge Engineer

Tony is responsible for our major national and international bridge projects, managing all stages of the bridge development lifecycle from feasibility study, preliminary and detailed design to construction supervision.

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