Patrick has been Grenadier Holdings principal shareholder since 1998. He is currently the Executive Chairman. He previously held the position of Group Chief Operating Officer (COO) with Adare Group and held various positions with Clondalkin Group during the 1980s. 

Patrick is highly experienced in driving growth, with an emphasis on acquisitions and business transformation.

Mrs Lis ASTALL (Independent administrator): Lis Astall is a British citizen. She graduated from London School of Economics (LSE) with a BA (Hons) in French, economics and politics. She has also studied at Nice and Grenoble universities. Lis spent 27 years at Accenture carrying out diverse roles, including Managing Director for the implementation of technology development projects in the public sector in Europe, Middle-East; Africa and South America between 2006 and 2009. Before that (2003-2006), Lis was Managing Director for private and public technology development projects in Britain. During her career at Accenture, she was also on the board of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the LSE.

Now retired, Lis is a non-executive Director of diverse boards including the Standard Bank, the Joint Forces Command, the UK Sport and the Digital Jersey. She is also on the board of the Social Mobility Foundation and President of the PPR Foundation.

Dominique Durant des Aulnois joined Grenadier Holdings (formerly Paragon Group) in 1997, he is a Group shareholder and was the General Manager of the Identification Division for many years. A highly experienced manager, he has established Paragon Identification as one of the market leaders in access control for urban transport through the development of services and the “RFID” technology. He played a key role in the successful integration of newly acquired companies creating the Identification Division inside the Group. Prior to that, Dominique had managed Paragon Identification SAS, set up in 2000 as a spin-off of Paragon France, and had successfully grown the company in the French and international markets.

He started his career with the Dutch Océ Group (1984-1997), now integrated into the Canon Group in which he held managing positions in Sales and Operations, both in France and in the United Kingdom. He was specialised in large format drawing machines for the CAD-CAM market.  Dominique is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne, Switzerland (1983).

Sarah Crean is an accomplished finance professional with a wealth of experience in financial analysis, auditing, and company secretarial roles. She currently serves as the Group Financial Analyst and Company Secretary at Grenadier Holdings in Dublin, Ireland, a position she has held since October 2018.

Previously, Sarah was an Assistant Manager at PwC Ireland, where she worked in the International and Domestic Business Audit division from October 2014 to October 2018. During her tenure at PwC, she completed a six-month placement in Accounting and Finance at Facebook in Dublin.

Sarah's academic background includes a Bachelor of Business and Law (BBLS) from University College Dublin, where she graduated in May 2014. During her undergraduate studies, she took a gap year to intern in the R&D Tax Credit Department at KPMG and completed a summer internship at Beauchamps Solicitors in Corporate and Commercial Law.

She is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA) with Chartered Accountants Ireland, having completed her CAP I in 2014, CAP II in 2015, and FAE in 2016. In addition, she obtained a Certificate in Company Secretary Law and Practice from the Law Society of Ireland in June 2024.

Shareholder and Board Member of Grenadier Holdings (formerly Paragon Group)

Mr Salmon is the Finance Director of Grenadier Holdings since 2000 and also holds several positions within the Group, including the position of Managing Director of Paragon Identification SAS. He is also the President of Service Point Solutions, a company listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange and part of Grenadier Holdings.

Following his graduation in finance from the Paris Dauphine University, he finished his training at Deloitte. He began his career in the US at Xerox Corporation in California. Following his return in Europe, he became CFO for Quebecor Worldcolor and then worked at KKR/Batteries Duracell in France.

Pauric Crean holds the role of Investment Manager at Grenadier Holdings and is responsible for all M&A activities across Grenadier Holdings’ investment companies. 

Pauric joined Grenadier Holdings in 2018 and has completed over 30 acquisitions with the business since then. Prior to joining Grenadier Holdings, Pauric worked in private equity. He holds an MSc Finance and BComm from University College Dublin (Smurfit Business School).

Liam is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, having trained with KPMG Ireland. Liam is an experienced finance leader bringing extensive experience of financial management and capital markets in an international manufacturing environment.

Prior to joining Grenadier Holdings, Liam held senior finance roles in Greencore Plc and more recently Ardagh Group where he was Group Finance Director of Operations.