Conor Costigan

Age: 55 · Location: Dublin, IE · Frame: operator (Founder-back-compounder-alumnus) · Judge tier: 1 · Judge Focus-44 rank: 1

DoB: 1971-01 · CH officer: wIwpsP5dS5WRKWcRxwP5DNM-WCc · CRO IE: SBCC Healthcare Services Limited (797775) · Nationality: Irish

Former CEO / MD DCC Healthcare (SBCC Healthcare Services vehicle — unverified)
_Company: None; former DCC Healthcare._

Sole director + shareholder, SBCC Healthcare Services Limited (CRO IE 797775, incorporated 18-Sep-2025) — Irish personal-services consulting vehicle set up ten days after Investindustrial completed the DCC Vital purchase and five days before he began resigning his UK DCC directorships. Also Interim Chief Commercial Officer, Excelsia Labs (Trikala, Greece — EU-GMP + BRCGS gummy CDMO). Both defined-term post-DCC engagements. NACE 7022 consultancy activities; no website, no LinkedIn page, no press.

Ran DCC Healthcare 19 years, ~30 acquisitions, £859m revenue, £88m operating profit, 3,000+ staff — then walked at the Investindustrial £1.05bn completion Sep-2025.

Resigned every UK directorship 23-30 Sep 2025 as Investindustrial closed £1.05bn purchase of DCC Healthcare — 19yr / ~30 acquisitions / £859m revenue / £88m op profit / 3,000+ staff.

ICAI 1989-93 + ex-KPMG Dublin + 28yr DCC lifer (F&B → IR → Healthcare rotation). SBCC Healthcare Services = post-DCC Irish vehicle flagged for Vmm CH-IE — if he is already re-vehicled, availability read changes.

CEO / Managing Director, DCC Healthcare (a division of DCC plc, FTSE-250) — 19-year tenure ending Sep-2025. 28-year DCC lifer (joined 1997; rotated F&B → Investor Relations → Healthcare). Coordinated the DCC Vital sale to Investindustrial, announced 22-Apr-2025 and completed 8-Sep-2025 at £1.05bn / $1.41bn EV (~12× FY24 adjusted operating profit) with £130m deferred to DCC plc as seller. Coordinated resignation cohort: Costigan 23-30 Sep 2025, Hamer 20 Nov 2025 (6 DCC entities same day), Moran 31 Mar 2026 (17 entities same day). Deal advisers: Taylor Wessing management-side.

AVAILABLE — resigned all UK DCC directorships Sep-2025; POST-DCC IRISH VEHICLE SBCC HEALTHCARE SERVICES flag (Vmm CH-IE verify pending)

Outreach window: APPROACH NOW

FREE AGENT WITH CONSULTING SHELL (Adam's phrase). HoldCo cash-out — Costigan did NOT roll to Investindustrial's Vital Healthcare Group (contrast Moran, who rolled as CFO Vital Healthcare Group; and Hamer, decompression). SBCC incorporated within days of walking → expected to be doing something (advising, consulting, possibly transitional invoicing to Investindustrial) rather than retiring. Does NOT suggest already building a competitor. The "if you're already building something of your own" line in outreach still earns its place.

DCC/Fannin peer or Oaklins Capnua (Eamonn Hayes); Investindustrial as £1.05bn counterparty is also warm-intro node

• Owen Curtin (b.Aug-1954, Ballincollig, Cork) — shared pre-DCC mentor of BOTH Costigan AND Judge-40 target Tara Kearney via Fannin. Curtin was Fannin UK director 1996-2003; Kearney is public-record "Curtin protégé from 2003"; Costigan joined Fannin as F&D Director 2003-08-28 (4 months after Curtin resigned). One intro reaches two Focus-44 targets simultaneously. Curtin is not currently in Adam-44 canonical.
• Kevin Murray (b.May-1959) — post-DCC Harvest Energy / Prax Group 2012-2015; UK fuels-distribution senior circle.
• Post-close Fannin UK operators (Sep-2025 Investindustrial appointments): Enda Scott (b.Jun-1978, Newbridge Kildare) + Christopher Robert Soanes (b.Jun-1968, Harpenden), appointed alongside HealthCo Investment Ltd directors Jain + Podbury.

operator (Founder-back-compounder-alumnus) · Judges/Danaher/ITW/Lagercrantz · L4 bracket DEEP · L1=5 L2=5 L4=5 L5=5 L6=5

Path to seat: compounder_alumnus_freshly_released

81 / 81 UK Companies House appointments are DCC-portfolio only. Pure DCC company man 1997-2025. Zero personal / independent boards ever. Deep but narrow public identity. Outreach tone: "cash-out from 28-year platform, paused with a consulting shell" — not "serial-founder ready to move fast".

• Leinster Rugby supporter — Dublin south-side private-school rugby-circuit signal.
• Favourite destination: South of France.
• Podcast interest: The Long Now — compounder-thesis-aligned philosophy.
• Boyhood football team: Arsenal FC 1978-81.
• Family with kids (two dogs + two rabbits + hamster).
• Residence: Shankill Village (Glenarm, Eaton Brae — same address as SBCC registered office).
• Absent from public philanthropy record (not on Community Foundation NI ambassadors board).

• ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland) 1989-93.
• Ex-KPMG Dublin trainee / audit.
• Undergraduate education NOT publicly surfaced (LinkedIn Education section 999-walled).
• No Australian-university signal in public search (the only Australia reference in searches is Excelsia Labs sales-market coverage, not Costigan education).

Data gap: Confirm SBCC Healthcare Services identity; plc covenant expiry date; Investindustrial retention offered/declined

Data gap: L6 evidence-only rescore: Recent (Sep-2025) full-exit from 19yr CEO seat; SBCC Healthcare Services vehicle noted on LinkedIn = probable next-thing signal

• SBCC 2-shareholder structure — usually spouse-and-self for Irish personal co, but could be a business-partner. Worth one question in the first conversation, not before it.
• SBCC use for Investindustrial transitional invoicing? (Possible per Adam — worth a light touch.)