Business of Law

Patrick T. Gibbons

Patrick is the Jefferson Smurfit Professor of Strategic Management and until recently headed up the Executive Development programmes at the UCD College of Business. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Strategic Planning and Policy from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior educational qualifications at bachelor’s and master’s levels were gained at UCD.

He has presented academic papers at over 80 international conferences, has published two books and his articles have been published in leading academic journals.

Before entering academia, Patrick worked in a number of financial and corporate strategy roles with KPMG; the Jefferson Smurfit Group; An Post (The Irish Postal Service) and The Investment Bank of Ireland.

Patrick is a Visiting Professor at Nanyang Business School (Singapore), the School for Executive Education and Development (SEED) in Budapest and at the State University of New York-Albany. He previously held visiting positions at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), the European School for Management of Technology  (ESMT-Berlin) and Peking University.

Between 2008 and 2013 he was a member of both the UCD Governing Authority and its principal sub-Committee, the Finance, Remuneration and Asset Management Committee (FRAMC).  He was also the Vice-President of the University, Staff and Administration between 2004-2006, overseeing a period of significant structural change at the institution. He also served as Associate Dean-Academic of UCD Business School between 2007 and 2011.

His consulting and executive development clients have included: Abbott Laboratories; Agilent Technologies; Allied Irish Banks; Alltech; ALMAC; A&L Goodbody; Brown Brothers Harriman; Dairygold; Dale Farm; Dawn Farm Foods; Dalata Group; Department of the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister’s Office); Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (DJEI); Dimension Data; DuPont Asia-Pacific; DuPont Korea; EJ; EY; Enterprise Ireland; ESB; ESRI; Essilor; Failte Ireland; Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA); Geith International; Global Shares; GSK Pharmaceuticals; Google; Health Information and Quality Agency (HIQA); ICON; IDA Ireland; the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO); The Courts Service; Irish Defence Forces; Irish Funds; Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC); Irish Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association (IPHA); ISME; Keppel-FELS Corporation; KPMG-Singapore; Mason, Hayes & Curran; Microsoft; National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI); National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA); Pharmaceutical Managers Institute (PMI); Port Authority of Singapore (PSA); PWC; Santos Dumont; Skoda (Ireland); Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI): Teagasc; Tour East-Singapore; VHI; Vilicom; Volvo Construction Equipment APAC and a number of other small and medium-sized enterprises, professional service firms and non-profit organisations both in Ireland and Singapore.

Category of Individuals

Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents

Employer-sponsored and self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 40 years old and above

SME-sponsored local employees (i.e. Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents)

Funding Source

SkillsFuture Funding (Baseline)

SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy

SkillsFuture Enhanced Training Support for SMEs

Course Fee

$1,038 

$1,038 

SkillsFuture Funding

$519 

$726.60 

Total Nett Fee

$519 

$311.40 

GST of Course Fee (9% x $1,038)

$93.42 

$93.42 

Total Fee Payable to SAL

(including 9% GST)

$612.42 

$404.82 

Course Fee

$1,384 

$1,384 

SkillsFuture Funding 

$692 

$968.80 

Total Nett Fee

$692 

$415.20 

GST of Course Fee (9% x $1,384)

$124.56 

$124.56 

Total Fee Payable to SAL

(including 9% GST)

$816.56 

$539.76 

Category of Individuals

Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents

Employer-sponsored and self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 40 years old and above

SME-sponsored local employees (i.e. Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents)

Funding Source

SkillsFuture Funding (Baseline)

SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy

SkillsFuture Enhanced Training Support for SMEs

Course Fee

$1,297.50 

$1,297.50 

SkillsFuture Funding

$648.75 

$908.25 

Total Nett Fee

$648.75 

$389.25 

GST of Course Fee (9% x $1297.50)

$116.78 

$116.78 

Total Fee Payable to SAL

(including 9% GST)

$765.53 

$506.03 

Course Fee

$1,730 

$1,730 

SkillsFuture Funding 

$865 

$1,211 

Total Nett Fee

$865 

$519 

GST of Course Fee (9% x $1,730)

$155.70 

$155.70 

Total Fee Payable to SAL

(including 9% GST)

$1,020.70 

$674.70