Meet The Team

Noelle provided business development training, education and public affairs consultancy to a wide variety of both private and public sector clients. She held management consultancy positions in Accenture; headed up the Training, Education and Development function of the Construction Industry Federation, and was formerly a Director on the Board of Skillnets.
Noelle also has significant experience in the co-operative and third-level sectors. She holds an MSc in International and European Politics from the University of Edinburgh and a BA Hons in European Studies and Languages from UCC. She is also a Fellow of the Irish Institute of Training and Development, a member of the CIPD and the Institute of Directors of Ireland, and a member of the Board of Alliance Française Ireland.

having most recently worked in the Pharmaceutical sector for central European markets.

Prior to this Shane provided outsourced IT, Finance and Operations consultancy to SMEs throughout Ireland, developing and improving processes to drive growth and improve profitability. Shane graduated from UCD with a Bachelor of Commerce (International) with German and has worked extensively in Germany and Austria.

and referendum campaigns, including as Communications Director of a campaign group during the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. More recently, Sharon led Communications and Public Affairs for the Irish Refugee Council and was Press Officer for the newly established, Child and Family Agency.
Sharon has an LLB from Trinity College Dublin, a Master’s degree in politics from Queen’s University Belfast and a Diploma in Public Relations awarded by the Public Relations Institute of Ireland.

and New Zealand with a focus on public affairs, political consultancy and social change communications. Most recently, while based in London, he worked with governmental clients in the UK, the EU and Africa on crucial issues facing society, including extremism, deforestation, migration, and tribalism. Prior to this, he led the European Green Party’s media team in Brussels, working closely with member parties in EU Member States and beyond.
Rory holds an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Visual Media Communications.

Prior to working at EM Ireland, Ciarán worked in banking and finance and as a Schuman Stagiaire in DG Finance in the European Parliament. Ciarán graduated from the Quinn School of Business, UCD with a Bachelor of Commerce International Hons.

 in designing and driving effective communications strategies for the organisation, as well as coordinating the organisation’s flagship educational initiative, The Blue Star Programme. Ryan has graduated from University College of Cork with a Masters in International Relations.