OKC is delighted to welcome Tony Ward to the team. Tony is a chartered accountant and works as an independent consultant and will be assisting OKC over coming months in the areas of business and financial management, strategy and operations and may also be assisting on client-focused projects. 

Tony is currently interim CEO with The Wheel, where he previously held the role of Director of Finance (June 2016 – April 2022) and prior to that was Head of Fundraising with Fighting Blindness (2012 – 2016) and has significant experience in finance, governance, strategy, business development and fundraising in the charity and nonprofit sector. 

Tony is chair of Chartered Accountants Ireland charity and non-profit special interest group and in April 2022 was appointed to the board of the Charities Regulator. 

 Tony lives in Monaghan, married to Eleanor and has two children, Ronan and Rachel. In his spare time Tony is keenly interested in sport and is actively involved in running and cycling for which, as a visually impaired participant, he relies on guides and pilots – by his own admission though at present his main challenge is not his sight loss but his aging body!