John Hannaway (born 1958) is an Irish senior accountant from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Hannaway was born in the Rock Street district of the Falls Road, Belfast, in 1984. He attended St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast, and afterwards Queen's University Belfast (1976–1979), from which he graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons.) in economics and accountancy.
In 1988, he became a partner in Cooper and Lybrand (now PWC) at the age of 30 years. On retirement in 2013 he established HCA Chartered Accountants. [1]
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