Deirdre O’Shaughnessy

Deirdre is a Partner at Odgers Berndtson Ireland. She specialises in senior executive appointments from Head of Function to Board level across a broad spectrum of industries and functions.

Deirdre is particularly focused on assisting clients in the Public & Not For Profit, Industrial and Education Industries and has successfully led a number of high profile CEO searches in the Public Sector and Semi-State in Ireland.  Deirdre also has primary responsibility for the interim management service offering in Ireland having deep expertise in this field.

She previously worked for an international management consulting firm as Director of Client Services and prior to that, she led a specialist interim management company for over seven years.  In her earlier career, Deirdre held a variety of senior-level business development and operations management roles in the ICT and BPO sectors in Ireland and the UK.

Deirdre has a particular interest in increasing the general diversity and specifically gender balance at decision-making levels in organisations and is the Champion of an Emerging Female Leaders Community of Practice developed by Odgers Berndtson Ireland.   She is an honours graduate of Business Studies and Marketing from Dublin City University.

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