Nadalette La Fonta

I am a messenger of words, conveying my upheavals and convictions in my books:  “Our storms are as big as our dreams: A Manifesto for not missing out on life”, my latest which has just been released, and “The  Leaning Reed, the story of a wonderful operation” , so that they demonstrate to you that […]

Katie Chalcraft

Katie is a grief educator and grief coach. With over 20 years of experience as a facilitator, she has created transformative experiences for individuals and organisations across over 20 countries, including international development organisations, multinationals, and the United Nations. She holds an MA in Mindfulness-based Core Process Psychotherapy. In September 2020, Katie’s parents were diagnosed […]

Joanne Hession

Since her teenage years, Joanne Hession has been asking herself one question, over and over: am I on the right path – and if not, what am I going to do about it? That question took her from a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master’s in Business Studies at University College Dublin, including further study […]

Donal O’Brien

Donal O’Brien is founder and chairman of Abrivia Recruitment Specialists and lead partner of Abrivia Executive. With more than twenty years’ experience in executive search, recruitment and leadership consulting, he has advised multinational organisations, high-growth businesses and thousands of professionals on career development, leadership and organisational transformation. As the author of Finding Your True Passion […]

Donagh Horgan

Donagh Horgan is an urban development expert and academic-practitioner whose work bridges civic and service innovation, architecture, and urban design, with a research focus on social innovation in the built environment. He leads a living laboratory looking at societal transitions in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and outside academic practice works closely with cities internationally through Bloomberg Cities, […]

Brian Pennie

Brian Pennie is a doctor of neuroscience and psychology, a lecturer at Trinity College Dublin, an author, an award-winning TV presenter, a podcast host, and the founder of Change is Possible. Having transformed his own life after overcoming heroin addiction in 2013, Brian now works with individuals and organisations around the world to show that […]

Barbara Louise Brennan

Barbara Louise Brennan is an award-winning mental health advocate, keynote speaker and founder of Mental Health Matters. A suicide survivor with more than 15 years of national leadership in mental health, she combines lived experience with expertise in workplace mental health, human rights and organisational culture to help people better understand themselves and others. Barbara […]

Anne Connolly

Anne Connolly is the visionary founder of Cohousing Communities Ireland, pioneering a model already proven in countries like Denmark — intentional communities where people over 50 design and shape how and where they want to live into their later years.  Homes with their own front doors and genuine privacy, set within shared spaces and shared […]

Amanda-Jayne Comyn

Amanda is a Director at Circulo, a specialist tax advisory practice. She is a Barrister-at-Law, Chartered Tax Adviser, and Trusts and Estates Practitioner (TEP) with over 25 years’ experience advising on complex tax matters. Amanda has extensive expertise in corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations, property transactions, and stamp duty, as well as trusts, succession […]

Sonya Lennon

Sonya Lennon is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur, social innovator, and international speaker with over thirty years’ experience in business and leadership. As founder of Dress for Success Ireland (now Work Equal), Sonya has empowered over 4,000 women to achieve employment and economic independence, evolving the organisation into a leading advocate for workplace equality. She also co-founded […]