 Niamh Shiells – AC Ireland Acting Chair
Niamh is an AC Accredited Coach, Licensed Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming, Member on the International Society of NLP and an Approved Institute of Leadership & Management Provider. She has been involved in people development for over twenty years and has worked solely as a professional coach for the last five in her company Advance Coaching. Niamh has considerable business experience working at a senior level within the public and third sector in London and Northern Ireland where she has spearheaded significant growth strategy and led operational management of diverse projects and staff portfolio. She is a Founding Council Member of AC Ireland.
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 Gay White – AC Ireland Head of Professional Forums
Gay White, a Registered Work and Organisational Psychologist, founded Zero One Consulting in 2006, specialising in Management, Personal Development and Leadership Programmes. An AC Accredited Coach, she offers clients a range of coaching services; Business and Executive Coaching, Individual and Team coaching and Career Coaching. A Fellow of the Irish Institute for Training and Development, Gay also lectures on Postgraduate programmes. Gay brings a wealth of experience to her Coaching practice gained over the past 30 years, primarily in Learning & Development roles. |
 Ray Ryan – AC Ireland Head of Finance
Ray is a Chartered Management Accountant and has worked as a Finance professional and Senior Manager in the Pharmaceutical and Logistics / Supply Chain industries prior to becoming a director of Maybe International. With Maybe International Ray specialises in Business Partnering and Business Intelligence initiatives along with Performance Improvement and Change Management. As a coach Ray supports people at all levels in their organisations to work effectively and to go after their true potential. Transforming the finance function within a business and creating an environment of decision support and partnering are keen areas of interest.
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 Johanna Fullerton – AC Ireland Head of Corporate Membership
Johanna is a Business Psychologist and the founder of SEVEN, Psychology at Work. She is a registered member of the PSI and a Chartered Occupational Psychologist with the BPS. Johanna is also a founder member of the Association for Coaching Ireland (AC) and is currently the Head of Corporate Membership for the AC Council. Johanna was previously the Managing Partner of a leading practice of Business Psychologists in Dublin and is the author of a number of publications, including the award winning 'Managing the Mosaic; Diversity in Action'. Johanna has over 19 years experience consulting and coaching in a range of organisations. She has worked within the private and public sector and on both a national and international level. Her consulting services extend beyond coaching to include talent management, leadership development, selection and assessment and the management of diversity. |
 Trudy Arthurs – AC Ireland Head of Operations
Trudy Arthurs is a professionally qualified, experienced coach, NLP practitioner, and facilitator. She has worked in the people-development arena for nearly 20 years, specializing in leadership, communication skills and confidence coaching.
An Accredited Coach with the Association for Coaching, she is also the Head of Operations of the Association for Coaching in Ireland. She is currently completing her first book 'Lead Your Life-Love Your Life', and is a regular contributor of media articles on coaching and personal development. Dancing Leopards Ltd was incorporated in 2006. We have worked with groups and individuals in a broad cross-section of sectors, including the Police Service of Northern Ireland, manufacturing, government departments, healthcare, hospitality, education and professional services, right across the UK. |
 Orla Graham – AC Ireland Head of Professional Standards & Excellence
Orla Graham is Head of HR with Deloitte in Ireland. Her expertise combines 18 years working in HR with Marks & Spencer, Coca- Cola and Deloitte. Deloitte with 1200 employees is Ireland's fastest growing professional services firm Deloitte has been voted one of the Top 50 companies to work for the past 8 years. Deloitte's product is people. As Head of HR Orla believes that the business will continue to grow and develop only by being able to motivate and retain the best people - and by offering them an environment where they are challenged and engaged to deliver their best work. Orla has a diploma in coaching from the Coach Institute. She is an accredited coach with Association for Coaching and holds the position as Head of Professional Standards and Excellence with Association for Coaching in Ireland. |
