Get to know your dedicated team

Marie Ainsworth
Founder, Pension and Investment Specialist

Marie is a highly experienced financial advisor to individual clients from all walks of life in addition to being the trusted advisor to many of Ireland’s most successful businesses.

Marie’s career in the financial services industry has seen her spend over 25 years delivering financial advice as a business owner of Mount Street as well as holding senior roles and directorships in many of Ireland’s household investment institutions such as the Irish Pensions Trust, Canada Life, AON, BCP and Liberty Asset Management, Athena Securities Limited.

Marie is also a Fellow of the Irish Institute of Pensions Managers, a graduate of the Marketing Institute of Ireland, a Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA), Retirement Planning Advisor (RPA) a QPT (Qualified Professional Trustee), SIA (Specialised Investment Advisor and Pensioneer Trustee.

When she isn’t providing a dedicated service to her clients, Marie can be found teaching people how to ski or how to improve their skiing. During the snow season, Marie spends most of her annual leave in the Austrian, Italian or Swiss Alps with family and friends.

Claudia Creane
Director, Financial Advisor and Pension Specialist

Claudia is a dedicated financial services professional with 7 years experience specialising in life and pensions advice. She holds a degree in International Marketing and Spanish from the Institute of Technology Sligo.

She also is a Qualified Financial Advisor(QFA) and a Pension Trustee Practitioner(PTP)

She has extensive knowledge of company and personal pension plans having managed some of Ireland’s largest company pension schemes from pension set-up right through to pension draw-down including tailored pension plans, personal retirement bonds and ARF/AMRFs.  

Claudia has a wealth of experience building meaningful relationships with her clients and guiding them on managing their pensions and wealth creation plans. 

In her spare time Claudia being the keen globe trotter that she is, might be exploring a new part of the world as she is a seasoned and passionate skiing enthusiast. She has found a new love for sea swimming and attends CrossFit classes 4/5 days a weeks.

Sheila Bredican
Chartered Accountant and
Pension Specialist

Sheila is a chartered accountant with a broad depth of business experience in a number of industry sectors, including technology, financial services and retail.

She has been with Mount Street for the last three years and has overall responsibility for the finance function.

She is also involved in the administration and management of the Small Self Administered pension schemes for which Mount Street acts as pensioneer trustee. A graduate of NUIG Galway and UCD, Sheila is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland.