New Members November 2025
Welcome to our new FICC Members! Warm bienvenue to Startups Iciar and DFBL, as well as Aideen Cardiff!
Warm welcome to DFBL!
DFBL is a Dublin-based consulting firm helping businesses reduce costs and streamline their operations through structured, data-driven methods. When relevant, we also use artificial intelligence to accelerate analysis and decision-making, always focusing on measurable and sustainable performance results.
Bienvenue to Iciar!
Iciar French Cheese Bar has a full delicatessen with more than 50 cheeses sourced directly from the most prestigious suppliers in France. You can also step into our Parisian-inspired cafe and enjoy exquisitely curated cheese and charcuterie platters, the best Croque-Monsieur in the land, gourmet coffee, freshly baked French bread, croissants, patisserie and sandwiches. All of these are available to take away too. And of course, we have a selection of delectable wines and daily specials to round off the menu too. So pop by for some “joie de vivre” at Whelehans Wines in Loughlinstown.
Welcome to Aideen Cardiff
Aideen Cardiff is an Independent Non-Exec director, business consultant and Executive coach.
Her executive career, spanning three decades in the technology sector, was in leading commercial, technology, and consulting businesses for HP, IBM and Microsoft both in Ireland and in the UK.
As an INED, she serves as Chair of the board of Work Equal, an Irish based charity and board member, ARC committee member and sustainability council member at St. James Hospital. Aideen is also a council member and coach with the Irish Management Institute.
Aideen holds diplomas in Corporate Governance and Compliance, Innovation for Sustainability and a Masters in Business from UCC along with other qualifications relating to OD, Sustainability and Strategy.
Her expertise spans business strategy, commercial growth leadership, digital transformation, and sustainability leadership. She is an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and was listed among the top 30 most influential female channel leaders in Europe (CRN 2020).
Aideen has a keen interest in French culture, having lived and worked in the VAR area of France for a number of years with her family. She maintains close ties to friends and to her local community in France, spending her time between her adopted home and Ireland.
She is delighted to join the France Ireland Chamber of Commerce and is looking forward to contributing to the work of the Chamber and to supporting fellow members, bringing together her passion, knowledge and experience in both business and culture.
