Boutique by design, senior by default.
An independent consultancy of three specialists — public procurement, retail, and AI and digital transformation — each delivering their own work rather than passing it on.
The people behind iPro.
Catherine Carmody
Procurement Consulting & TrainingA senior public procurement specialist with over 25 years' cross-sector experience across local government, central government and the private sector. Former Head of the Local Government Operational Procurement Centre (LGOPC), she advises Contracting Authorities on complex, high-value competitions and delivers procurement training from fundamentals to advanced evaluator level. She holds an MA (Hons) in Local Government Management.
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Sean Heaphy
Retail ConsultingA retail and business leader with over 30 years' experience, currently Managing Director of Corrib Oil's retail division and its network of 40 forecourt convenience stores. Having co-founded and scaled H2 Group into one of Ireland's leading independent forecourt operators, he brings deep expertise in retail operations, digital transformation and strategic growth.
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Conor McElligott
AI & Digital TransformationAn AI and digital transformation consultant who helps businesses adopt technology in ways that are practical, well-governed and genuinely used. He recently led retail technology, data analytics and AI implementation across a 1,300-person multi-site group, and holds Anthropic's AI Fluency certification. With a BA in Politics and Psychology and a Diploma in Consumer Psychology, he works from the premise that transformation fails on adoption, not technology.
LinkedIn →iPro is an independent consultancy built around three practices: public procurement, retail, and AI and digital transformation. It began in public procurement — advising contracting authorities on complex, high-value competitions and training the people who run them — and has since extended into the commercial work its consultants came from, in retail operations and in the technology and data that support them.
Between them, the team brings more than fifty years’ experience across local government, central government, retail and enterprise technology — from running tender competitions and Capital Works Management Framework projects to operating multi-site retail estates and implementing AI across a workforce of over a thousand.
Small by design is an advantage.
Being independent and boutique means senior-level attention on every engagement, a direct relationship with the person doing the work, and impartial advice with no hidden ties. In practice, that translates into continuity and accountability from first conversation to final handover.
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