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Helen Carroll is an accomplished arts, partnerships and philanthropy leader with more than 15 years’ experience developing strategic partnerships, securing philanthropic investment and building audiences across Ireland’s cultural sector. She currently serves as Head of Partnerships & Philanthropy at the National Concert Hall and is a member of the organisation’s Senior Leadership Team. In this role, she leads corporate partnerships, major gifts, trusts and foundations, membership programmes and philanthropic strategy in support of the National Concert Hall’s artistic, educational and strategic objectives.
Prior to joining the National Concert Hall in 2020, Helen was Head of Communications & Partnerships at Business to Arts, where she championed collaborations between the business and cultural communities. Her earlier career included senior marketing, communications and strategic partnership roles with Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, as well as positions within the performing arts and events sectors. Alongside her professional leadership, Helen has contributed to highereducation as a guest lecturer at University College Dublin, sharing expertise in marketing, audience development and arts management. She holds an MBA with Distinction from Trinity College Dublin, a Master’s degree in Cultural Policy and Arts Management from University College Dublin, and a Bachelor of Laws from Trinity College Dublin.
A lifelong advocate for the arts and passionate about ballet, Helen’s love of artistic expression began through classical ballet. She trained extensively through her teenage years, earning Distinction in Advanced 2 (RAD). She also holds RAD teaching qualifications and has taught for many years. Her experience as both a performer and teacher has given her a deep appreciation of artistic excellence, creativity, discipline and the transformative impact of arts education. Passionate about fostering meaningful connections between artists, audiences, communities and supporters, Helen is committed to creating partnerships that expand access to culture, support artistic excellence and deliver lasting social impact through the arts.
(Appointed to the Board June 2026)
Born in Dublin, Muirne has had an extensive performance career in ballet, contemporary and dance theatre in Ireland and abroad. She has been commissioned by Dublin City Council, Coisceim Dance Theatre, Dublin City Arts Office as well as receiving Arts Council funding for her own original work. Choreography for theatre and opera credits include: INO’s La Cenerentola, nominated for Best Production Irish Times Awards 2020 and the critically acclaimed Hamlet for the Gate Theatre in 2019/2020 which transferred to St Anne’s Warehouse New York.
Most recently Muirne choreographed Janet Moran’s Quake for the Dublin Theatre Festival 2023 and Irish National Opera’s critically acclaimed production of La Boheme in the Bord Gais Theatre. Muirne restaged the production with director Orpha Phelan for Le Corum, Montpelier in April/May last year. She has been a major contributor to large-scale spectacles and pageantry in Ireland and her choreography and staging include: The World Festival of Families (Croke Park, 2018), Laochra – GAA 2016 Centenary (Croke Park 2016), Opening Ceremony of the UEFA Europa League Final (Aviva Stadium 2011), Ryder Cup (K Club 2007) and Opening Sequence for the Special Olympics (Croke Park 2003).
Muirne is Performance Director for St Patrick’s Festival Community Arts and is Artistic Co ordinator of Creative Places Darnndale, incremental in the setting up of the Made in Darndale Summer Arts Festival. Muirne frequently guest teaches professional dance class for Irish Modern Dance Theatre and the Introduction to Dance intensive for drama students at the Lir Academy.
Muirne obtained an MA first-class honours in Dance from University of Limerick in 2015 and has just published her book: In Focus – Dublin City Ballet which is based on some of the research from her MA thesis.
(Appointed to the Board March 2025)
Dearbhalla Baviera is a certified Leadership Coach and Coach Supervisor, following a career in Management Consulting with Deloitte (Dublin) and EY (London).
Dearbhalla specialises in Conscious Leadership – supporting and developing leaders to show up in this complex world of ours. This is combined with her focus on Women in Leadership and developing Emerging Female Leaders.
As a Coach Supervisor, Dearbhalla is committed to advocating for standards and ethics in the coaching industry.
(Appointed to the Board April 2024)
As Partner and Head of Markets for EY Ireland and a member of the Irish leadership team, Graham has overall responsibility for the Irish firm’s integrated growth strategy and go-to-market approach across all service lines and sectors. He is responsible for the delivery of exceptional service to clients across the island of Ireland, delivered by a 3,000-strong team across six locations.
Prior to Graham’s role as Head of Markets, he was a Corporate Finance Partner in the firm’s Strategy and Transactions practice, working with both global and local companies throughout Ireland.
With significant experience across banking, energy, financial services, agri-food, public, retail, transport, real estate and telecom sectors, he advised clients on corporate finance transactions, debt and equity shareholder and valuations.
Before joining EY, he worked as Corporate Finance Director for a leading banking institution.
Graham is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and an Associate of the Institute of Taxation in Ireland.
(Appointed to the Board October 2023)
Róisín is a Civil Servant and has been Head of the Governance Division in the Department of Transport since February 2022.
Róisín has previously held roles in policy, operations and corporate functions across a number of Government Departments including the Department of Transport, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Department of Health, the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU (Brussels) and the Department of Agriculture.
Róisín is a graduate of University College Dublin with a BA (Hons) in History and Politics and an MA in Irish Political Studies. She is also an Associate of CIPD.
(Appointed to the Board June 2023)
Jeremy is a partner in the Commercial & Business team at Hayes solicitors. He practises predominately in insolvency, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, acting for a variety of companies and financial institutions in contract law cases and enforcement and recovery actions in the High Court. He also advises clients in high value complex Commercial Court proceedings.
Jeremy also specialises in intellectual property matters, including the advising global clients on registration and protection of trade marks and related rights in Ireland and Europe. He has also advised extensively on trade mark disputes before the Irish Courts including one of the most recent leading intellectual property cases in Ireland, and disputes before the EU trade mark body. Jeremy also advises clients on a wide range of commercial and business law matters in particular company law obligations, and company law enforcement.
(Appointed to the Board March 2023)
A highly experienced Marketing Communications leader with specialist expertise in strategic planning and creativity, Leo is currently the Senior Director of Strategy & Insights at the Kellogg Company (Europe).
Leo Moore was also the Global Director of the Creative Systems team at Meta, leading the global strategy, channel, and content teams for Meta’s Creative Shop. Whilst at Meta, Leo worked with some of the world’s most entrepreneurial businesses to develop powerful performance campaigns, drive business transformation and build replicable creative solutions.
Prior to Meta, Leo held senior positions in strategic planning, media management and sales at BBDO, McCann, Diageo and RTE. He also lectured in Strategic Planning on the Postgraduate Diploma in Advertising & Digital Media at the Technical University Dublin.
Outside of work you will either find him listening to music or playing tennis, ideally with his family.
(Appointed to the Board September 2022)
Karen is former Marketing Director at EY Ireland, one of the global Big Four professional services firms.
As a strategic leader within EY, Karen’s role focused on delivering a robust marketing strategy and plan to support the firm’s revenue targets and build its brand reputation. During her 14-year tenure with EY, Karen. She established a number of new initiatives, evolved the firm’s digital marketing strategy and led the brand refresh of Ernst & Young to EY in Ireland.
Earlier in her career, Karen worked at University College Dublin in marketing and research. In addition, she was a Business Partner with Jen Doherty Bridal Designer which resulted in winning the award for Irish Bridal Designer of the Year in 2006.
Recently, Karen has been a guest speaker on the Masters of Advertising course at TU Dublin. She was a former Committee member of the PM Forum Ireland. She is a graduate of University College Dublin and holds a Masters degree in Media Studies from University of Ulster.
(Appointed to the Board March 2022)