Keynotes
Keynote Speaker
Sept 2024- Keynote Speaker- Enterprise Educators UK Annual Conference, Queen’s Ulster University.
Dec 2024- Keynote Speaker - Two Chicks Future Female Entrepreneur @vent- End of Year Goals Setting- London.
May 2024- Panelist at InvestHer Summit - "Global Funding Ecosystem - Countries & Policies Supporting Women Entrepreneurs & Access to Finance" Dublin.
Feb 2024- Panelist at The Ireland Funds Great Britain Women in Business & Philanthropy Lunch – Women Entrepreneurial Leaders, London.
May 2023 – Panelist at 2023 CPA Annual Conference- Family Business Succession.
April 2023: Keynote Speaker- 6th International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR)- 20-21 April, Ulster University.
Nov 2022: Keynote Speaker- Freie Universität Berlin - Hello Diversity- Women’s Digital Entrepreneurship Conference
Oct 2022: Keynote Speaker - 17th the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) Workshop on Family Firm Management.
Oct 2021: Keynote Speaker - British Academy event on STEMM Women, Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation.
Nov 2020: Keynote Speaker at DCU’s Transform and Scale-up Conference
Nov 2020: Keynote Speaker at EBN Congress- “Regional Ecosystems shaping European Innovation”. EBN is a network of 140 quality-certified EU|BICs (business and innovation centres), and 40 other organisations that support the development and growth of innovative entrepreneurs, start-ups, and SMEs.
June 2019: Keynote Speaker at Diana Impact Day, Boston where 200+ entrepreneurship stakeholders congregated to collectively explore practical solutions, develop best practices in acceleration and funding, and generate needed policy solutions.
Jan 2019: Keynote speaker at PwC Event on Diversity and Inclusion.
Sept 2018: Keynote speaker at Google Event on The Entrepreneurial Mindset
April 2018: A keynote speaker at the Skillsnet Ireland SME Research Stakeholder Conference - Stimulating SME Growth in Ireland.
March 2018: Keynote speaker at Bank of Ireland and Enterprise Ireland’s International Women’s Day Event.
March 2016: Keynote speaker at the 2016 PWC Family Business Survey
In the news
Media Coverage
Feb 2025: RTE Brainstorm- Do workplaces really need bro culture and 'masculine energy'?
March 2023: RTE Brainstorm- 5 things women should know before starting a business
July 2021: The Irish Independent: Does working from home mean falling down the career ladder?
Feb 2018: Forbes: Do Women-Only Networking Groups Harm Female Entrepreneurship?
Feb 2019: The Irish Times: DCU gets €1m funding to examine issues affecting female entrepreneurs (Funding part of EU initiative to improve gender equality through institutional change)
March 2018: The Irish Times: Entrepreneurship: what’s gender got to do with it?
March 2018: Women Mean Business: The Entrepreneurial Mindset
March 2017:The Irish Times: Business networking for women only: Is there still a need?
Oct 2015: The Conversation: Do Tech Accelerators have a sexism problem?
On the air
Radio
August 2023: I was invited to appear on Kildare KFm’s to talk about the "Five things every woman should know"
June 2016, I was invited to appear on Dublin City Fm’s “Women Hour” to comment on the role of Women in Family Businesses with Trish McConn from Dualway.
Podcasts
Podcasts
Feb 2025: Featured on the Lead Well Podcast with Mark O'Reilly
April 2021: Featured on the Women in Leadership Podcast with Angie Mezzeti. (3rd most downloaded)
Photo Gallery
May 2018: Invited to Áras an Uachtaráin by President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina to celebrate Female Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Creativity and the Sustainable Economy.
March 2017- Bank of Ireland International Women’s Day Event
June 2022: The Diana Conference and Impact Day, with the Ukrainian Ambassador Larysa Gerasko
March 2016: Keynote speaker at the 2016 PWC Annual Family Business Survey Launch
Nov 2020: Keynote Speaker at EBN Congress- “Regional Ecosystems shaping European Innovation”.
Sept 2018: Keynote speaker at Google Event on The Entrepreneurial Mindset