Rob Cahill
Regions EREO Executive, Global Technology & Operations, Enterprice Resolution Execution Office, BAML
Robert “Rob” Cahill currently serves as the Regions Executive for the Enterprise Resolution Execution Office (EREO). His responsibilities include ensuring all EREO functions operate effectively across EMEA. He serves as the central point of management for all regional events, and his team oversees all country- and region-specific requirements and capabilities.
Prior to his current role, Rob served as the Global Head of Application Services and Delivery for Global Markets Operations Technology and co-head of Ireland Technology. Rob established and built up this global support team who were responsible for worldwide back office production support for Global Markets.
Rob started his career as a developer for Philips Electronics in the Netherlands before moving to London, where he joined the firm in Global Markets and worked in a number of information technology departments, both as a consultant and as an associate, over a 20-year period.
Rob received his Computer Science & Math degree and Masters from University College Cork.
Aoife Flood
Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited
Aoife is Senior Manager of PwC's Global Diversity & Inclusion Programme Office with responsibility for the development and implementation of PwC's network-wide global Diversity & Inclusion strategy. This includes leading global inclusion projects and global change and communications initiatives. As part of this role Aoife leads PwC's global diversity thought leadership strategy, which has seen her lead an extensive number of global research studies from concept through execution, including: The female millennial, Winning the fight for female talent, Moving women with purpose and most recently Time to talk: What has to change for women at work. Aoife is also the lead editor of PwC's Global Gender Agenda blog.
Aoife has 17 years of HR experience with PwC. Before joining the Global Diversity & Inclusion Programme Office, Aoife held various global change roles in the Ethics & Business Conduct, Global Mobility and Global Talent functions. Prior to this Aoife worked in PwC Ireland’s Learning & Development function.
Aoife has a degree in Business Studies and an Executive Masters in Human Resource Strategies.
Mary Kinihan
Organisational psychologist and assistant lecturer, Dublin Institute of Technology
Dr. Mary Kinahan is an organisational psychologist and assistant lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at Dublin Institute of Technology. Mary's research interest reside in the domains of both organisational and social psychology. In particular she is interested in women's role in the workplace and women's advancement in leadership. Her research areas include the role of gender stereotypes in the workplace, prejudice and discrimination in the workplace, diversity, and leadership.
Prior to her current role, Mary was a lecturer of Organisational Psychology/Behaviour and HRM in IT Carlow and Dublin City University. She completed her PhD in Organisational and Social Psychology at DCU Business School in November 2013. Mary was supervised by Dr. Janine Bosak, DCU and collaborator Professor Alice H. Eagly of Northwestern University.
Mary is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD); European Association of Work and Organisational Psycholgy (EAWOP), the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) and Psychology Society of Ireland (PSI).
Claire Millar
Assistant Vice President, Barclays Bank Ireland Plc
Claire is an Assistant Vice President at Barclays Bank Ireland Plc, currently working on the European Referendum Response Programme. Prior to joining Barclays, Claire worked as an Assistant Manager in the Asset and Wealth Management practise of PwC where she gained experience in both Dublin and Toronto. She worked with fund administrators and clients who triumph in the funds industry both in Ireland and abroad on a large variety of fund types. Claire is a member of Chartered Accountants Ireland and holds a B.Sc. in Accounting and Finance from DIT as well as a Master of Accounting (M.Acc.) from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. On the back of completing her dissertation on the leadership gender imbalance in the accountancy profession, her article, Through the Glass Ceiling – Influences on and challenges faced by female partners in Big 4 accounting practises, was published in Accountancy Ireland. Claire is passionate about gender balance both from a personal and business stance and worked very closely with the 30% Club Ireland Lead and Steering Committee in setting up the chapter here in Ireland, gaining support from Irish businesses and organising key events to help business leaders in Ireland to tackle the issue and make real efforts towards achieving gender balance at all levels of their organisations.
Pat Moran
Partner, PwC Dublin
Pat is a partner and the Cyber Leader for PwC Dublin. He has over 25 years’ experience of supporting clients in this area. During this time, Pat has worked Dublin, London and across Australia as a cyber and IT risk professional.
