Well-experienced HR Compliance & Governance Specialist with a proven track record in handling sensitive and contentious issues, as well as providing strategic insight as a Chartered Director.
Key Skills: chairing and INED duties, resolving conflict, conducting independent investigations and providing prudent interventions and direction.
Key Experience:
• Expertly handle sensitive matters such as protected disclosures, grievances, harassment, governance, board conflicts and HR compliance (dilemmas, due diligence, TUPE, robust policies and procedures)
• Extensive experience working with financial institutions, regulatory and professional bodies, PLCs, SMEs and international enterprises, NGOs, family businesses, in wide-ranging sectors.
Governance:
• INED – The Blarney Woollen Mills Group
• INED – Skillnet Ireland
• Committee Member and Treasurer of the Employment Law Association of Ireland
• Former Chairperson and Vice-chairperson: Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) 2014–2020
– Shortlisted for Leader of the Year in Charity Institute Ireland’s Charity Excellence Awards 2020
– Won Board of the Year under my chairmanship in Charity Institute Ireland’s Charity Excellence Awards 2019
• Former National Council Member of the Small Firms Association
• Former President of Network Dublin
• Former President of Engineers Toastmasters
• Former INED Vision Sports Ireland
Regulatory Adjudicative Positions:
• Holds the Statutory office as the Independent Adjudicator of the Law Society of Ireland
• Independent Reviewer of the Society of Chartered Surveyors
• Former Independent Customer Complaints Reviewer of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
Speaking Engagements and Media Appearances:
• Spoken/speak at seminars, conferences and events for prestigious organisations including the Law Society, UK Ombudsmen, European Commission Conference, SFA, Legal Island, White Paper Conferences
• Media interviewed on HR, diversity, governance and business compliance topics
Key Qualifications:
• Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD)
• Chartered Director of the Institute of Directors (C.Dir.) (Cohort 13)
• Financial Times’ Non-executive Director Diploma (Nottingham Trent University)
• Certificate in data protection (Law Society)
• CEDR accredited mediator
• Diploma in judicial skills and decision-making (Law Society)
• Ombudsman and complaint handling diploma (Queen Margaret University)
• Master’s Degree in business studies (HR strategies) (Dublin City University)
Email: carolann@cacompliance.ie
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