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Welcome to the PWN Dublin Team: Carmen Ristuccia
January 13, 2026
Carmen Ristuccia’s story is defined by a decade-long mastery of the global digital landscape, fueled by an unwavering commitment to empowering women and driving social change, and by a very personal belief that technology and community can open doors that once felt closed.
Leadership
Technology
Career Management
Personal Branding
Innovation
Relationship Building
Gender Pay and Pension Gap in Ireland: Progress, Gaps, and the Corporate Response in 2025
December 17, 2025
The gender pay gap and the growing gender pension gap continue to be significant barriers to achieving workplace equality in Ireland. Despite meaningful progress in recent years, including stronger legislation and rising cultural awareness, the 2025 reporting cycle makes it clear that structural challenges remain. Understanding these gaps requires clarity around what the data actually measures.
Gender Balance/DEI
Leadership
Women on Boards
Wealth
PWN Dublin included in Balance for Better Business Annual Report 2025
December 9, 2025
We’re proud to share that PWN Dublin has been featured in the latest Balance for Better Business Annual Report 2025. For anyone unfamiliar, Balance for Better Business is a government-established, business-led initiative launched to champion more gender-balanced leadership across Ireland. It tracks the representation of women on corporate boards and senior leadership teams, promotes transparent reporting, and supports organisations to meet progressive targets for balance and inclusion.
Gender Balance/DEI
Leadership
Engaging Men
Women on Boards
Career Management
Wealth
PWN Dublin: VP Operations
December 9, 2025
The VP Operations plays a pivotal role in supporting operational excellence across PWN Dublin. This role focuses on streamlining processes, promoting best practice use of technology, and coordinating cross-functional initiatives across the network. Working closely with other VPs, this role ensures that our ways of working remain efficient, effective, and fit for purpose. It’s ideal for someone who enjoys systems thinking, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Leadership
Technology
Career Management
Innovation
Inspirational Story: Fiona Flynn – A Leadership Journey Grounded in Values and Community
November 11, 2025
Growing up in County Monaghan in the 1970s and 80s as the eldest of four (with three younger brothers), I was shaped by a strong sense of inclusion, fairness, authenticity, and community. These became the core values that have guided me throughout my life and leadership journey.
Mentoring
Leadership
Career Management
Personal Branding
Relationship Building
Interview: Neema Michael Shayo - Leading With Purpose
November 11, 2025
Neema Michael Shayo is a cross-border electricity markets expert at EirGrid Group (the Irish Transmission System Operator) and long-time Corporate Partner of PWN Dublin. Neema has served as an energy advisor to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she provided strategic insights on energy access and development policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, Neema has contributed her technical expertise to the Renewable Fuels Taskforce under the Association of International Energy...
Mentoring
Leadership
Career Management
Inspirational Stories: Sylwia Brzozowska - Building Futures
October 22, 2025
Sylwia Brzozowska's journey to building TY Future, an award-winning platform connecting teenagers with real-world career opportunities, didn't follow a typical path. It required something most business success stories leave out: a partner willing to rearrange his entire life so hers could grow.
Gender Balance/DEI
Communication
Career Management
Relationship Building
Inspirational Story: Aparna Radhakrishnan - A Journey Rooted in Purpose
October 20, 2025
A legal professional and Certified Data Protection Practitioner, Aparna has built her career at the intersection of law and technology. She’s worked across multinational companies, semi-state organisations, and legal consultancies, and today she supports Ireland’s national public broadcaster in a privacy-focused role.
Mentoring
Career Management
Personal Branding
Designing the Future of Work Through Connection and Care
October 17, 2025
How do we build organisations where everyone can lead, belong, and thrive? At our annual Corporate Partner Roundtable—hosted by CPL—senior leaders from across our partner network explored the future of work, the contradictions of caregiving, and the leadership skill of the future: empathy. From Barry Winkless’s vision of the empowered, hybrid “multiverse workplace” to Elysia Hegarty’s reminder that caregiving isn’t a policy, it’s infrastructure, the conversation reaffirmed a shared commitment...
Gender Balance/DEI
Leadership
Career Management
Innovation
PWN Dublin: Finding Connection Through Communication
October 13, 2025
Alison Ross drives PWN Dublin’s digital engagement as Social Media Manager and shapes purpose-driven campaigns as a Campaigns Support Specialist at EirGrid. Fusing her passion for communications, sustainability, and inclusion, Alison crafts content and creative visual strategies that inspire connection and drive positive change.
PWN Dublin Inspirational Story: Emma Jane Clarke – Using Skills to Empower Others
October 1, 2025
Emma Jane Clarke’s professional journey began like many others – driven, focused, and rising through the ranks. Her hard work led her to a senior director-level role with Sport Ireland, where she was fulfilling her passion for leadership. But something was missing. “While I had a successful career path ahead, I felt it was time to use my skills to empower others.”
Mentoring
Goal Setting
Leadership
Career Management
Inspirational Story: Rober Baker - How Allyship and Inclusive Leadership Can Be a Career Game-Changer
July 31, 2025
After a 40-year career at global consulting firm Mercer, Robert Baker made the leap to launch his own business, Potentia Talent Consulting. An award-winning global expert in allyship and inclusive leadership, Robert now works with leaders to build workplaces where everyone can thrive. Through keynotes, workshops, consulting and coaching, he supports leaders to unlock their full potential, and the potential of those around them.
Gender Balance/DEI
Leadership
Engaging Men
PWN Dublin: Digital Experience Partner x 2
July 29, 2025
The Digital Experience Partner plays a vital role in supporting the smooth and effective use of digital tools across the PWN Dublin network. This role ensures our systems are user-friendly, up-to-date, and aligned with best practices. It’s ideal for someone with a technical mindset who enjoys solving problems, improving processes, and enabling others to work more efficiently.
Innovation
PWN Dublin: Partnerships & Impact Manager
July 29, 2025
The Partnerships & Impact Manager plays a key role in supporting and enhancing the relationships between PWN Dublin and our Corporate Partners (CPs). By ensuring consistent engagement, strong communication, and collaborative event coordination, this role helps amplify our shared mission of accelerating gender-balanced leadership. It’s a fantastic opportunity to help shape strategic partnerships, spotlight impact, and foster deeper connections across the PWN Dublin network.
Gender Balance/DEI
Goal Setting
Decision Making
Leadership
Relationship Building
Inspirational Story: Dayna Caceres – The Power of Collaboration and Values
July 29, 2025
Dayna Caceres is what you might call a purpose-driven leader. Described by colleagues and friends as strategic, creative, and collaborative, she brings these qualities in abundance to her role as Vice-President of Programmes at PWN Dublin, where she plays a key part in shaping member experiences across mentoring and inclusive leadership initiatives.
Mentoring
Goal Setting
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Career Management
Inspirational Story: Leda Connaughton-Deeny - Coming Home
July 9, 2025
Teaser: Leda Connaughton-Deeny is an established accountant with years of experience in what can only be described as some of the most exciting organisations recognised in households around the world. After two decades of working at breakneck speed, she has returned to her native Ireland, and joined PWN Dublin to define the next stage of her career.
Mentoring
Leadership
Career Management
Personal Branding
Relationship Building
PWN Dublin: Head of Volunteer Experience
June 6, 2025
The head of volunteer experience plays a vital leadership role in shaping the volunteer experience through a streamlined onboarding, engagement and communications process. women to thrive. This is an opportunity to bring creativity, energy, and vision to a mission-driven network that is focused on accelerating gender-balanced leadership.
Leadership
Communication
Relationship Building
PWN Dublin: VP Events
June 6, 2025
The VP of Events plays a vital leadership role in shaping the member experience through a engaging and strategically aligned events calendar. You will design and deliver high-impact in-person, virtual, and hybrid events that inspire, connect, and empower women to thrive. This is an opportunity to bring creativity, energy, and vision to a mission-driven network that is focused on accelerating gender-balanced leadership.
Leadership
Career Management
DCU's 'Let's Lead' Women in Leaderhip Programme: Scholarship Winner - Julianne McGuigan
June 4, 2025
In 2025, DCU offered the PWN Dublin membership to enter a prize draw to win a scholarship on their Let’s Lead, Women in Leadership Programme. Julianne McGuigan, Senior Vice President at Citi was the lucky winner, so we took a moment to interview he and ask about her experience of the Programme.
Leadership
Career Management
Personal Branding
Relationship Building
Inspirational Story: Colette O’Shea – The Creative Engineer Who Conquered Her Fears
April 30, 2025
In this edition of PWN Dublin’s Inspirational Stories, meet Colette O’Shea, an engineer with a creative soul. Colette’s journey is a powerful reminder that success isn’t just about professional achievements—it’s about embracing personal growth and confronting fears. From overcoming a fear of public speaking to launching her own coaching business, Colette’s story will inspire anyone seeking to align their passions with their career.
Mentoring
Goal Setting
Leadership
Career Management
Personal Branding
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