Your Instructors
Your instructors at the European Auction Academy are successful auctioneers, business leaders and professionals who are ready, willing and able to give of their time and talents to make your course experience possibly the most important of your professional life.
DENIS BARRETT Head Instructor & CEO
He is a specialist Master Auctioneer. He conducts public auctions for all types of asset class, from small ticket items to Multi-Million Euro Real Estate Auctions, from Heavy Machinery to Real Estate and from Equine to Livestock.
He has conducted business throughout the world, in locations as diverse as Europe (Ireland, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and Eastern Europe), the Middle East (Dubai) and the Far East (China and the Philippines).
His success is based on his belief that ‘You should always give a greater service than is expected of you.” He is comfortable in Black Tie hosting Benefit Auctions as well as doing Multi-Million Real Estate Auctions.
He has been an Irish Government Department of Agriculture approved lifestock valuer since 2001. He is an officially recognized Auctioneer for the Irish Holstein Frisian Association, the Irish Limousin Cattle Society, the Irish Aberdeen-Angus Association and the Irish Simmental Cattle Society. He has decades of experience of pedigree livestock.
He was honoured to be awarded the Chuck Cumberlin Memorial Sportsmanship Award at the 2015 International Auctioneer Championship (IAC) competition. The award was created in honour of Hall of Fame auctioneer and former NAA President Chuck Cumberlin.