Experience

Design & Crafts Council Ireland

• Ireland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Feb 2020 - Present



Showcase Ireland

• Ireland
• Events Services

• Member Board Of Directors

  • Jun 2021 - Present



Middletown Centre for Autism

• United Kingdom
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair

  • May 2021 - Present



EirGrid Group

• Ireland
• Utilities
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director Public Affairs

  • Jul 2014 - Feb 2020

• Director of External Affairs

  • Jul 2014 - Feb 2020

  Exec Director Responsible for Public Affairs, Customer Relations, Customer Connections and Regulation.



Dublin Business School

• Ireland
• Education Administration Programs
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2013 - May 2014



Vodafone

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Corporate Affairs Ireland

  • Jan 2006 - Aug 2012

  Responsible for managing Vodafone Ireland's corporate relations with media, stakeholders and a broad range of other influencers. Led on co-ordinating cross company action where issues arose which could impact on the reputation of the company. I was a member of the Vodafone Ireland Crises Management Team. Managed the publication of the quarterly results and other key group announcements in Ireland. Oversaw the company’s CR activities, Internal Communcations, Social Media, Corporate and Consumer Communications. I was the executive director of the Vodafone Ireland Foundation Show less



Vodafone Ireland Foundation

• Dublin

• Chairperson/ Director

  • Jan 2007 - Jan 2012



Shell

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of External Affairs and Marketing

  • Jun 2001 - Dec 2006

  I was originally the commercial manager for Enterprise Oil and joined Shell after the takeover in 2002 by Shell when I took on responsibility for External Affairs. It was a very challenging role and I worked on a range of aspects of the project including raising finance, gas sales, energy regulation,public policy and industrial relations issues as well as working to try and find solutions to some of the most difficult public concerns facing the project. I was originally the commercial manager for Enterprise Oil and joined Shell after the takeover in 2002 by Shell when I took on responsibility for External Affairs. It was a very challenging role and I worked on a range of aspects of the project including raising finance, gas sales, energy regulation,public policy and industrial relations issues as well as working to try and find solutions to some of the most difficult public concerns facing the project.



Ibec

• Ireland
• Government Relations Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant director, energy, trade and industrial policy

  • Jun 1995 - May 2001

  My role involved policy and trade association work for a range of sectors including energy companies and large inward investment companies. Specialist in issues around the deregulation of the electricity and natural gas markets and industrial policy issues, including research funding. Spokeswoman on national media on those matters. I was a member of the National Economic and Social Council where I represented employers, the Energy Advisory Board, Technology Foresight and the Industry Monitoring Committee. I also gained extensive industrial relations experience while representing clothing and textile companies on various labour issues to do with wage setting, dismissals and pension issues. Show less



Lafferty Group

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer on Banking and Insurance Strategies, consultant on direct banking strategies

  • 1992 - 1995

  I co-authored two books on financial banking and insurance strategies among the top 500 banks in Europe. I spoke at a number of international conferences on strategy. Book 1 The Direct Service Challenge: Riding the New Wave in Retail Financial Services Delivery by Rosemary Steen, Karen Young, Lafferty Publications Staff ISBN 0948394676 / 9780948394676 / 0-948394-67-6 Book 2 Steen, R., & Lafferty Business Research. (19951994). Allfinanz 2000: How retail financial institutions worldwide organise to provide total financial services. Dublin: Lafferty publications. Publisher Lafferty Publications, Limited Language English Edition Hardcover Show less