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Ciara Lynch COO of The Brilliant Club Ciara, originally from Castleblayney in Co. Monaghan, studied in Dublin and Paris and is now based in London where she has lived for ten years. Founded in 2011, The Brilliant Club is a university access charity. It supports pupils from underrepresented backgrounds to progress to highlyselective universities by mobilising the PhD researcher community to work with state schools via its two programmes. The Scholars Programme offers pupils the opportunity to take part in seven university-style tutorials with a PhD researcher, and visit two universities. Upon completion, pupils are significantly more likely to apply to, receive an offer from and progress to a highly-selective university. Researchers in Schools supports PhD graduates to develop as excellent teachers and research leaders committed to closing the gap in attainment and university access. In 2019, The Brilliant Club was Highly Commended for ‘Charity of the Year’ at the Third Sector Awards. You can help The Brilliant Club to achieve more by introducing Ciara to anyone who may be interested in supporting them to help young people to realise their potential. They welcome working with individuals, trusts, foundations and corporate supporters who are aligned with their mission and committed to creating a fairer society.
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David Duffy Founder and CEO of The Governance Company David is born, bred and based in Dublin where he has lived most of his life apart from doing Chartered Accountancy with PWC in London and an MBA at IMD in Lausanne. He is CEO of The Governance Company, specialising in providing a range of corporate governance advisory services globally. This July, he launches a new entity called The Corporate Governance Institute www.thecorporategovernanceinstitute.com, offering an online and accredited Diploma in Corporate Governance. The first of its kind in the world, targeted at professionals looking to become or improve at being a director. The programme is based on over 200 governance assignments David has carried out and two books he has written which were published by Chartered Accountants Ireland; “A Practical Guide to Corporate Governance”, and “A Practical Guide for Company Directors”. IIBN members can help David by spreading the word, offering feedback on the content or signing up! The Diploma is priced at €2,900 but offered to IIBN members for €2,400 until 31/12/20. Contact David on dwduffy@governance-company.com or +353 87 242 3046 anytime.
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Darragh Lynch Managing Director of Uccello Designs Kerryman Darragh Lynch was working in Australia as a business consultant to a number of start-ups, including Uccello Marketing, which evolved into Uccello Designs. He has since brought the company home to Ireland. Headquartered at the Midlands Research & Innovation Centre at Athlone IT with warehouses in Kerry and Galway, Uccello Designs is selling its