UniHaven is a proudly Irish company providing proactive pathways to tertiary education placements for overseas students. Our focus being on upskilling individuals with means to study and a willingness travel and experience university life on the Emerald Isle. We provide a haven for students where safety and security are always the priority.Starting with the end result in mind; we give guidance to choose specific pathways to specific courses at specific universities. This is the key… Show more UniHaven is a proudly Irish company providing proactive pathways to tertiary education placements for overseas students. Our focus being on upskilling individuals with means to study and a willingness travel and experience university life on the Emerald Isle. We provide a haven for students where safety and security are always the priority.Starting with the end result in mind; we give guidance to choose specific pathways to specific courses at specific universities. This is the key differentiating factor of UniHaven. With the globalisation of the workforce, the competition, especially for recent graduates, is substantial. Adaptability, diversity and resilience are, in our opinion, key skills learned by students who choose to travel away from home and study in a foreign country. The Employer Insights Report 2020 by QS Quacquarelli Symonds (www.qs.com), notes that soft skills are essential to success in a working environment. Through our pathway programmes, our mission is to equip future graduates for successful careers on a global scale. Show less

Asked to take full management responsibility for the three companies and to steer the group into the future.

Employed to bring greater financial control and general business process management to this established SME groupKey responsibilities include the development and implementation of streamlined business development, financial management, project management, production and HR management processes across the group.

Operations Manager for Twisted Image tasked with improving all internal processes.

Employed by this national body to provide advice on education management and policy issues to senior leaders in the university sector in Ireland. Successfully ran large academic leadership development project plus several mini HR, research and administration projects.

Financial Planning Consultant with Canada Life and, post merger in July 2013, with Irish Life. My role was to provide strategic financial planning advice to small business owner/directors, farmers, sole traders, families and individuals on a self-employed (tied agency) basis. The diversity of clients met allowed me to hone my sales and customer relationship skills.

I helped small business owners to strategically grow their businesses. My job was to manage the client relationships, to provide strategic business advice across all aspects of the business and to provide a hands on consulting service to facilitate the growth of the respective client businesses.

Built a Coaching and Training Consultancy business on the back of the previous two year's work to a level of turnover in excess of €100k.Provided simple, effective tools and techniques to help managers to manage their businesses and departments better through the provision of Executive Coaching, Consulting and Management Training services to the public, private and self-employed/SME sectors.Self-published own book in the area of personal development.Became highly… Show more Built a Coaching and Training Consultancy business on the back of the previous two year's work to a level of turnover in excess of €100k.Provided simple, effective tools and techniques to help managers to manage their businesses and departments better through the provision of Executive Coaching, Consulting and Management Training services to the public, private and self-employed/SME sectors.Self-published own book in the area of personal development.Became highly qualified and skilled in individual coaching and therapy interventions from learning and application of hypnotherapy/psychotherapy and NLP thinking and techniques in clinical settings. Show less

Took out a franchise as a management trainer and consultant based on the practical experience gained from managing operational business units in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.I grew my self employed business from scratch without prior sales or training experience to become the top sales person for the company both in Ireland and the UK. Became an excellent professional trainer and presenter through a mix of on the job training and client presentation experience.… Show more Took out a franchise as a management trainer and consultant based on the practical experience gained from managing operational business units in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.I grew my self employed business from scratch without prior sales or training experience to become the top sales person for the company both in Ireland and the UK. Became an excellent professional trainer and presenter through a mix of on the job training and client presentation experience. Delivered management training, personal effectiveness, and personal development courses. Show less

Operational management of all operations functions at the Bray plant. Specifically, I was in charge of Production Planning, Raw Material Purchasing, Production & Packaging, Warehousing & Distribution, EHS and Quality Control.Managed the plant through a period of aggressive growth to help establish the business as a leading player in the Irish Cleaning and Hygiene market through the competent management of 15 supervisors and operatives.Contributed to the success of the wider… Show more Operational management of all operations functions at the Bray plant. Specifically, I was in charge of Production Planning, Raw Material Purchasing, Production & Packaging, Warehousing & Distribution, EHS and Quality Control.Managed the plant through a period of aggressive growth to help establish the business as a leading player in the Irish Cleaning and Hygiene market through the competent management of 15 supervisors and operatives.Contributed to the success of the wider group via membership of Irish company senior management team as well as the Danish regional and German central operations management teams respectively. Show less

Management of production unit on shift basis to ensure production of oral contraceptive products to the highest safety, quality and environmental standards. Production unit planning and management to tight weekly production schedules. Responsible for staff hire and discipline of up to 30 operatives.

Production Supervisor in Penicillin Plant. Managed Bulk Chemical Processing and Packaging units on a 3 cycle shift but predominately on permanent night shifts as the sole plant person in charge.Managed up to 20 operatives.