Fireside Chat with Maureen Daly General Counsel of the Irish Life Group

Good afternoon,

I hope you are well.

Announcing Maureen Daly GC as our guest speaker

I’m delighted to announce that Maureen Daly, General Counsel of the Irish Life Group will be our superb guest speaker at our *CFO x GC* event in Dublin. Maureen will join us for our fireside chat to discuss her career journey and lessons learned.

About Maureen Daly

General Counsel of the Irish Life Group

Maureen Daly is General Counsel with the Irish Life Group. Maureen graduated from the University of Limerick with a degree in Law and European Studies in 2002 and qualified as a solicitor with the Law Society of Ireland in 2005.  Maureen’s legal career began in 2003 with the Irish corporate firm, William Fry. Maureen joined Irish Life in 2015 where her original focus was on providing the legal support for the Irish group’s mergers and acquisitions activities. Maureen was appointed General Counsel in 2020.

Chief Financial Officer – guest speaker

We will also have a wonderful Chief Financial Officer joining us for a fireside chat about their career journey.

Our CFO guest speaker will be Carol Phelan, CFO of the Dalata Hotel Group.

For more details, please click – here.

Host – McCann FitzGerald LLP

McCann FitzGerald LLP will host our CFO x GC event at their stunning offices.

Event Details:

Date: Thursday, 30 November 2023

Time: 12.00 pm to 2.00 pm

Venue: McCann FitzGerald LLP, Riverside One, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2

RSVP: colin.carroll@empowermentinternational.com

I’d be delighted to hear from you, if you would be interested in joining us at the Lawyers’ BD Club. My email is:

colin.carroll@empowermentinternational.com

Previous guest speakers at the Lawyers’ BD Club

Since 2011, we’ve been very fortunate that amazing leaders (CEO’s, chairs, general counsel, academics, psychologists and authors) have been our guest speakers at the Lawyers’ BD Club in London, Dublin, Paris, Dubai, Boston, San Francisco and New York.

Previous guest speakers included:

London

1. Peter Sutherland, Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, and one of Ireland’s most distinguished statesmen was our keynote speaker in London back in 2014.
2. Catherine Dixon, CEO of the Law Society of England & Wales
3. Margaret Byrne, CEO of Sunderland F.C.
4. Sabine Chalmers, Global General Counsel of BT
5. Siobhan Moriarty, Global General Counsel of Diageo plc
6. Ronan Dunne, CEO of Telefonica (UK)
7. Sir Ciaran Devane, CEO of the British Counsel
8. Richard Hytner, Deputy Worldwide Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi
9. Terry Clune, CEO of Taxback.com and one of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs
10. Steve Immelt, CEO of global law firm – Hogan Lovells
11. Suzanne Wise, General Counsel of Network Rail
12. Justine Campbell, global General Counsel for National Grid plc
13. Patrick Steward, General Counsel of Manchester United F.C.
14. Professor Ian Robertson (Psychology Dept, Trinity College Dublin) and author of books including “The Winner Effect”

New York

1. Ricardo Anzaldua, Global General Counsel of Metlife
2. Bjarne Tellman, Global General Counsel of Pearson plc
3. Maria Konnikova, a New York Times bestselling author
4. Michael Urtuzuástegui Melcher, an internationally known executive coach and leadership expert

Boston

1. Michael C. Miller, Global General Counsel of Monster Inc.
2. Dorie Clarke – named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50

Dubai

1. Adil Khan, CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, MENA

Paris

1. Bjarne Tellmann, Global General Counsel of Pearson plc

San Francisco

1. Matt Fawcett, Global General Counsel of Netapp plc

Dublin

1. Gareth Lambe, CEO of Facebook (Ireland)
2. Brendan Noud, CEO of Learnupon
3. Julie Sinnamon, CEO of Enterprise Ireland
4. Louise Phelan, CEO of Paypal (MENA)
5. Martin Shanahan, CEO of IDA Ireland
6. Feargal O’Rourke, CEO of PwC (Ireland)

*Our guest speakers held the above mentioned roles at the time they were guest speakers at the Lawyers’ BD Club.