About Us
Why work with Lionheart?
Having trouble keeping up with your regulatory requirements?
At Lionheart, we provide independent assessment and advice, delivering clear, objective, and unbiased insights in a candid and timely manner.
Patrick Downes
A dynamic, experienced and results orientated senior leader with diverse corporate experience gained across management, sales, strategic & operational roles.
Patrick is an impactful and client-centric leader with a strong commercial background and a history of transforming, building, and sustaining teams and growth across the public and private sectors.
With an authentic and engaging style, he adopts a pragmatic approach to navigating complex, fast-moving, and ambiguous scenarios. An effective decision-maker, influencer, and change agent he has a proven performance track record with national and global organizations and a history of successfully building and leading highly effective teams to drive and deliver growth and market share performance.
Executive career underpinned by extensive voluntary service and board appointments.
Specialties:
Corporate Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, NPD, Strategy, ESG, Board Evaluations, EDI, Government Relations, Diplomacy, Transformation, CRM, Risk Mitigation, Cyber Risk for Boards, Sustainability, Communications, Strategic Negotiations,
Experienced Professionals
The Partners and Consultants at Lionheart are all trained professionals who excel in their field. All of our team are highly qualified and have years of experience in the field of Corporate Governance.
We also have a panel of specialists who we retain for particular assignments in order to enable us deploy with a unique breath and depth of industry knowledge and experience across Private Companies, Public Limited Companies, Financial Services Organisations and State Bodies.
Unique Approach
The Lionheart approach is based on an innovative and result-oriented process that provides an efficient, compliant, and completely confidential report to our clients with bespoke, independent assessment and advice.
We deliver clear, objective, and unbiased insights in a candid and timely manner. We help our clients to design and implement robust governance frameworks and processes which enhance compliance and foster and improve their business.
Assurance to Stakeholders
Our Online Board Evaluation adds value to corporate reputations and enhances stakeholder confidence by underpinning your transparency with our robust procedures.
We can deliver a Board Evaluation within 4-Weeks.
Our Clients
Testimonials
“We have worked with the team at Lionheart who have guided us in regard to our Corporate Governance requirements and found them to be excellent in terms of domain knowledge and providing us with efficient and effective solutions. I can highly recommend them.”
Frank Buckley, Business Owner at USP Financial
FAQ's
1. Who do you work with?
We have experience working with boards in state bodies, educational and sporting bodies, corporate and multinational entities, charities and NGO’s, representative bodies and SME’s and individual chairs, non-executive directors and company secretaries.
2. What sort of training do you offer?
We provide corporate governance workshops, masterclasses and downloadable modules which can be purchased via our website.
Our training is accredited for CPD by the ICMCI and our bespoke board training is delivered virtually by expert board practitioners with extensive corporate governance experience and deep domain knowledge.
3. What standards do you work to?
We work to the Swift 3000 code of practice for corporate governance assessment in Ireland which is accredited by the national standards authority (NSAI). Lionheart is also accredited to ISO 20700:2017 by the international council of management consulting institutes (ICMCI) and we maintain a discipline of keeping up to date with best practice. We are firm advocates and signatories of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and incorporate our CSR ethos into how we serve our clients.
4. Where do you provide your services?
Lionheart had pivoted to a virtual model in early 2019 and is one of the first accredited Zoom partner’s in Ireland which is our preferred secure virtual platform however we also provide services across the respective digital platforms designated by our clients. We equally deploy partners for onsite consultations and board training modules as our clients require.
5. How much will it cost?
We understand that organisations have different requirements at different times, and we aim to make our services accessible to all those who need it regardless of size or budget. If you are interested in learning more about how you can ensure compliance with your corporate governance needs please avail of a complimentary consultation with one of our partners so we can discuss your requirements.
6. Can you assist boards in succession planning?
Yes we work with client boards and provide a successful niche non-executive director search and need onboarding and induction service.
7. How long does an evaluation take?
Typically, a board evaluation undertaken by the Lionheart team will be completed in six weeks.