This role was created to design and deliver a programme that fostered engagement for an increasingly remote team as we came out of Covid lockdown, being intentional about how, when, and why we brought people together. Informed by input from staff focus groups & informal feedback on behalf of the Head of UK & Ireland, over time it progressed into the development and support of inclusive & belonging initiatives, with Employee Advocacy Groups as a core component.Creating ongoing opportunities to listen, be listed to, connect, and grow a sense of belonging. • Development and delivery of staff inclusion and engagement programme of initiatives in UK&I. Providing colleagues with meaningful opportunities (both related to business solutions & cultural identity) to come together to grow as individuals, as teams and as a business.• Worked with employee community to create, develop, grow and support series of Employee Advocacy Groups.• Member of the UK&I DE&I Committee, working to implement best practices within the KF business.• Created an agile internal comms program that is engaging and inclusive for colleagues. Constantly soliciting input and feedback from our people to both inform leadership of the mood on the ground and to allow the belonging program to be reactive. • CSR Chair, Dublin. Driving engagement in altruistic opportunities to build team and staff wellbeing (since 2018). • Part of internal Hiring Managers Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit development team.• Covid 19 officer for Dublin, developed protocols, presented training, prepared office for safe re-opening. Oversaw and advised on continued adherence to Government guidelines. (Since start of Covid in 2020 - 2022).• Part of the UK&I project “Elevate” whose objective is to elevate the KF brand in FTSE100 & 250 businesses.• Committee member of the UK&I Wellbeing program team (since its inception in 2020).• Member of the Global KF CSR team that received the Platinum MarCom Award in 2021.

Role became more focused on client delivery element of the work I had been doing since joining KF. I was also drawn further into the development of a sense of inclusion in the Dublin team.• Focus on internal team inclusion and engagement in Ireland.• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Chair, driving engagement in altruistic opportunities to build team and staff wellbeing. • Member of the Ireland Steering Committee whose objective is to promote best practice and culture.• Project co-ordination of assignments for two key stakeholders, engaging with clients and candidates.• Manage internal systems for projects ensuring best practice.

I was invited to join Korn Ferry in 2017 in the role of EA to the Financial Services & Life Sciences Senior Client Partners within the Executive Search Business.• Worked with two new sectors to the Dublin business, I providing EA support, assisting Partners with internal networking and embedding to the business. • Quickly became the local KF systems super user working collaboratively across functions providing support & guidance.• Project co-ordination of assignments for two key stakeholders, engaging with clients and candidates.• Managing accounts, creation of assignment documentation and reports.

In 2014 Aviva Ireland was moving from being a stand alone business to a branch of the UK thus releasing funds held as a requirement of Solvency II back to group. As part of the same rationalisation of the business the staff was reduced in size from circa 1,800 based in Dublin to 730 staff. • Represented and managed input & outputs from teams across the L&P business on a major building reorganisation as part of the re-structure & renovation process. Worked closely and collaboratively with the overall project lead.• Acted as L&P Representative in organisation of the composite One Aviva 2017 Broker Conference.• Part of the staff learning & development programme team ‘Engine’.• Worked with internal Comms team on various projects, notably the Aviva Ireland Awards & Aviva Europe ACE awards.• Part of the Aviva Ireland CSR team, key driver on engagement and fundraising ‘Strictly’ project.• Provided support to a series of senior managers in the Aviva business for both long term and short-term cover including the Chief Risk Officer, the Head of HR, The Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, and the Head of Communications. Routinely covered the office of the CEO.

Supported three MD’s in the role from 2006 – 2014. In Feb 2010 UKIL closed to new business. As part of the closure many functions were outsourced to Capita with a core management team of 13 retained. This team was relocated from IFSC office to Aviva Ireland's main offices on Hatch Street, Dublin 2. In August 2016 UKIL was acquired by Harcourt Life.• Worked with Company Secretarial, managing online CBI portal (registration of Directors), compilation of board packs.• Collaborated with facilities & IT to ensure smooth transition of office change & acted as local facilities lead for team.• Chair of the Sports & Social Committee.• Managed internal staff comms, managed all internal & external events.• Collated & measured annual engagement survey results. Tracked outcome actions.• Leadership engagement in roll-out of Group cultural programme.