Consultancy & Training Team

Teresa Casserly

Position
Director, Training & Development and International Services

Design and development of learning initiatives, development of mentoring frameworks, evaluation of training and learning, training of frontline staff in quality service and the...

Aidan Horan

Position
Director, Training & Development and Consultancy Services

A qualified accountant with a diploma in International Financial Reporting and Auditing, Aidan is a director in the Consultancy, Training and Development directorate at the Institute of Public Administration. He provides...

Siobhán Bradley

Position
Senior Change, Leadership and Organisational Development Consultant

Siobhán facilitates individuals, teams and organisations to meet strategic and change objectives. This involves providing organisational advisory services to senior public sector managers in the areas of...

Dr. Philip Byrne

Position
Senior Local Government Specialist

Philip is working with the IPA for 20 years and is presently a Senior Local Government Specialist where he is the Director of the key accredited programmes for local government staff and has responsibility for managing all the following services to...

Noreen Fahy

Position
Senior Governance and Finance Specialist

Noreen is a Senior Governance and Finance Specialist with the IPA with responsibility for audit and assurance systems including finance. Noreen joined the institute in 2004 as a Finance Specialist and in 2007, Noreen moved into a Senior Specialist role...

Dr. Nicolas Marcoux

Position
Senior Governance Specialist

Nicolas is a Senior Governance Specialist providing assistance and consultancy to various state and semi-state bodies, charities and not-for-profit organisations on issues regarding good governance arrangements, Board effectiveness and impact assessment.

Edwin Maguire

Position
Senior Human Resource Management Specialist

Edwin is a Senior Human Resource Management generalist involved in the design and delivery of a range of skills development programmes for HRM practitioners and line managers. Edwin is also an experienced consultant...

Maebh O’Connor

Position
Human Resource Management Specialist

Maebh is currently a member of the IPA Human Resource Training and Consultancy Team and prior to this she was a member of the IPA Leadership and Management Team. Maebh’s core activity is the design, development and delivery of employee...

Kate O'Donnell

Position
Governance Specialist

Kate is a Governance Specialist with the IPA. She comes from a legal background having practised as a Barrister in various areas of civil litigation and in local authority law...

Jane O’Reilly

Position
Leadership and Management Specialist

Jane is a Leadership and Management Specialist whose area of interest is in developing managers’ potential to optimise their own performance and that of their staff within organisations. She has extensive experience in developing and facilitating...

Martin Speers

Position
Head of IT Training and Education

Martin currently manages the IT Training and Education Unit of the IPA and this responsibility also includes the delivery of components of two very successful MSc. programs with UCD, the MSc in Computer Science (Conversion Course) and MSc in...

Dr. Tom Ward

Position
Governance Specialist

Tom is a Governance Specialist with the IPA with responsibility for developing and delivering governance services to public bodies and non-profit entities, and promoting good governance. He re-joined the Institute in May 2017...