Meet the Team

Meet the Team

Wim de Jongh

Wim de Jongh

Founder & Managing Director

Wim was born in Dublin but grew up in Holland. He spent 25 years as a senior executive in a Multinational Packaging Company before he got to the stage where he wanted to be his own boss.

A lifelong love of quality beer, having grown up drinking Dutch and Belgian beers from Craft breweries meant establishing a micro-brewery was a logical progression of his career

Des McSwiggan

Des McSwiggan

Founder & Head of Sales

For his sins, Des spent much of his career in the financial sector. After a mere 30 year stint he swapped the banks for beers and brewing, reconnecting with his inner twenty something who spent his college years pulling pints in Portmarnock.

An avid comedy fan, our Dessie claims he’s seen every episode of Fawlty Towers over 100 times, and we have to say there’s a touch of the Basils about him!

Des is out on the beat, blessed with the gift of the gab, if he hasn’t been into your bar, watch out because he’s coming for you.

Richie Hamilton

Richie Hamilton

Head Brewer

During his PhD programme in TCD Richie delivered beer on the side before graduating in 2013. An avid home brewer, with a love of Belgian beer, it wasn’t long before he went professional with his first brewing job at Craft Works.
It seems he was fated to work with us as he was the first person to brew Hope at Craft Works while our brewery was being built. In 2016 he joined Boyne Brewhouse where he went on to become Head Brewer before joining us in October 2019 to brew Hope once again!

Dylan Carrig

Dylan Carrig

Brewer
Kevin Mullaney

Kevin Mullaney

Assistant Brewer
Rodrigo Ribeiro Oriá

Rodrigo Ribeiro Oriá

Assistant Brewer
Martijn Swartbol

Martijn Swartbol

Sales & Key Account Manager
Michael Fay

Michael Fay

Marketing Manager

Michael joined Hope Beer in August of 2023. After working for a few years in the bar industry and working as a beer ambassador for Diageo promoting Guinness and their wider beer profile. Michael is a big fan of all craft beer.

Michael looks after all the marketing of Hope Beer from social media content, graphic design for labels and events.

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