Founded in 2010, Westmeath Global Communications is a consulting firm, which offers communications counsel to companies – large and small. Areas of focus include reputation management, corporate social responsibility, issues management, messaging/positioning and change management. Westmeath Global relies on battle-tested methodologies to deliver results for Fortune 500 companies. As a former chief communications officer and a corporate communications veteran who has lived in the US, Europe and Asia, Anne McCarthy serves as the principal of the firm and is supported by a network of colleagues around the globe.Clients projects include Arrow Electronics, Aflac, Commvault, Qurate, CoBank, DCT Industrial, the University of Denver and other Fortune 500 companies.

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Alliance for Choice in Education (trustee)Denver Museum of Nature and ScienceWoodrow Wilson Center (former member)Domus Pacis (former trustee)Arthur W. Page Society (former trustee)

As part of the Westmeath Global initiative to elevate the marketing and communications profession, Speakers’ Corner VOD aims to provide a convenient, timely and cost-efficient elearning community and professional development program for busy marketing and communications professionals.Anne leads the charge for the Westmeath initiatives and is the visionary behind Speakers’ Corner VOD. Developing a team of contracted individuals to make her dream a reality, she and her team collaborated with professionals from all over the world, assembling 12 speakers to populate the yearlong, subscription-based, video-on-demand series, Speakers’ Corner.Anne is the Founder and President of both Westmeath Global Communications and Speakers’ Corner VOD.

CH2M HILLChief Communications Officer January - July 2012Recruited by client to move from consulting role to staff position. Responsible for brand, reputation,employee communications and corporate responsibility for this $6+billion, global engineering andconstruction firm. A privately held, employee-owned company, CH2M HILL is a “best place to work”with an ambitious growth goal outside the United States. Focused on developing the CEO’s platform(Lee McIntire), the repositioning of the firm, and the creation of a Foundation for this Denver-basedcompany.

Member of the executive committee of the corporation.  Led the global corporate affairs department.  Directed corporate reputation, public affairs, public relations, employee communications, web, events and the Foundation for this Fortune 500 company.

Joined the leader in enterprise software as the head of communications for the fast-growing North America region (under Bill McDermott’s leadership) and served as the head of global product publicrelations, industry analyst relations and customer communications for this German-based software enterprise. Responsible for crafting a compelling message platform to generate awareness of SAP in key markets, while differentiating the company from other software vendors in a consolidatingmarketplace. Promoted to support the Customer and Solutions Operations leader (Léo Apotheker) and the related business units; managed the global media relations team, crisis communications andpartner and channel communications for the small and medium enterprise segment. Served on the Global Communications Management Council, led a competitive initiative to differentiate SAP from its chief competitor and supported large customer events, including SAPPHIRE. Managed a team of 25 communications professionals, a global public relations agency network and a budget of $10 million.

Led the global employee communications function for this 200-year old, Fortune 50 Company with 80,000employees worldwide. Introduced a contemporary communications strategy with tactics that kept theemployees informed and engaged, while advancing the business strategy of the company. Specific areas of focus included leadership communications and change management communications. Developed key messages and programming that aligned with investor relations, media relations and customer communications. Played an instrumental role in the spin off of the textiles business.

Led the global corporate communications department (reputation management, PR, crisis, financial communications, employee communications). Member of the executive management team.

Served as the co-head of this international public relation’s agency’s Corporate Practice. Spearheadedbusiness development initiatives and managed a portfolio of corporate accounts in the area ofreputation management, financial communications and employee communications. Appointed to theagency’s Executive Committee.

Led the integrated marketing communications effort for IBM's $10 billion Server Group (the corporation's traditional line of hardware products known in the marketplace as S/390, RS/6000, AS/400 and Netfinity). Conceived, developed and led a pilot program to leverage IBM's marketing communications investment in 10 developing countries around the world (Russia, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, South Africa, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia). Served as the senior communications executive for IBM's Asia Pacific region, setting the strategic direction for the communications activities for this 27-country region. Developed an integrated communications plan (on an annual basis) for the region and managed the advertising investment and an extended team of communications professionals based in Japan, Greater China, Korea, ASEAN and Australia/New Zealand. Developed a worldwide employee communications strategy to communicate with the 225,000 IBM employees around the world

Conceived, developed and led a pilot program to leverage IBM's marketing communications investment in 10 developing countries around the world (Russia, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, South Africa, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia). Managed global team and budget in excess of $20 million. Aligned advertising, public relations, direct marketing, promotions, events and employee communications programs to deliver a common set of tailored messages to key target audiences. Based in London for three months, served as director of communications for IBM's UK Communications Department - reorganized function, spearheaded process, launched the Marketing Review Board and recruited new communications director.

Promoted to serve as the senior communications executive for IBM's Asia Pacific region, setting thestrategic direction for the communications activities for this 27-country region. Developed an integratedcommunications plan (on an annual basis) for the region and managed a $150 million advertisinginvestment and an extended team of communications professionals based in Japan, Greater China,Korea, ASEAN and Australia/New Zealand. Developed the programming for three successful CEOvisits for Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Led the planning of IBM's sponsorship of the 1998 Nagano Olympics.Spearheaded a study on emerging markets, with special focus on China and India and completed acomprehensive research report on how multinational companies effectively advertise in Japan.Managed a departmental budget of $15 million and a regional budget of $55 million.

Developed a worldwide employee communications strategy to communicate with the 225,000 IBMemployees around the world. Introduced an approach that included print (Think Magazine, ThinkTwice), electronic (e-mail, Internet, worldwide television broadcasts) and face-to-face (town halls)tactics. Worked with divisional teams to streamline messages and coordinate efforts. Introduced anon-line, multi-lingual, global survey that assessed the attitudes of employees in countries on a quarterly basis. Managed the start-up of IBM's presence on the Web and integrated corporate messaging.

Headed the worldwide media relations and crisis communications effort, serving as the seniorspokesperson for this leading food and consumer products company, which included such brands asHanes, Coach, Champion, Ball Park and Sara Lee. Leveraged corporate sponsorships and culturalprograms such as art sponsorships, the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the annual Frontrunner Award.Developed a communications strategy in conjunction with the investor relations function. Introduced amedia monitoring system and an on-line media database. Produced fact sheets on the corporation'sleading positions in major categories and key countries. Managed domestic and international PRteams and the agency network

Served as an account executive on the Abbott Labs and Citicorp accounts. Participated in new business pitches. Developed and executed public relations campaigns.

Developed corporate/financial relations programs for Allied Products Corporation, Leo BurnettCompany and the Kitchens of Sara Lee.