Fireside chat with Carol Phelan CFO of Dalata Hotel Group

Good evening,

I’m delighted to announce that Carol Phelan, Chief Financial Officer of Dalata Hotel Group will be our fab guest speaker at our *CFO x GC* event in Dublin.

Carol will join us for our fireside chat to discuss her career journey and lessons she has learned along the way.

We will also be having a fireside chat with a terrific General Counsel about their career journey – Maureen Daly, the General Counsel of the Irish Life Group.

Host – McCann FitzGerald LLP

McCann FitzGerald LLP will host our CFO x GC event at their stunning offices. McCann FitzGerald LLP is one of Ireland’s leading corporate law firms.

Event Details:

Date: Thursday, 30 November 2023

Time: 11.45 a.m. to 1.00 pm (please note: our 1st fireside chat will start at 12 noon sharp)

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

About Carol Phelan

Carol joined Dalata in November 2014 and was promoted to CFO in July 2021.

She has extensive experience in corporate finance, strategy development, financial reporting and controls from previous senior roles in Ion Equity and KPMG.

She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds a First Class Honours Master of Accounting.

RSVP

Please feel free to drop me a line if you would be interested in joining us at this special Lawyers’ BD Club event.

My email is:

colin.carroll@empowermentinternational.com

Thanks,

Colin

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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. Ronan Dunne, CEO of Telefonica (UK)
3. Sabine Chalmers, Global General Counsel of BT
4. Siobhan Moriarty, Global General Counsel of Diageo plc

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

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