Ciaran McKenna

Ciaran has enjoyed over 30 years solid business success with extensive experience at senior management and sales leadership roles in the Construction, Wholesale, Retail, Small business, Start Up’s, Bereavement, Volunteer, Community and Caring Sectors. He has worked for companies and groups such as Newey & Eyre ltd. Hagemeyer, Eastern Electrical, Wolseley, IBC, Country Living Stoves, Inis Stoves, The Bereavement Counselling Service, and Rathfarnham Community Friendship Group.

With a background in sales methodology, sales processes and sales operations he brings a wealth of knowledge to work from. He has an excellent track record in sustaining and improving profit growth in different trading conditions, and is a specialist in building sales teams into successful units, either from outset or transforming ailing teams into successful ones.

He has led, trained, coached and mentored many individuals helping them reach their potential and ambitions. His natural enthusiasm and down to earth authentic approach to business ,helps to see past the surface and get right to the core of whoever he works with.

Ciaran is a graduate in economics and philosophy and is a qualified Bereavement Counsellor. He is an active participant in the caring and community voluntary sector. He has held a number of chairperson positions including Bereavement Counselling Service chairperson (May 2016 – May 2018) Rathfarnham Community Friendship Group, chairperson (currently).

Rachel McKenna

Rachel is a multi-skilled marketing professional with an excellent track record in consumer and business to business marketing. She has also taken on specialist projects in product management within the financial services sector. She has recruited, trained and managed marketing teams and has significant exposure working with senior stakeholders on a cross functional basis. Rachel is a qualified teacher and holds a degree in economics and history. She qualified with the Chartered Institute of Marketing and holds diplomas in leadership management, digital marketing and social media.

Her experience has primarily been built in the financial environment in the United Kingdom and Ireland with companies such as Commercial Union, Lombard Bank, Legal & General, Legal & General International, Canada Life International and Generali Pan Europe (Ireland). She also worked with Scapa Tapes Ireland in the retail and small business start-up sector.

Naturally collaborative, conscientious, pragmatic and commercially aware, Rachel puts structure around commercial and customer focused marketing, bringing a fresh perspective to your marketing operation. With her background she is comfortable working with people on a one to one basis right through start-ups, SMEs and into the corporate sector.