Orlaith Carmody is the author of Perform As A Leader (Ballpoint Press 2015), and the Managing Director of Mediatraining.ie. A highly skilled corporate trainer, leadership consultant and strategy coach, she is in demand as a keynote speaker, conference chair and seminar leader. Over the years she has worked with some of Ireland’s most influential business people, networks and political groups, and has presented at conferences in the USA, UAE, Canada and all over Europe.
An active media commentator, she contributes to a variety of programmes and publications on subjects such as doing business today, women’s participation at board level and in public life, entrepreneurship and education.
She served on the board of RTÉ from 2010 to 2015 and is was President of the Irish Chapter of EO, the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation 2014/2015.
Following an early career as a broadcast journalist with RTÉ, Orlaith became a serial entrepreneur and is a director of a number of SMEs in media, recruitment, production and education.
A 2010 winner of a Screen Training Ireland Bursary award and participant on an international media leader’s programme, Orlaith holds an MA from Dublin City University (D.C.U.) and is a Fellow of the Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD).
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