Julie Sinnamon's guest appearances

Julie Sinnamon

Down To Business

Building Better Cultures

Smurfit Speaker Series

Colin Gordon

Stuart Lancaster

Nick Morgan

Sean Murray

Ryan Campbell

John Simmons

Tom Murphy

Josh Schneider

Jenni Field

Mike Klein

Jonathan Reed

Mark Maxwell

Cooper Parry

Jamie Heaslip

Karen Jones

OwlTail

Prior to her appointment to CEO in 2013, Julie held a number of senior public sector positions, spanning a 30-year career in Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. Julie’s driving ambition is for Irish-owned industry to become a powerhouse of job creation in  Ireland, resulting in rising prosperity in towns and cities all across Ireland. In pursuit of this  objective, Julie is mobilising all Enterprise Ireland resources and harnessing the power of  external stakeholders and partners, into a cohesive effort to build more Irish companies of  international scale. Julie shares the wisdom she has gathered with the Students of Smurfit in the final episode of this semester.

Prior to her appointment to CEO in 2013, Julie held a number of senior public sector positions, spanning a 30-year career in Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. Julie’s driving ambition is for Irish-owned industry to become a powerhouse of job creation in  Ireland, resulting in rising prosperity in towns and cities all across Ireland. In pursuit of this  objective, Julie is mobilising all Enterprise Ireland resources and harnessing the power of  external stakeholders and partners, into a cohesive effort to build more Irish companies of  international scale. Julie shares the wisdom she has gathered with the Students of Smurfit in the final episode of this semester.

Julie Sinnamon - CEO of Enterprise Ireland

Born in County Down, Julie’s career in business started early in life. Her father was a poultry farmer and retailer and, in many ways, that started to shape her views of business from an early age. She studied business in Ulster University before moving to Dublin in the late seventies, a time when things in Northern Ireland were pretty lean but foreign direct investment in the Republic was beginning to build. ​ Since then, she has spent 30 years in the Irish Development Authority and Enterprise Ireland, both semi-state government agencies.  She has been CEO at the latter since 2013 during which time the agency has supported hundreds of indigenous Irish companies, creating tens of thousands of jobs.  Julie is a strong supporter of initiatives that drive diversity and is a champion for women engaging at all levels in the public and private sectors. Show Notes: 1.50 – Julie’s start in life, the family business and supporting Irish business – 4.40 – What does Enterprise Ireland’s support look like? – 5.13 – Supporting clients through leadership development – 6.30 – The challenges of Brexit for business – 8.30 – What makes a great leader - vision, ambition, energy, passion and purpose– 11.35 – Irish companies are coming out of the shadow of multinationals – 15.30 – A leader’s role during change – 17.55 – Milestones during change are key - We need to rethink the purpose and HOW of virtual meetings

Born in County Down, Julie’s career in business started early in life. Her father was a poultry farmer and retailer and, in many ways, that started to shape her views of business from an early age. She studied business in Ulster University before moving to Dublin in the late seventies, a time when things in Northern Ireland were pretty lean but foreign direct investment in the Republic was beginning to build. ​ Since then, she has spent 30 years in the Irish Development Authority and Enterprise Ireland, both semi-state government agencies.  She has been CEO at the latter since 2013 during which time the agency has supported hundreds of indigenous Irish companies, creating tens of thousands of jobs.  Julie is a strong supporter of initiatives that drive diversity and is a champion for women engaging at all levels in the public and private sectors. Show Notes: 1.50 – Julie’s start in life, the family business and supporting Irish business – 4.40 – What does Enterprise Ireland’s support look like? – 5.13 – Supporting clients through leadership development – 6.30 – The challenges of Brexit for business – 8.30 – What makes a great leader - vision, ambition, energy, passion and purpose– 11.35 – Irish companies are coming out of the shadow of multinationals – 15.30 – A leader’s role during change – 17.55 – Milestones during change are key - We need to rethink the purpose and HOW of virtual meetings

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