Education:
01/2024 - Centre for Stress Management, Centre for Coaching, London, UK
Primary Cert in Stress Management (course recognised by the International Stress Management Association and approved by the British Psychological Society)
05/2022 - Irish Lifecoach Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Certificate in Addiction Coaching
02/2022 Copeland Centre for Wellness and Recovery, Dublin, Ireland
Cert in Wellness Recovery Action Planning – Level 1
12/2021 - Kingstown College, Dublin, Ireland
Advanced Diploma in Personal, Leadership and Executive Coaching (accredited by the International Coaching Federation and European Mentoring and Coaching Council), QQI Level 6
05/2021 - People Cert, Axelos
PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate in Project Management
02/2018 - University of Bristol, UK
Postgraduate Diploma in Social Sciences
September 2008
Executive course: Business Executive Development Programme (company leadership, management, decision-making, negotiation, finance, strategy, marketing)
Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, USA
December 2007
Executive course - Organising for a Competitive Local Economy: Institutional Strategies and Approaches
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (with site visits to institutions and business infrastructures in Rotterdam, Milan and Brussels)
1992 – 1993
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Strathclyde Graduate Business School, University of Strathclyde, Scotland.
1987 – 1988
Master of Agricultural Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.
1982 – 1987
Bachelor of Agricultural Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.
The further education programmes have been complemented by other short-term training courses in project cycle management (European Commission, Brussels), gender, minority and environmental mainstreaming, sales and marketing, HR, computing, etc.