Chief Executive
CurrentDirector, researcher and editor on Transparency International Ireland’s programmes including: - Speak Up: Western Europe’s first free-phone ethics and anti-corruption helpline- Adviser to the Irish Government on the Protected Disclosure Act 2014- Anti-corruption and National Integrity Systems trainer on behalf of the UNDP, Tajikistan 2007- Ethics and Whistleblowing Trainer for the Irish Insurance Institute 2012- Editor ‘An Alternative to Silence – Whistleblower Protection [Law] in Ireland’ 2010- Co-author of Transparency International global Policy Position on Whistleblowing 2011 - Development of Whistleblower Policies and Investigation Protocols- Lead Researcher/Designer of EU Ethical Lobbying Framework project 2013 - Editor/Co-author, National Integrity Systems Studies for Ireland, 2006 to 2009, and 2012 - Editor, TI Progress Reports for Ireland on the OECD Bribery Convention, 2005 to 2013- Expert Stakeholder for OECD on Business Anti-Corruption Systems (2005)Lecturer and guest speaker on ethics, anti-corruption and whistleblowing to a number of Irish and European universities. Moderator, expert participant and guest speaker to the Council of Europe and OAS on whistleblowing (Strasbourg 2009, Bogota and Strasbourg 2013), the OECD on corruption (Paris and Kazakhstan 2008), OSCE on corruption and civil society (Dublin and Prague 2012), and the UNODC (Vienna 2014). Author and researcher for numerous policy submissions to the Irish Government on white collar crime, financial regulation, the regulation of lobbyists, anti-corruption legislation (forthcoming) and whistleblowing.Regular expert contributor and analyst for the Irish media on ethics in public office, corruption, and whistleblowing. Board member (2007 to 2010) and advisor (on-going) to Transparency International on international whistleblower law, conflicts of interest and National Integrity System methodology. Active member of the International Whistleblower NGO Network.
