Meet Our Team

Estelle Davis | Managing Partner

Operations, Risk, Compliance, HR, Legal, INED

Estelle joined Brightwater in 2004 and set up Brightwater Executive in 2011. She personally recruits across financial services, semi-state and public bodies for senior hires at CEO, CRO, COO, CCO, CLO and Director level in Underwriting / Product / Change / Sales etc. In June 2017, Estelle was appointed to the Group board and in  September 2018, she was part of the senior team that led the MBO of Brightwater Group. She holds a BBS in International Business & Japanese, a Diploma in Corporate Governance, CGI and Accredited Thomas International, PPA.

Contact Estelle on+353 1 5927844 or [email protected]

Warren Hilton | Partner

Accounting, Finance, Tax & Treasury

Warren joined Brightwater Executive as a Partner in January 2021 and focuses on Director, Head of Function, C-Suite and positions across finance, tax and treasury across all sectors. He covers roles such as CFO, Finance Director, Group Financial Controller, Heads of Function across Audit, Internal Controls, FP&A and Finance Strategy, Group Tax etc. His assignments span Semi-State, Public Sector, Financial Services, Industry B2B and B2C sectors.  Warren began his recruitment career in London in 2006 and has specialised in Accounting, Finance and Tax for over 16 years. He has an extensive network and track record in Ireland and the UK and holds a BA in History.

Contact Warren on +353 1 592 7882 or [email protected]

Alan Finnegan | Partner

Operations, Sales, Marketing, Communications, HR & Technology

Alan joined Brightwater Executive as a partner in August 2021 and focuses on senior executive roles and board level appointments for Operations, Sales, Product, Marketing and IT across a broad variety of industry sectors including Tech, FMCG, B2B & B2B Services, Semi-State and Not-For-Profit. He is a highly experienced recruitment professional with over a decade’s experience in running a recruitment company in Ireland and the UK.  He brings with him a wealth of commercial experience and extensive market knowledge and holds a BA in Accounting & Finance. Alan is also CIPD qualified.

Contact Alan on +353 1 592 7889 or [email protected]

Kayleigh McCann | Executive Researcher

Kayleigh joined the Brightwater Group in 2015 as an Associate Consultant, moving to Brightwater Executive in December 2016 as an Executive Researcher. She works alongside the Partners across an array of industry specialisms, supporting the research, market mapping and sourcing of C-suite, non-exec directors and senior management level professionals in the market across all sectors including Technology, Telecommunications, Consumer (B2B, B2C), Financial Services, Semi-State, Public Sectors, Professional Services, Financial Services, Construction and Manufacturing. 

Contact Kayleigh on +353 1 662 1000 or [email protected]

Alex Homan-Russell | Executive Researcher

Alex is an experienced recruiter and executive researcher, with over 15 years' experience in the recruitment industry. He has worked across a variety of industry sectors including Technology, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Semi State, Public Sector, Professional Services, Financial Services, Construction and Manufacturing, recruiting across senior levels, supporting new teams builds and key strategic hires for SMEs through to multinationals. He joined Brightwater Executive in March 2021 and now supports the Brightwater Executive Partner team. 

Contact Alex on +353 1 662 1000 or [email protected]