Business Leadership: “Accelerating gender balance at all levels”

21 January 2015

#30pcbalance

Science Gallery, Naughton Institute,

Pearse Street, Trinity College, Dublin 2

3.30pm Registration 4-6pm Seminar 6:15-7.30pm Reception & Networking

@30percentclub

www.30percentclub.org

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4.00pm Welcome

Marie O’Connor, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Country Lead, 30% Club Ireland, with opening

remarks from Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

4.20pm The 30% Club Approach

Helena Morrissey, Founder 30% Club and CEO Newton

4.30pm Views from the Top

Moderator - Helena Morrissey

Panel discussion

Denise Wilson, CEO, Women on Boards, Davies Review

Michael Buckley, Chairman, KKR Alternative Investments & KKR Credit Advisors, former Chairman, DCC

Kieran McGowan, Chairman, Business in the Community

4.50pm Ideas to Accelerate Gender Balance

Introduction - Bríd Horan, former Deputy CEO, ESB and Non-Executive Director

Investor Perspective

Jennifer Law, Vice President, Corporate Governance, EMEA, BlackRock Asset Management

Future Work - Delivering Through Diversity

Peter Cosgrove, Director, CPL

Project 28-40

Opportunity Now research focusing on the early-mid career pipeline, Julie McClean, PwC Belfast and

Kathryn Nawrockyi, Opportunity Now

5.25pm Challenging Perceived Wisdom

Introduction - Darina Barrett, Partner, KPMG

Insights on Unconscious Bias

Professor Ciarán O’Boyle, Director of Institute of Leadership, RCSI

Cracking the Code

Rachel Short, Director, YSC, research by YSC in partnership with KPMG and 30% Club

5.45pm Collaborating to Achieve Real Change

Introduction - Carol Andrews, Managing Director, BNY Mellon

Vivienne Jupp, Chairman, CIE and Founder, Board Diversity Initiative

Aongus Hegarty, President of Europe, Middle East and Asia, Dell

6.00pm Close

Marie O’Connor, 30% Club Ireland future plans and closing remarks

6.15pm Drinks Reception

Please note that this is an on the record event and views expressed are not necessarily representative of all 30% Club

members.

With sincere thanks to BNY Mellon and ESB for generously sponsoring this event.

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Marie O’Connor Partner, PwC and Country Lead, 30% Club Ireland

Marie O’Connor is a partner at PwC in Ireland and specialises in providing audit and business advisory services to the financial services industry. Marie is the lead engagement partner on a number of Dublin’s most successful investment fund structures and has advised a number of leading US asset management groups in establishing operations in Ireland. She was the lead partner of PwC’s Irish asset management practice for 12 years until 2007 and was also the Financial Services Leader at PwC in Ireland for the later four years. Marie was a member of PwC’s Global Investment Management Leadership team and PwC’s European IM and FS Leadership executive for many years. Marie has been appointed as non-executive director by the Irish Government over the last 20 years. Appointments have included Dublin Airport Authority, IDA Ireland, Irish Life, National College of Art and Top Level Appointments Committee. Marie is a member of the Irish Chapter of the Ireland US Council for Commerce and Industry and has been a board member of both the American Chamber of Commerce and the Economic and Social Research Institute for Ireland. Marie is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, and is also qualified as a Barrister. Marie has

four adult children.

Helena Morrissey CBE FSIP CEO, Newton and Founder 30% Club

Helena Morrissey joined Newton in 1994 as a fixed

income fund manager and was appointed CEO in 2001.

Newton manages more than £50bn for pension funds,

charities and through funds available to individual

investors.

In 2010, Helena founded the 30% Club, a cross-business

initiative aimed at achieving 30% women on UK corporate

boards by 2015 through voluntary, business-led change.

This has now become an international approach, with 30%

Clubs in the US, Hong Kong, Ireland and Southern Africa.

She also chairs Opportunity Now, Business in the

Community’s gender diversity campaign.

In June 2014 Helena was appointed Chair of The

Investment Association, the UK’s industry trade body

whose members manage £5trn.

In both 2013 and 2014, Helena was voted one of the 50

Most Influential People in Finance by Bloomberg Markets

Magazine. She is a Fellow of the Society of Investment

Professionals, a Fellow of the London Business School and

was appointed CBE in the 2012 New Year’s Honours list.

A Cambridge philosophy graduate, she began her career

as a global bond analyst with Schroders in New York.

Helena is married with nine children.

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Kieran McGowan Founding Chair, 30% Club Ireland

Kieran McGowan is Chairman of Appian Asset Management and of Business in the Community Ireland. He is also Chairman of the Public Interest Board of PwC.

He retired as Chief Executive of IDA Ireland on 31 December 1998. He was Chairman of CRH Plc (2007-2012) and Lead Independent Director of Elan Corporation (2006-2013).

He was Chairman (1998-2000) and President (2000-2002) of the Irish Management Institute. He retired in 2010 as a Director of United Drug plc., in 2009 as Chairman of the Governing Authority, University College Dublin and during 2008 as a Director of Enterprise Ireland Limited and Irish Life & Permanent plc. He was a founder member of InterTradeIreland, the

North/South body set up at the inaugural plenary meeting

of the Irish North-South Ministerial Council, held in

December 1999. He was a director of Co-operation

Ireland.

He was Commissioner General for Ireland in relation to EXPO 2000 at Hanover, Germany and a Board member of the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games Limited. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by

University College Dublin in 2009 and received the Royal

Dublin Society (RDS) Gold Medal for Industry in 2008.

Denise Wilson

Denise Wilson is CEO of the Davies Review for Women on

Boards in the UK, which led the UK's business focused,

voluntary framework for increasing the number of women

on FTSE 350 Boards.

She is also Chair of the Royal Academy of Arts Friends

Board, as well as a non-executive director on the board of

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group and Chair of their

Remuneration Committee. She is also a Trustee of All

Churches Trust and Mentor to senior women and

executives in the corporate and charitable sectors.

Denise spent much of her 30 year corporate career in the

Oil and Gas industry, holding senior executive roles at

National Grid plc, BG Group and British Gas plc. She began

her career in the Insurance sector, having graduated in

Modern Languages and is FCII qualified.

She is a fluent Spanish speaker, passionate about the Arts,

the outdoors and development of women and young

people. She lives with her husband and teenage sons in

Henley on Thames and the Lake District.

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Bríd Horan is a member of the 30% Club Ireland

Steering Committee. She is an Independent Non-

executive Director of FBD Holdings plc, a member

of DCU Governing Authority and of the Council of

the IMI.

In October 2014 Bríd retired from her role as

Deputy Chief Executive of ESB, having spent eight

years on the ESB Executive Team. Prior to joining

ESB as Group Pensions Manager in 1997, Bríd

headed KPMG Pension & Actuarial Consulting.

She served on the Board of the IDA (1996 – 2006)

and as a Commissioner of the National Pensions

Reserve Fund (2001 – 2009) and was a member of

the 2014 Strategic Review Group for the Arts

Council.

Bríd is an Actuary and a Chartered Director (IOD)

and is a Director of Chamber Choir Ireland and a

mentor on the WXN Wisdom Top 25 Mentoring

Programme.

Michael Buckley Founding Chair, 30% Club Ireland

Michael Buckley is Chairman of KKR Alternative Investment

Management and of KKR Credit Advisers Ireland. He is a Non-

Executive Director of UK Asset Resolution and also devotes

substantial time to working with a number of small and medium

sized enterprises on their international expansion, talent

development and management systems. Michael was Chairman of

DCC plc from May 2008 to September 2014, and was previously

DCC’s Senior Independent Director from September 2005. During

his time as Chairman of DCC he embraced the goals of growth

through diversity and in 2013 achieved the 30% Club’s goal of 30

per cent women on the DCC Board.

He was Group Chief Executive of AIB from 2001 to June 2005 and

has served as a NED on the Boards of listed companies in Asia, the

USA and Europe.

Michael is an Adjunct Professor at the College of Business and Law

in the National University of Ireland, University College Cork,

where he chaired the Department of Economics’ Advisory Board

for six years and contributed to the MBA and DBA programmes. He

has a special interest in the seminal work of Edith Penrose, which

provides the intellectual foundation for the resource-based theory

of the firm. He is currently helping to set up the Keynes Business

Practitioner Research Centre at the University.

He is Chairman of the Irish Chamber Orchestra (ICO), a world class

small orchestra which tours regularly in Germany, Austria, the

Netherlands and the USA, as well as throughout Ireland. Inspired

by El Sistema, the ICO has also for the past seven years

implemented a ground-breaking programme using music-making

as a tool for the personal and social development of children from

very deprived communities.

Michael’s personal interests centre on family, the sea, painting,

music and Munster rugby, about each of which he is passionate.

Bríd Horan Steering Committee member, 30% Club Ireland

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Jennifer Law

Jennifer Law is a member of the Corporate Governance

and Responsible Investment (CGRI) team at BlackRock,

based in London. She is responsible for corporate

governance analysis, including voting and engagement

with issuers in the UK, Ireland, and a number of other

markets within Europe and Africa. Jennifer is also

responsible for engaging with other market participants

on corporate governance issues, and contributing to

corporate governance policy development. An active

participant in BlackRock's responsible investment efforts,

she supports the integration of responsible investment

considerations into the investment process.

Prior to joining BlackRock, Jennifer worked at BMO

Nesbitt Burns in Canada managing assets for high net-

worth individuals.

Jennifer holds a Master of Science in Diplomacy and

International Strategy from the London School of

Economics and Political Science. She earned a Bachelor in

Business Administration with a specialism in finance from

the University of Toronto.

Peter Cosgrove

Peter Cosgrove has over 20 years business experience and

is currently a Director with CPL. Peter has a strong

background in helping companies improve their business

by focusing on their people. He is a regular contributor to

the national media on business and talent trends as well

as a speaker at industry events.

Peter is also Chairman of the Not for Profit organisation

Junior Achievement, an organisation targeted at keeping

students in schools to improve their education, and has

just stepped down as President of the National

Recruitment Federation.

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Kathryn Nawrockyi

Kathryn Nawrockyi is Director of Opportunity Now, the gender

equality campaign from Business in the Community (BITC).

Opportunity Now empowers employers to accelerate change for

women in the workplace. Working with a membership of 200

organisations across private and public sectors, the campaign aims

to increase women's success at work – because it's not only good

for business but good for society too.

Kathryn is author of Project 28-40, the largest ever UK study of

women at work. With over 25,000 responses to this national study,

Project 28-40 gives real insight into women’s experiences at work.

Kathryn is now working with Opportunity Now members to move

the development of female talent from a diversity initiative to a

core business priority.

Prior to Kathryn’s appointment as Director in 2013, she was

a Diversity Advisor for Opportunity Now and partner race

equality campaign Race for Opportunity. She also

previously worked on the BITC Community Impact Offer, a

range of volunteering programmes to inspire companies to

work together to tackle key social issues. Kathryn began her

career at PwC in 2006, where she held roles in Banking &

Capital Markets Assurance and Graduate Recruitment.

Julie McClean leads PwC's gender diversity

research team, and working with Opportunity

Now, designed and delivered the Project 28-40

study.

Julie is a social researcher by background, with

over 25 years’ experience of using research to

effect change. Julie is based in PwC's Belfast

office, the firm's Global Centre of Excellence for

market research, and is currently working on a

number of approaches to help organisations

improve their gender balance at senior levels.

Julie specialises in transport, public health,

education and retail & consumer sectors, and

works with her clients to help them understand

the needs and views of their customers, their

stakeholders and their employees. Julie uses this

insight to help her clients make better business

decisions.

Julie McClean

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Professor Ciarán O’Boyle

Dr. Ciarán O’Boyle is a Professor of Psychology and the founding

Director of the Institute of Leadership at the RCSI

(www.rcsileadership.org). He holds BSc in Psychology and

Pharmacology and a PhD both from University College Dublin, a

Diploma in Theology from the Milltown Institute of Theology and

Philosophy, and a Diploma in Organisational Leadership from the

University of Oxford.

He has served as Vice Dean and a member of the RCSI’s Senior

Management Team. Ciarán established the first Department of

Psychology in an Irish medical school in 1985 at the RCSI and he

has been a Visiting Professor of Behavioural Sciences at Trinity

College, Dublin. He established the RCSI Institute of Leadership in

2005 to develop the leadership and management competencies

of healthcare professionals. Each year, the Institute has over 500

professionals taking its Masters programmes at its bases in

Ireland, Bahrain, Dubai and Jordan.

His major interest is in the application of psychology to solving

practical problems. He lectures extensively in Ireland and

internationally and has published widely. He has been a

consultant psychologist to public sector institutions and a range

of national and international private sector organisations in the

military, aviation, financial services and healthcare sectors. For

many years, he was Ireland’s leading consultant aviation

psychologist for pilot selection, and human factors training. He

was also a founding director of the Flight Operations

Management training programme at the IATA in Geneva. He has

provided leadership and management training for the WHO, the

IMI, IBEC, and the Smurfit Business School as well as the

Ministries of Health in Ireland, Bahrain, the UAE, Jordan, Egypt,

Saudi Arabia and Sub-Saharan Africa. His major interest is in the

application of psychology to organisations particularly in the

fields of values-based leadership, diversity, stress management

and work-life balance.

Darina Barrett Steering Committee member, 30% Club

Ireland

Darina Barrett is a Partner with KPMG since 1999

and heads their financial services practice in

Ireland. Her areas of specialisation include

investment management, real estate, structured

finance and aviation.

She is a Chartered Accountant and has a B.Comm

from UCG and post-graduate diploma from UCD.

She is a member of the Steering Committee for the

30% Club in Ireland and leads KPMG’s Diversity

initiative.

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Rachel Short

Rachel is a Director at YSC, based in London. She supports

a range of FTSE 250 clients to build individual and

organisational capability. Rachel’s areas of interest include

diversity and individual, team and organisational

effectiveness. Her coaching assignments frequently

involve helping senior women to progress to enterprise

leadership roles. In addition to her client responsibilities,

she has managed the YSC Online business, and has been

leading the development of YSC’s point of view on female

leaders and gender diversity.

Describing herself as a ‘late bloomer’, Rachel has recently

attracted wider public attention. Her home was featured

in Period Living, then she appeared on Woman’s Hour to

talk about the psychology of game-changers, and most

recently she has covered the launch and publication of

research into why women succeed at work –

commissioned by the 30% Club. Her straightforward,

plain-speaking style seems to work well for a range of

audiences.

Before joining YSC, she worked in Communications in BP

and the European Bank for Reconstruction and

Development. She had a number of HR roles in NatWest

Group, Coutts and Metro Inspection Services. Her

increasing interest in how organisations bring the best out

in people led to her retraining as an organisational

psychologist. Prior to joining YSC in late 2005, Rachel

completed an MSc in Organisational Psychology at City

University, gaining a national award from the British

Psychological Society for her research into age diversity.

Rachel studied Classics, married and had two children at

Oxford. When not working, she is often travelling to far

flung places to visit her husband who works in overseas

development and has just set up a micro-finance

organisation that supports female entrepreneurs in

Zimbabwe.

Carol Andrews is Managing Director and Head of EMEA

Service Delivery for BNY Mellon’s Alternative Investment

Services business, a leading provider of hedge fund,

private equity, fund of fund administration and prime

custody services. Carol was appointed to this role in 2010

and is responsible for fund administration services in

EMEA including NAV and portfolio accounting, transfer

agency and client services. She has extensive experience

with major integration initiatives, regulatory issues and

migration projects.

Prior to her current role, Carol was expatriated to New

York where she successfully established the Global Client

Services model. She joined The Bank of New York in 2006

with the acquisition associated with the AIB/BNY joint

venture. She was seconded to the Brussels office to

manage the integration. Upon completion of that project,

Carol was appointed European head of the client service

team for Alternative Investment Services business.

Carol serves as a Director for BNY Mellon Fund Services

(Ireland) Limited, BNY Mellon Investment Servicing

(International) Limited, BNY Mellon (Poland) SP Z.O.O.

She is a Member of the Ireland Senior Management

Committee, a Board Member of the Corporate Social

Responsibility (CSR) Ireland and an External Board

Member for Junior Achievement Ireland. Carol is a

graduate of the Women’s Leadership Forum, a Harvard

Business School leadership development programme and

is also a Certified Investment Fund Director.

Carol is based in Dublin where she lives with her husband

and son.

Carol Andrews Steering Committee member, 30% Club Ireland

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Aongus Hegarty

Aongus Hegarty serves as President of Dell for Europe, the Middle East

and Africa (EMEA), following his appointment in January 2012. He is

responsible for leading the recently privatised company across the

EMEA region, with the aim to deliver innovative, efficient technology

solutions to its customers.

In this role, Aongus is driving the on-going evolution of Dell’s go-to-

market strategy, building EMEA’s end-to-end solutions capability,

integrating acquired companies and strengthening the omni-channel

approach across direct, partners and online routes-to-market; providing

customers with greater choice and delivering greater value for their

organisations.

In addition to driving Dell’s business in EMEA, Aongus is also the

executive sponsor for Dell’s Global Giving Council in the region;

overseeing the investment of important funding to not-for-profit

organisations. He also co-leads the Dell EMEA Women's Network and is

a member of the Dell Global Diversity Council, chaired by Michael Dell.

An on-going commitment to fostering a better appreciation of diversity

and inclusion within Dell has led to an increased focus at all levels of the

organisation; recognised by Aongus being awarded 'Diversity Champion

of the Year' at the European Diversity Awards in October 2014.

A fifteen-year veteran of Dell, Aongus has held a number of senior roles

within the organisation including Vice President and General Manager

for Dell’s Consumer, Small & Medium Business and Vice President of

Marketing for Dell EMEA. He brought significant technology industry

experience to Dell having previously held senior leadership positions

with Modus Media, RR Donnelley and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Aongus is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management

Accountants (CIMA) and is an active member of the Executive Council

for the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union. He

holds a bachelor's degree in business studies from the University of

Limerick and, in October 2013, was presented with the Alumni Award

for Outstanding Achievement.

Aongus is married with two sons.

Vivienne Jupp Founding Chair, 30% Club Ireland

Vivienne Jupp is an experienced executive

and non-executive director. Currently, she is

the chair of Córas Iompair Éireann and CIE

Tours International. She had a 32 year career

with Accenture (global leader in consulting,

technology and outsourcing) holding a

number of local and global Managing Director

roles and was a member of the global

executive team.

Vivienne chaired a number of Government

commissions including the Information

Society of Ireland and was a member of

several boards in the private and public

sector. She is a member of the Emeritus

Board of the Michael Smurfit Graduate

School of Business and the Board of the Irish

Hospice Foundation.

Vivienne is the Founder of the Board Diversity

Initiative which aims to provide a bridge

between boards and capable and willing

women candidates for those boards.

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Anne Heraty is Chief Executive of Cpl Resources plc, Ireland’s leading provider of specialist

recruitment and outsourcing solutions. Last year Cpl finished the year with over 9,500 people

working on behalf of Cpl on client projects. Anne founded Cpl in 1989 and has played a central role

in its establishment as one of Ireland’s most successful employment services company. As of 2014

their revenues were over €380 million.

As a winner of the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award she is passionate about

helping to nurture and develop new business talent. She has been a member of the Entrepreneur of

the Year Awards judging panel since 2007.

Anne holds numerous business accolades including being the first female CEO of a publicly quoted

company on the Irish Stock Exchange and being named Businesswoman of the Year at the Women

Mean Business Awards in 2014. As one of the founding corporate sponsors of the Science Gallery of

Dublin, Anne is a strong advocator of Science, Maths and IT education in Ireland.

Cpl is a corporate partner of the Ireland Funds, Promising Ireland Campaign, which has raised funds

of over $140M by connecting the global Irish to supporting programs of peace and reconciliation,

arts and culture, education and community development throughout the island of Ireland.

Other Steering Committee Members

Rhona Blake

Ann Fogarty

Anne Heraty

Ann Fogarty is Head of EMEA Investment Operations – Asset Servicing in BNY Mellon. In this role

she is responsible for Asset Servicings, Investment Operations in EMEA. In addition Ms. Fogarty is

the Managing Director of BNY Mellon Fund Services Ireland Ltd. This is the largest Fund

Administration company in Ireland providing Fund Accounting and Transfer Agency services to

Mutual, ETF and Alternative Fund clients.

Prior to this current role she was Head of Human Resources and Change Management at AIB/BNY

Securities Services – a joint venture between the AIB Group and BNY Mellon providing fund

administration and custody services. Previously she was a Director and Head of Operations at

AIB/BNY Trust Company – a sister joint venture to the Fund company providing Custody and Trustee

Services. Prior to this Ms Fogarty worked for AIB Capital Markets where she had responsibility for

Derivatives Middle and Back Office Groups.

Ms. Fogarty has served with the company since 1988 and has extensive senior management

experience of large international funds, Custody and Treasury services sectors. She has served on

various Industry committees of The Irish Funds Industry Association over the years. She is married

with two children and is based in Ireland. She holds an M.A. in HR and is a Graduate member of the

Marketing Institute in Ireland.

Rhona Blake is a Founder Director of FleishmanHillard Ireland and was appointed Managing Director

of the company in July 2005. She specialises in strategic communications programmes, consumer

marketing, business communications, general public relations counselling and media relations. She

has masterminded a wide range of award winning campaigns and she has earned a top reputation in

the industry advising many leading Irish companies on their commmunications strategies.

Rhona has served on the Boards of Tote Ireland, the Irish Heart Foundation and the AA Motoring

Policy Committee. She is currently a Board Member of the Public Relations Consultants Association.

She has taken part in the judging of the European SABRE (Superior Achievement in Branding and

Reputation) Awards and the Image Magazine Businesswoman of the Year Awards. Rhona graduated

from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Economics, she holds a

Certificate in Public Relations from the PRII and was awarded an Honourary Fellowship by the PRII in

2013.

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Rachel is a Partner and Head of Business Development and Marketing at Arthur Cox, one of Ireland’s

leading law firms.

Rachel is responsible for business development strategy and identifying new business opportunities

at Arthur Cox and manages the firm’s client development and client relationship programmes.

Rachel plays a key role in Arthur Cox’s Women in the Firm initiative for which the firm won Best Firm

in Ireland at the Europe Women in Business Law Awards in London in both 2013 and 2014.

A solicitor with experience in financial services and litigation, Rachel is a member of the Board of the

National Maternity Hospital Foundation and is Regional Vice Chair for Europe of Lex Mundi's

Business Development and Marketing Committee.

Rachel was awarded a scholarship at Trinity College Dublin, where she received a first class honours

degree and Gold Medal in Law. She also achieved first place in Irish Bar exams and holds an LL M

from Harvard Law School.

Rachel Hussey

Other Steering Committee Members (continued)

Mary O’Hara is a Partner in PwC’s Human Resource Services’ practice, working with businesses to

achieve and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage through their people.

Mary has more than 25 years’ experience in advising leading Irish and multinational companies

across all sectors in relation to employment taxation, international workforce mobility, workforce

rationalisation and reward planning as well as wider workforce and HR issues. In addition, she leads

a number of specialist teams advising on immigration, executive search, reward and workforce

restructuring.

Among the clients that Mary advises on global mobility matters are several large US headquartered

multinationals in the pharma, food and technology sectors. She also advises a number of large Irish

banks and financial institutions in relation to employment tax, mobility and workforce

rationalisation matters.

Mary is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and an affiliate member of the Chartered

Institute of Personnel & Development. She is a regular media contributor on employment tax policy

matters.

Mary O’Hara

Paula Neary is a client director within Accenture’s Health and Public Service practice, and a member

of Accenture’s Irish Leadership team with responsibility for the Analyst Consulting Group. Paula also

leads the company’s award winning ‘Accent on Women Programme’ in Ireland, which supports the

retention and progression of high performing women in Accenture.

Paula is currently responsible for Accenture’s Defence and Public Safety, Human Services and

Agriculture industry groups within the company’s Irish Health and Public Service practice. She has

extensive experience of leading the successful design and execution of large scale, complex business

and ICT transformation programmes across the public service.

Since joining Accenture in 1995, she has undertaken various roles in the UK and Ireland across a

variety of different industries in both the public and private sectors.

Paula graduated from Dublin City University in 1995 with a first class honours degree in electronic

engineering. She is a board member of the DCU Enterprise Advisory Board and also volunteers with

Special Olympics Ireland. Paula lives in Dublin with her husband Ray and her two daughters Rachel

and Laura.

Paula Neary

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Anne-Marie Taylor is a Management Consultant specialising in programme management. Recent

assignments include a digital initiative for a large media organisation, a restructuring project for a

bank, and programme management for The Gathering. She was previously a Senior Executive with

Accenture where she held a number of positions both in the Consulting organisation and in the

Global Shared Services organisation.

She is co-founder, with Vivienne Jupp, of the Board Diversity Initiative which was established in

2010 to promote the appointment of women to boards. To date, 52 board appointments have been

made from the list of women who have participated in the initiative.

Anne-Marie is a Director of the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the Public Appointments

Service. She is on the Preliminary Proceedings Committee of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland

and the panel of Chairpersons for interview boards for the Public Appointments Service.

She has long been involved in the voluntary sector, particularly in relation to the Hospice Friendly

Hospitals programme for the Irish Hospice Foundation. She was the programme manager for the

production of a cookbook and a book on The Gathering, which together raised over €0.5m for the

charity. She was also Treasurer of the Migraine Association of Ireland.

Anne-Marie is married and lives in Dublin with her husband and daughter.

Anne-Marie Taylor

Emer is a Senior Adviser to Ondra Partners, an independent financial advisory firm. Headquartered

in the UK, with offices in the US and Europe, including Ireland, Ondra specializes in providing high

quality, client-focused and discreet advice to clients on Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategy,

Restructurings and Capital Markets. Ondra serves a single purpose and that is to help clients create

and sustain long term value. Ondra and its founding partners have been active in Ireland for over 15

years.

In addition, Emer runs her own consultancy company specializing in corporate communications and

public affairs. She has a number of pharmaceutical/biotech clients.

Emer spent 12 years working in Elan Corporation, plc, a global publicly quoted

biotech/pharmaceutical company, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. She held the positions of Head

of Corporate Communications and Vice President, Investor Relations. As a member of the Elan

senior management executive team, Emer was involved in creating significant value for

shareholders when Elan was acquired by Perrigo plc in December 2013. Prior to Elan, Emer headed

up the Executive Selection and Search function in PwC.

Emer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) from University College Dublin.

Other Steering Committee Members (continued)

Emer Reynolds

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