Our People - Plan International Ireland

Geraldine Kelly

Margaret Gilsenan

Muireann O’Briain

Kevin Carroll

Harry Goddard

Adrienne Symes

Ray Bowe

Jane Clare

Madeleine Keane

Shane Nolan

Paul O’Brien

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Paul O'Brien is CEO of Plan International Ireland. With a career spanning 30 years in development and humanitarian work he has lived and worked in a number of developing countries, including Kenya, Sudan, Liberia, Bangladesh and Tanzania. A senior leader in Ireland’s NGO sector for the last 14 years, Paul still travels extensively in his work with Plan International Ireland.

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Conor Faughnan

Member

Nicole Heimberg

Business Development Officer

Eleanor Flew

Member of the Board

Eleanor is Director of Fundraising and Communications with Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services; Harold’s Cross, Blackrock & Wicklow.

Anna Keane

Individual Giving Manager

Charles Keane

Member of the Board

Charles brings extensive experience from the Banking and Finance sphere specialising in the small business sector both in Ireland and overseas.

Jemma Lawlor

Finance Officer

Jemma joined Plan International Ireland in April 2017 as Finance & Operations Administrator and is currently Finance Officer.

Tara Bedi

Member of the Board

Development economist, Tara Bedi, joined the board in autumn 2021 bringing a wealth of experience in development projects and a focus on gender and social protection.

David O'Leary

Member of the Board

Marketing professional and director of the VHI Women's Mini Marathon, David O'Leary, has been involved with Plan International Ireland since early 2020.

Emily Lyon

Desk Officer

Emily joined Plan International Ireland in February 2021 and currently manages the humanitarian and protracted crisis programme grants from Irish Aid.

Deirdre Corcoran

Member of the Board

Deirdre Corcoran is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland and has extensive financial, management, company secretarial and governance experience.

Kelly Souza Marron

Emergencies Officer

Kelly joined Plan International Ireland in May, 2019.

Mairéad Butler

Member of the Board

Mairéad Butler is studying a BA in European Studies, with a major in Spanish and a minor in German, in Trinity College Dublin, where she is a 2022 Laidlaw Scholar.

David Martyn

Education Researcher

David joined Plan in 2019. He is an Employment Based PhD Scholar with funding from the Irish Research Council.

George Massey

Programme Team Lead Multilateral

George's overseas experience includes programmes in Haiti, Iraq and Sierra Leone.

John Perry

Member of the Board

John is a partner at Deloitte Ireland LLP and is the Tax & Legal Operate Leader.

Clare McPhillips

Donor Relations Officer

Deirdre Murray

Programme Team Lead Irish Aid

Deirdre joined Plan International Ireland in July 2017 and has many years’ experience working in the international development sector.

Saidbh O'Duffy

Finance and Operations Administrator

Donal Maher

Chief Operations Officer

Nenagh native Donal joined Plan International in 2006.

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Aoife Kelly-Desmond

Chair

Aoife Kelly-Desmond is Managing Solicitor at Mercy Law Resource Centre.

Brighid Smyth

Vice-chair

One of Ireland's leading marketing communications professionals, Brighid joined the Plan International Ireland Board in April 2016.

Dylan Phelan

Individual Giving Officer

Dylan joined Plan in September 2021 as a Donor Relations Officer and recently took up the role of Individual Giving Officer.

Lorenza Quadrini

Programme Team Lead EU

Lorenza joined Plan International Ireland in 2018 with 15 years’ experience in the Development and Humanitarian sectors.

Emilia Sorrentino

Education in Emergencies Advisor

Emilia has a background in Education in Emergencies and Psycho-Social Support. She spent four years in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Gaza and the West Bank) where she worked as Programme Manager and later as Country Director for an Italian NGO.

Ashley Westpheling

Development Education Officer

Ashley joined Plan International Ireland in 2019 following the completion of a MSc Humanitarian Action from University College Dublin.

Brian Lehane

Jennifer Victory

Secretary

Jennifer is the Head of Internal Audit with Applegreen PLC.

Carole Wickham

Head of Fundraising and Communication

Carole joined Plan International Ireland in May 2021 bringing over 25 years’ experience in marketing, strategy and communications.

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Dualta Roughneen

Head of Programmes

Dualta joined Plan International Ireland in 2009 after completing a Masters in Human Rights in UCD. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer and was appointed Head of Programmes in February 2016.

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Catja Carlson

ICT & Applications Support Officer

Catja joined Plan International Ireland in July 2021 as our ICT & Applications Support Officer.

Ian Brady

Member

Jarlath Doyle

Member of the Board

Jarlath Doyle is the Finance Director at Hilton Hotels Ireland.

Oonagh Kelly

Member of the Board

Oonagh Kelly is a Chief People Officer with over 25 years experience in Financial Services, Professional services and Education Technology.

Julie Dwyer

Business Development Team Lead

Julie re-joined Plan International Ireland in January 2022 as the team lead for the Business Development Unit.

Caleb M Kyle

Member of the Board

A Plan International Ireland Board member since June 2015, Caleb brings with him a wealth of international business experience.

Linda Fuhrmann

Senior Compliance Officer

A dedicated humanitarian worker, Linda joined Plan International Ireland in September 2015 after working in West Africa in response to the Ebola crisis.