I am CEO of The Wheel, Ireland's national association of charities, community and voluntary organisations and social enterprises. I work with the Board the staff team to deliver on The Wheel's vision to create a thriving charity and community sector at the heart of a fair, just and inclusive Ireland.

I work as Director of Advocacy with The Wheel and I have responsibility for progressing The Wheel's policy positions on cross-cutting issues affecting the community and voluntary sector, such as charity regulation, funding the sector, encouraging active-citizenship, setting standards and raising awareness of the role and significance of the sector. I represent The Wheel on a range of fora, national and international and also act as one of The Wheel’s lead trainers in the areas of governance… Show more I work as Director of Advocacy with The Wheel and I have responsibility for progressing The Wheel's policy positions on cross-cutting issues affecting the community and voluntary sector, such as charity regulation, funding the sector, encouraging active-citizenship, setting standards and raising awareness of the role and significance of the sector. I represent The Wheel on a range of fora, national and international and also act as one of The Wheel’s lead trainers in the areas of governance, strategic leadership and demonstrating impact. I speak regularly to boards of community and voluntary groups about their governance and trustee responsibilities. I have an MBA from Smurfit Business School, and a Diploma in Development Studies and a degree in psychology and philosophy from UCD. Show less

Responsible for Financial Control, Funding Programme Management, Human Resource Management and Information Technology

General Management. Reporting to Board of Directors. Managing staff of five.

Manager of Wicklow Working Together Ltd, a community development group funded under the Local Development Social Inclusion Programme administered by ADM ((now Pobal)

Coordinating Dundee College's European-funded education programmes. Preparing funding bids. Ensuring beneficiaries tracked in colleges IT system. Representing the college in national and international European-funding-related forums.