Gráinne Dwyer Email & Phone Number

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Gráinne Dwyer is co-founder & CEO of www.heritage.ie, Heritage is an award-winning female led production company, and one of the leading #NetZero companies in Ireland - servicing clients in Europe, US, UK, and the Middle East. In 2023, Heritage launched their own directors roster, fostering some of the best commercial & music video talent in Ireland & the UK. Gráinne has worked over the last 7 years crafting her experience as a Producer & EP, working on advertising campaigns for brands… Show more Gráinne Dwyer is co-founder & CEO of www.heritage.ie, Heritage is an award-winning female led production company, and one of the leading #NetZero companies in Ireland - servicing clients in Europe, US, UK, and the Middle East. In 2023, Heritage launched their own directors roster, fostering some of the best commercial & music video talent in Ireland & the UK. Gráinne has worked over the last 7 years crafting her experience as a Producer & EP, working on advertising campaigns for brands like Heineken, DHL, FreeNow, Microsoft, Irish Examiner, Cisco, Codex Beauty, An Post, and Chill Insurance. Gráinne & her team have also produced music videos for artists like Burna Boy, Ed Sheeran, Rudimental, Pillow Queens & The Scratch. Gráinne was a producer of “Two for the Road” a Screen Ireland Focus Short, which was Academy Award Longlisted for the 2024 Oscars & IFTA 2024 nominated.www.heritage.ie Show less

United States

The YTILI Fellowship Program will engage a cohort of young European entrepreneurs in program activities to enhance the transatlantic dialogue between business leaders from Europe and the United States and create sustained cross-cultural collaboration. https://ytili.org/about-ytili

Dublin, Ireland

https://scaleireland.org/ Supporting Ireland’s innovative companies to scale is essential to safeguarding our collective economic future. An independent non-profit providing the bridge between the startup ecosystem and government, our mission is to secure a more supportive policy environment that empowers Ireland’s innovation-driven enterprise to succeed and scale.

Ireland

Going for Growth Programme - supported by KPMG & Enterprise IrelandGoing for Growth is an initiative to support female entrepreneurs who have been trading for at least two years and are strongly focused on growth. Most owner managers agree that it can be a very isolating experience and it can be difficult to find someone on your wavelength who understands the issues involved in successfully growing a business. The Going for Growth round table initiative is designed to address these… Show more Going for Growth Programme - supported by KPMG & Enterprise IrelandGoing for Growth is an initiative to support female entrepreneurs who have been trading for at least two years and are strongly focused on growth. Most owner managers agree that it can be a very isolating experience and it can be difficult to find someone on your wavelength who understands the issues involved in successfully growing a business. The Going for Growth round table initiative is designed to address these challenges.Going for Growth was designed and developed by Paula Fitzsimons, the National Director, and is coordinated by the Fitzsimons Consulting Team. Now in its 17th year, Going for Growth has supported over 950 women entrepreneurs to achieve their growth ambitions and measures its success in terms of the participants’ increased turnover, additional employment created and the number of new exporters. Show less

Brussels Area, Belgium

Skibbereen, Co. Cork

Chief Executive Officer,Ludgate Hub, Skibbereen, Co. Cork IrelandCompany Summary:- Ireland's first ever rural digital hub with 1Gb connection- As featured in the South West Action Plan for Jobs, Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Irish Government 2015-2017- It is the objective to facilitate 75 digitally working entrepreneurs of which will create a wealth of new jobs in the West Cork area.- Resulted in a generation €4 million per annum for the local… Show more Chief Executive Officer,Ludgate Hub, Skibbereen, Co. Cork IrelandCompany Summary:- Ireland's first ever rural digital hub with 1Gb connection- As featured in the South West Action Plan for Jobs, Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Irish Government 2015-2017- It is the objective to facilitate 75 digitally working entrepreneurs of which will create a wealth of new jobs in the West Cork area.- Resulted in a generation €4 million per annum for the local economy.- Attract national & international start ups: Two private investors also contributed over €450,000 of a seed capital fund to entice new start-ups to locate in the hub.- Enable the creation of over 500 direct jobs and 1000 indirect jobs in the West Cork area by 2020.- Become the leader in rural innovation and entrepreneurshipPress cuttings:http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/ludgate-hub-bringing-silicon-valley-to-skibbereen-1.2742695http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/south-by-southwest-how-skibbereen-built-a-gigabit-broadband-town-34936234.htmlSee www.Ludgate.ie Show less

- 15th April (2015) Irish Uplands Forum: Research for a Sustainable Future, Trinity College Dublin- 8th May (2014) Conference of Irish Geographers, University College Dublin, Ireland.- 3rd April (2014) 10th Annual Tourism & Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland.- 28th November (2013) Rural Development: The Sixth International Scientific Conference, Aleksandras Stulginskis University Akademija, Kaunas district, Lithuania.

Co. Kerry

- Research Assistant INTERREG IVB NWE Rural Alliances Project

Education record

Nfq Level 9 - Masters By Research And Thesis In The Department Of Geography, Sustainability Studies, Honours

Activities and Societies: Departmental Teaching Assistant Postgraduate President

Nfq Level 8 - Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Geography And History, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Member of Students' Union, Class Representative for Geography class 2011-2012

Melbourne, Off Campus Placement, Environmental Science

Spain, Off Campus Placement,, Renewable Energy & Environmental Geography

Education record