Organizational Development Specialist, HSE Ireland; Ireland

Marie has a long career in enabling people and services develop for the better. Currently she is a member of the National Organisation Development & Design Team in the HSE formally working as a Leadership, Education and Talent Development Manager in HSE West. Her qualifications include RGN, RM, PHN HDIP, BNS Hons, MSc Health Services Management, ACC accredited ICF Coach, certified Mediator and Organisational Development and Design CIPD Certified Practitioner. Working in health services in various roles in Ireland and aboard since 1986, Marie has acquired a rich and broad range of experience which she brings to her current work in OD and change. She commenced her career as a general nurse in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, then as a midwife in Scotland and England in the early 1990s, eventually moving on to work as a Primary Care advisor in Mozambique and South Sudan for contracted periods in the mid-1990s and mid-2000s with an International Non-Governmental Organisation. Marie returned to Ireland and spent a number of years in Dublin as a Public Health Nurse and in 2001 moved into change management, facilitation, training and Workplace Partnership. 2011 brought change and Marie joined the Leadership, Learning and Talent Development Team. In her present role she is part of the National HSE Organisation Development & Design team working with the CEO and the Health Region Implementation Team. The team supports the building of change capacity and capability within the health services in Ireland. She is passionate about enabling services to respond to people and community needs and her philosophy in life is to make sure that those who come in contact with her leave feeling empowered.