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Biography

Based in Dublin, Ireland, I am a board chair, director and board advisor to professional service firms having previously spent 25 years with A&L Goodbody including twelve years as Managing Partner and seven years leading its London office. I began my career as an M&A and capital markets lawyer. My current roles include being board chair of a law firm in the Baltics, board chair of a PE backed specialist accountancy firm and board advisor to a EU alliance of French, German, and Italian law firms, an Irish law firm and the Irish office of a global property advisory practice. Earlier roles include over a decade on the Advisory Board of Accenture Ireland and projects with law firms and their leaders in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Australia and Poland. I am also Board Chair of Social Entrepreneurs Ireland and a member of the advisory board of the IBA Law Firm Management Committee. I am an accredited executive coach (EMCC) and work with MPs, senior partners and c suite directors on leadership development.