User:MartinEJGrogan

Martin Grogan was born the 17th of September 1971 as Martin Edward James Grogan the eldest son of three children of Winifred (Maura) and James Francis Grogan, both from Crumlin in Dublin Ireland. Grogans parents moved the family to Portmarnock where he lived till his 19th birthday. James Francis Grogan was an electrical engineer and entrepreneur, Winifred looked after the three children, Martin, Susan and Alan. Grogan developed his entrepreneurial skills from a very early age working alongside his parents. Grogan was educated at the Portmarnock Community School, in his youth; he was an amateur sportsman, playing Gaelic football with Naomh Mearnog in Portmarnock. He was a member of the local Swimming and Sub Aqua Club. Grogan was involved in many different styles of martial arts from his younger years up to the present days where he teaches students as a master with a 2nd Dan in Hapkido and combative martial arts. He started his career with the electrical sector with Securicor for a number of years; he then worked with Smurfit Print in Glasnevin for a number of years as a sales executive, looking after such clients as Dell in Limerick, Microsoft and Waterford Crystal. He then started a career within the financial services within sales and marketing, building a name as a go getter. Grogan worked as a European Business Development Manager for the FAI Finance Corporation with their HQ in Australia. He secured multi million pound contracts during his time with FAI working in Australia, New Zealand and throughout Europe based in the UK. The call of the entrepreneur eventually arrived with Grogan when he setup DeWAR Estates ltd in 2004 and still is the CEO, it trades as DeWAR.ie and operates throughout the North and South of Ireland. The company is a property and facility Maintenance Company, the business has grown to be a household name and multi million euro business, employing a large work force. Grogan lives in Kinsealy with his wife Hazel and sons Niall Sean, Pierce Jack, Fionn & Oisin