30% Club

GROWTH THROUGH DIVERSITY

“Who wouldn’t want their daughters to have the

same opportunities to succeed as their sons? This is

something that affects us all. Companies need to

create an environment where all can strive — and

that responsibility starts at the top.”

Marie O’Connor, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Ireland and Country Lead, 30%

Club Ireland

WHO WE ARE

LEADERS LEADING BY EXAMPLE.

We are a group of Chairs and CEOs committed

to better gender balance at the leadership level —

and throughout our organisations.

The Irish Chapter launched in January 2015

with a goal to working towards a figure of 30%

of women in business leadership positions by

2020 as well as developing a pipeline for

sustainable change in the future.

Ireland 30% Club Members Julian Yarr, A&L Goodbody

Liz Hughes, ACCA Ireland

Alastair Blair, Accenture

Marius Smyth, AdRoll

Bernard Byrne, AIB

Julie O’Neill, Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Sean McGrath, Allianz

Mark Redmond, American Chamber of

Commerce

Damian Ringwood, Amrop Strategis

Rachael Ingle, Aon Hewitt

Donal O’Brien, Aramark Ireland

Ciarán Bolger, Arthur Cox

Elaine Coughlan, Atlantic Bridge Capital

Sasha Wiggins, Barclays Bank Ireland PLC

Damain Finn, Bausch and Lomb

Barry O’Dwyer, BlackRock

Joe Duffy, BNY Mellon

Tara McCarthy, Bord Iascaigh Mhara

Mike Quinn, Bord na Móna

John McGrane, British Irish Chamber of

Commerce

Seán Páircéir, Brown Brothers Harriman

Shay Walsh, BT Ireland

Kieran McGowan, Business in the Community

Catherine Guy, Byrne Wallace

John Donohoe, Carne Global Financial

Services Limited

Philip Lane, Central Bank of Ireland

Ian Talbot, Chambers Ireland

Vivienne Jupp, CIE

Zdenek Turek, Citigroup

Aedamar Howlett, Coca-Cola ireland

Gervaise Slowey, Communicorp

Bill Doherty, Cook Medical Europe Ltd

Anne Heraty, CPL Resources

Nicky Hartery, CRH

Manish Vekaria, Credit Suisse

Pádraig Ó’Ríordáin, DAA plc

John Hennessy, Dalata

Brian McKiernan, Davy

Tommy Breen, DCC plc

Professor Brian MacCraith, DCU

Maureen Walsh, DeCare Dental Insurance

Ireland

Aongus Hegarty, Dell

Brendan Jennings, Deloitte

Niall Burgess, Department of Foreign Affairs

Orlaigh Quinn, Department of Jobs, Enterprise

& Innovation

Noel Waters, Department of Justice & Equality

Robert Watt, Department of Public

Expenditure and Reform

Niamh O’Donoghue, Department of Social

Protection

Fiona Flannery, Depfa

John Kennedy, DIAGEO Europe plc

Mary Rose Burke, Dublin Chamber of Commerce

Padraig McManus, eir

Fintan Slye, EirGrid

Caroline Spillane, Engineers Ireland

Terence O’Rourke, Enterprise Ireland

Zelia Madigan, Ericsson Ireland

Michael McNicholas, Ervia

Pat O’Doherty, ESB

Lochlann Quinn, formerly ESB and AIB

Alan Barrett, ESRI

Laurence Crowley, formerly ESRI

David Hackett, Eugene F Collins

Alan Murphy, Eversheds International

Mike McKerr, EY

Gareth Lambe, Facebook

Fiona Muldoon, FBD Holdings plc

Sandeep Suri, Fidelity Ireland

Rhona Blake, FleishmanHillard Ireland

Regina Moran, Fujitsu

Mark Elborne, GE

Siobhán Talbot, Glanbia

Fionnuala Meehan, Google Ireland Ltd

Paul McCann, Grant Thornton

Gary Kennedy, Greencore

Aidan Lynch, GSK

Debbie O’Hare, Hannover Re (Ireland)

Richard Eardley, Hays

Sean Rowland, Hibernia College

Anne Looney, Higher Education Authority

Martin Murphy, HP Ireland

Martiena Milton, HR Holfeld Group

Alan Duffy, HSBC

Danny McCoy, Ibec

Peter O’Neill, IBM Ireland

Tom Lynch, ICON plc

Stephen Rae, Independent News & Media plc

Simon Boucher, IMI

Maura Quinn, Institute of Directors Ireland

Marian O’Sullivan, Institute of Public

Administration

Ireland 30% Club Members Kevin Thompson, Insurance Ireland

Eamonn Sinnott, Intel Ireland Ltd

Michael Cullen, Investec Bank plc

Anne Nolan, Irish Aviation Authority

John McCormack, Irish Cancer Society

Eamonn Rothwell, Irish Continental Group plc

David Harney, Irish Life

Padraic O’Connor, Irish Stock Exchange

Vicki O’Toole, JJ O’Toole

Carin Bryans, J.P. Morgan Bank (Ireland) plc

Leisha Daly, Janssen-Cilag Ltd

Steve Bowcott and Gary McGann, John Sisk &

Son Construction Ltd.

John Moran, Jones Lang Lasalle

Stan McCarthy, Kerry Group

Michael Buckley, “KKR Alternative

Investments & KKR Credit Advisors”

Shaun Murphy, KPMG

Colin Hunt, Macquarie Capital

Nicholas Butcher, Maples & Calder

Alison Grainger, Marks and Spencer Ireland

Ltd

Declan Black, Mason Hayes Curran

Michael Jackson, Matheson

Barry Devereux, McCann FitzGerald

Sorcha McKenna, McKinsey

Gerry Kilcommins, Medtronic Vascular Galway

Ruth Curran, Merc Partners

Tom Geraghty, Mercer

Cathriona Hallahan, Microsoft Ireland

Trudie Mulhall, Morgan Stanley

Louise Houson, MSD

Gina Quin, National College of Ireland

Conor O’Kelly, National Treasury Management

Agency

Clive Bellows, Northern Trust Company

Rosheen McGuckian, NTR Plc

James Browne, NUI Galway

Professor Philip Nolan, NUI Maynooth

Paul O’Riordan, Oracle

Rose Hynes, Origin Enterprises plc

Kevin Lane, Ornua

Louise Phelan, PayPal

Jeremy Masding, Permanent TSB

Dr Paul Duffy, Pfizer

Paul Marchant, Primark

Fiona Tierney, Public Appointments Service

Nigel Heneghan, Public Relations Consultants

Association (PRCA)

Feargal O’Rourke, PwC

Cathal Kelly, Royal College of Surgeons in

Ireland

Dee Forbes, RTE

Rose Hynes, Shannon Group Plc

Mark Fitzgerald, Sherry FitzGerald Group

Peter Barrett, SMBC Aviation Capital

Tony Smurfit, Smurfit Kappa

Dervla Tomlin, Society of Actuaries in Ireland

Margot Slattery, Sodexo

Susan Dargan, State Street

Noel Cawley, Teagasc

Pat King, The Doyle Collection

Liam Kavanagh, The Irish Times

Patrick Prendergast, Trinity College

Michael Murphy, UCC

Andrew Deeks, UCD

Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, UCD Quinn School and

UCD Smurfit School

Brendan McAtamney, UDG Healthcare plc

Gerry Mallon, Ulster Bank Ireland Limited

Maurice Pratt, Uniphar Group

Don Barry, University of Limerick

John O’Dwyer, VHI

Anne O’Leary, Vodafone Ireland

Garry Ferguson, Walkers Ireland

Bryan Bourke, William Fry

Ray McKenna, Willis Towers Watson

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We support a voluntary, business-led

approach in order to realize meaningful,

sustainable change.

We believe in less talk, more action — and this

is evident through the various initiatives we

are involved in:

Mentoring

Scholarships

Financial Services Firms

Group

Professional Services Firms

Group

Collaborations

OUR APPROACH

A BUSINESS CHALLENGE REQUIRES BUSINESS THINKING.

Gender inequity in the boardroom is a business

issue, plain and simple. That’s why we apply

these business best practices to our solutions:

• a measurable goal with a defined timetable

• a process driven by those in positions

of genuine authority and power

• a collaborative model in keeping with business

best practices

• a concerted and consistent series of actions

and programs designed for impact

HOW IT WORKS

SHARING RESOURCES AS PEERS. We are a peer-to-peer network of Irish business leaders —

including both those leading by example and those looking to

learn and drive change more effectively in their firms.

There is no financial commitment; the 30% Club is supported by

a Steering Committee that is made up of senior men and

women who volunteer their time and skills to help direct efforts.

We trust in the business community to lead — our approach

is complementary, supportive and 100% compatible with

individual company efforts and existing networking groups.

Each supporting Chair/CEO has invited you to nominate

another executive from their organisation to participate in our

30% Club Ireland Council. The Council meets about three

times a year and influences the development of the 30% Club

in Ireland as events are organised based on feedback received

from these sessions. Topics covered at these events have

included unconscious bias, mentoring, networking, making

role models visible and much more.

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Five major influencers critical for success:

WHEEL OF CHANGE

TURNING TOWARD THE FUTURE.

Chair/CEO leadership

“In making appointments we seek to appoint the best people. This necessitates us sourcing from the total available talent pool, not just part of it. What fisherman fishes in half the lake?”

— Gary McGann, Chairman

Executive search community

“The International executive search market is extremely buoyant at present and, within certain sectors, in particular technology, we are starting to see a lot more women moving into leadership positions. However, we need to continue to advocate on behalf of gender equality and the benefits this brings to organizations - which I see as being key to our role as executive recruiters.” — Anne Heraty, CEO

Advocacy

“Consistently advocating for gender diverse

talent in business is an important step towards

achieving it. When that advocacy is matched

with action, it becomes a powerful force in

showing that talented, gender diverse boards

and senior management teams are not only

good for business, but that they are also a

realistic and attainable goal.”

—Michael Jackson, Managing Partner

Shareholder and corporate governance

“Different companies will have different gender balance starting points. But the governance issues for every Board are the same:

Whether they and the leadership team are committed enough and their practices are smart enough to both identify and use the right levers to make substantial progress within the next few years; and

Whether as a Board they are committed enough to give an explicit commitment to engaging with shareholders and to disclosing both targets and performance to them as well as to employees and other stakeholders, as a key part of their overall communication both on culture and on long term business strategy.

The essential Board levers should be on time-bound goals and targets for Board and executive leadership levels, project plans and evaluation processes that are not over-complicated, clarity about who is responsible for delivering what, by when, and a resolve to learn from best practice elsewhere.”

— Michael Buckley, Managing Partner

OUR GLOBAL CHAPTERS

A FOUNDATION TO BUILD ON. With chapters across the globe, we are laying

out a blueprint for global success by adhering

to universal, pragmatic principles of diversity

as a driver of business growth.

U.S. 23.3% (S&P 100)

Australia 21.5% (ASX-200)

Canada 20.8% (S&P/TSX 60)

GCC <1% (Board Seats)

Canada

20.8%

UK

27%

Italy

29%

Dubai

<1%

Hong Kong 11.9%

Hong Kong 11.9% (Hang Seng-50)

Ireland 10.3% (ISEQ Overall)

Italy 29% (FTSE MIB)

Malaysia 15% (FTSE Bursa)

Southern Africa 17.1% (FTSE/JSE Top 40 & SOEs)

UK 27% (FTSE-100)

Ireland 10.3%

Southern

Africa

17.1%

Malaysia

15%

Australia

21.5%

ACCELERATED PROGRESS

A PRECEDENT FOR CHANGE. The 30% Club launched in Ireland in 2015 with a goal of working towards 30% female representation on boards and executive management by 2020 in Irish business. Perhaps most importantly, the visible commitment of these business leaders has changed the conversation from a women’s issue to a business issue.

Twitter @30percentclubIE

Website 30percentclub.org/about/chapters/Ireland

GROWTH THROUGH DIVERSITY