The Team

Rory Gillen

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, a former senior fund manager with Eagle Star, Ireland (now Zurich Ire.) and a co-founder of Merrion Capital in 2000 where he was Head of Equity Research among other roles for several years. In all, he has spent over twenty five years working in the financial services industry. He founded GillenMarkets in 2005 as a stock market training company and obtained approval from the Central Bank of Ireland to provide investment advice in 2009. He is a regular contributor to the financial media in Ireland.

Ardle Culleton

Mr. Culleton is a Director & Shareholder of GillenMarkets and has been with the company since its foundation in 2005. He has 18 years experience in the Financial Services Industry.  He has been awarded the Qualified Financial Advisor QFA designation by the Institute of Bankers . He is a member of CFA Ireland.  He manages the operational side of the business, carries out one-on-one mentoring with clients and has coordinated investment clubs for many years.

Susan Hayes

Susan is a member of CFA Ireland. She won a CFA Level 1 Scholarship (Passed Level 2) and has a BSc (Hons) Financial Maths & Economics. She acts as a training consultant for hundreds of GillenMarkets’s clients. She delivers presentations to various groups on investment matters and is a regular contributor to local and national media.

Claude Saulnier

Claude’s role is to ensure the IT infrastructure and security of GillenMarkets work smoothly. He brings over 22 years of IT expertise with the last 10 years focusing on the Internet. He is a graduate from University of St Etienne (France) and Coventry University (UK) and has been working with us since the company was launched, supervising the various iterations of the website.