Our Team | SRI Executive

Dr. Seamus McGardle

Managing Director

Helen McGardle

Managing Director

Ursula Gallagher

Global Director of Search

Ursula Gallagher

Location: Dublin
Fields: Food Security & Nutrition, Public Health, Development Finance, Climate Change, Sustainability, Academia, Government Appointments, Board positions
Language: English

Passionate about ethical Search & Selection Ursula has been with SRI Executive since 2004 holding a variety of roles and currently leads our global team of Consultants and Researchers to ensure we support our clients through sustainable search and strategy services that impact at scale.

With a strong orientation for developing sustainable and mutually beneficial partnerships with Clients and Candidates both in the private and public sector internationally, Ursula has worked across multiple areas of International development ranging from Food Security & Nutrition, Global Public Health, Development Finance, Climate Change & Sustainability, Academia, Government Appointments, and Board positions. Ursula generates the circumstances that build SRI Executive’s own global network of relationships and essential regional representatives that enable SRI Executive to find the world’s most outstanding diverse and dynamic leaders to save lives, eliminate poverty, sustain our planet and empower the world’s most vulnerable.to identify outstanding leaders for organisations that are solving the

Ursula holds an MSc in Molecular Medicine from Trinity College, Dublin and has a BSc (Hons) Genetics from Queens University of Belfast.

Key appointments

Human Resources Director for Trinity College Dublin
Dean of King’s Inns
Chief Procurement Officer for the World Bank
Chief Executive Officer for HarvestPlus
Deputy Director, County Impact, Nutrition for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Deputy Director, Innovation & Private Sector for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Assistant Director-General, Green Growth Planning, and Implementation

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Colette Coffey

Director of Operations and Finance

Colette Coffey

Colette Coffey is the Director of Operations and Finance of SRI Executive.

Fields – International Development, Foundations, NGO’s, INGO’s Governmental, Multilateral Banking, Multilateral Agencies

With responsibility for internal Operations and Client Services with oversight of the Tender and Contracts department, she has over the past 8-years supported the increase in SRI Executives client base, globally in both search and strategy. She has over 16 years’ experience in senior management positions, Colette specialises in the strategic planning, operational support, and the initial client engagement by brokering and building the relationship between SRI Executive and its clients at the business development, proposal and contracting stage. Colette has supported in building long term partnerships with some of our biggest clients such the Green Climate Fund, the World Bank, the UNDP, the GATES Foundation, UNICEF, the Millennium Challenge Corporation and the Asian Development Bank.

She holds a BA in English and Business from University College Dublin and an Advanced Diploma in Executive Coaching from Kingston College.

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Jill Bausch

Director – International

Jill Bausch

Location: London
Fields: Multi-lateral banks, Foundations, Government agencies, International Development
Languages: English, French

Jill Bausch is a global leader in Executive Talent Management, working with international development and social enterprise global organisations, UN and government agencies, multilateral banks and foundations at a senior level.

Jill is a Board level advisor to development and private sector organisations, universities and business schools in Europe on leadership, business strategy and behavioural economics, and a technical specialist in executive search, coaching, mentoring, behaviour change and psychometrics.

With more than 20 years’ experience in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia, and as the former CEO of Futures Group Europe, managing healthcare impact and behaviour change programmes globally, Jill is driven to build high-performance teams and to work with the new leaders of tomorrow.

Jill has an MSc. From the London School of Economics, is Certified in Disease Modelling from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Jill is also a qualified practitioner in Emotional Intelligence 2.0 & 360 tools and Hogan Personality Profiling.

Key appointments

Assistant Secretary-General for the United Nations Children’s Fund
Assistant Secretary-General for United Nations Department of Safety and Security
Director of Human Resources for United Nations Development Program
External Affairs Director for Green Climate Fund
Director of Partnerships for United Nations Women
Director of Finance and Policy for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Director of Maternal, Child and Newborn Health for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Private Sector Investment Specialist for Asian Development Bank

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Yvonne McNulty

Search Director Ireland and UK

Yvonne McNulty

Location: Dublin
Fields: Pharmaceutical, Healthcare companies, Public Sector, Governmental and Academia
Language: English

With over 20 years of executive search experience within the UK, Ireland, US and Asia, Yvonne has extensive experience in providing strategic recruitment solutions in the private, public & not-for-profit sectors. A strategic thinker, skilled in building productive partnerships with key stakeholders across industry verticals including Technology, Financial, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare companies, as well as Public Sector, Governmental and Academia.

Yvonne has established management teams of start-up multinational companies and has acquired comprehensive client handling and relationship management skills, and has CEO, COO CFO and middle management executive search experience. She has designed and developed career coaching programmes for professionals, executives and female returners to the workforce. Yvonne also has experience in coaching candidates when making career choices and decisions about career options.

Yvonne holds a B. Soc Sci from University College Cork and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She is a Board Member of the Skillnet Ireland and a member of the Institute of Directors Ireland

Key appointments

Chief Executive Officer for the Honorable Society of King’s Inns
Chief Information and Innovation Officer for Maynooth University
Chief Operating Officer for Trinity College Dublin
Head of Office of Corporate Partnerships and Knowledge Exchange for Trinity College Dublin
Chief of Budget for United Nations Women
Chief Executive Officer for Concern Worldwide
Senior Commercialisation Specialists for Enterprise Ireland
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Counsel for Green Climate Fund

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Susan Waweru

Search Director Africa and Asia

Susan Waweru

Location: Nairobi
Fields: NGO´s, Climate Change, Sustainability, Finance, Private sector
Language: English

Susan brings over fifteen years’ experience working in diverse sectors, having started her career in the NGO sector as Executive Director for Junior Achievement in Kenya for over five years.

She moved to Australia thereafter and worked with the State of Victoria’s Equal Opportunities Commission as a Multicultural Outreach Officer, reaching out to diverse communities and educating them on the Equal Opportunities Law and the complaints lodgement process.

Susan then successfully started her own business, recruiting and placing Attendant Care workers to Nursing homes and home-based respite support for primary care givers.

Susan returned to Kenya and has been in the Executive Search field since 2011, supporting SRI to deliver on its executive search projects in the region whilst building the brand’s footprint in Africa.

Susan holds a Bachelors’ in Education from Kenyatta University and a Masters’ in Human Resource Management from, Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology.

Key appointments

Executive Director for African Economic Research Consortium
Chief Operating Officer for Climate-KIC
Chief Executive Officer, Innovative Solutions for Decision Agriculture
Country Director, Mozambique for The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Director, Commercialization for The African Agricultural Technology Foundation
Chief Finance Officer for Harvest Plus
Director, Research for the African Population and Health Research Center
Chief Executive Officer for The African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships
Chief Financial Officer for International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

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Susanne Andre

Senior Search & Strategy Consultant

Susanne Andre

Location: Stockholm
Fields: Climate Change, Sustainability, Foundations, Mulitilateral Banks and Government, Organisational Strategy
Language: English/Swedish

Susanne André is an accomplished and multi-faceted Senior Search and Strategy Consultant with SRI Executive. A strong and efficient changemaker in organisational development, it is her ability to harness and nurture talent, her legal eye for detail and adaptability in multi-cultural environments that make her a front-runner in strategy consulting. With 15 years of experience in legal work, governance, and human resources, her craft has been bolstered and fine-tuned having held leadership positions for the past eight years.

Susanne is comfortable working with small organisations and large networks alike. Immediately prior, she worked with Global Water Partnership leading on all aspects of process review and organisational restructuring across the network: with regional workforces, with management, and at a governance level. Susanne’s expertise in behavioural science means she offers more than just efficiency. With a deep knowledge of workforce training, performance development and talent management, Susanne ensures values and goals are aligned across all levels.

With SRI, Susanne is currently a Senior Consultant with a focus on climate change, sustainability and multilateral agencies and a Strategy Consultant in the areas of governance and organisational development.

Susanne holds a LLB Honors in European Law and Politics from the University of Edinburgh, and an Organisational and Work Psychology and Introductory course in Psychology from Lunds Universitet,

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Arvin Santiago

Senior Search Consultant – ASIA

Arvin Santiago

Location: Philippines/East Asia
Fields: NGO´s, Foundations, Banking, Government, Private sector.
Language: English /Tagalog

A matchmaker for both candidate and organisation, Arvin ensures candidates are always a good fit to achieve their objectives. Having been in Executive Search since 1996, Arvin has serviced a cross-section of industries in the public and private sectors and has been a Senior Consultant with SRI Executive since 2009.

Arvin handles consultancy services for global organisations and specialises in sourcing and transitioning the most exceptional private and public sector senior management executives across different sectors into non-for-profit, foundation, banking, government, and private organisations. Arvin has deep experience in Food Security & Nutrition, Global Public Health, Development Finance, and Climate Change.

Arvin holds a BA in Psychology from De La Salle University, Philippines.

Key appointments

Director of Operations for The International Rice Research Institute
Head of Resource Mobilization for The International Rice Research Institute
Head of Partnerships for The International Rice Research Institute
General Counsel for Green Climate Fund
Head of Portfolio Management for the Green Climate Fund

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Adriana Robles

LATAM Director

Adriana Robles

Location: México / Canada
Fields: Business & Professional Services, Private sector, Manufacturing and NGO´s
Languages: English, Spanish

Adriana is an international executive with broad experience in human resources and expertise in global executive search, she has successfully recruited more than 120 executive-level searches, contributed to the placement of more than 2,500 professionals during her career. Adriana’s key strengths are in leadership, coaching, strategic thinking, executive search, organisation building, communications, and company culture. Adriana has led high-growth organisations on how to attract and retain top talent.

Adriana is a multiple level human resources coach and advisor, she has worked for international non-profit organisations providing research and advisory services for private and public clients. Her bi-cultural exposure and diversity recruitment acumen consolidates her as a Global Executive Recruiter & HR Professional with expertise from working with multilateral agencies, NGOs and private sector multinational companies. Adriana leads searches for executives in South America, Ireland, the UK and internationally.

Adriana holds a BS in Industrial Relations by ITESO and a diplomate in PNL

Key appointments

General Manager, Brazil Sao Paulo for Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Chief Financial Officer, Guadalajara, México for C&A
Chief Financial Officer, Mexico City for The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Director of Human Resources, Mexico City for Sodexo
General Manager, Washington DC for Business Improvement Districts

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Astrid van Heumen

Partner of SRI

Catherine Hughes

Head, Business Development

Catherine Hughes

Location: Dublin

Fields: International Development, Foundations, Multilateral, and Government Agencies

Languages: English

Catherine is Head of Business Development with SRI Executive. Catherine’s role is a global one, responsible for developing relationships with new clients and nurturing existing relationships with our long-term clients who continue to partner with SRI Executive over the last 20 years. Committed to gathering unique insights that impact talent and strategy needs in the global development sector, SRI Executive is able to provide valuable trends and relevant knowledge to support the most complex search assignments and partner with organisations on strategy development. Prior to her role in business development, Catherine worked with SRI Executive in a search capacity identifying candidates for senior appointments in UNICEF, UN Women, the Green Climate Fund, the Global Water Partnership and engaged closely with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on their senior recruitment efforts in Africa.

Catherine has a Bachelor’s of Environmental Planning from Queens University Belfast and an MBA from Wilkes University in Pennsylvania, USA.

Key Appointments

Deputy Director of Finance for UNICEF

Executive Secretary for the Global Water Partnership

Deputy Director of Program Advocacy & Communications for the Gates Foundation

General Counsel for the Green Climate Fund

Director for Global Talent for ICRC

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Noel Keogh

Consultant

Iryna Maystrenko

Consultant Eastern Europe

Iryna Maystrenko

Iryna Maystrenko is a Consultant of SRI Executive Search

Location: Kyiv, Ukraine, Nice, France

Fields: Banking & Finance, Health and Life Sciences, International Development, Multilateral and Government Agencies

Language: English, Russian, Ukrainian

Iryna practice psychology, coaching and training people in her private psychological consultation since 2012, after 10 years as a banking executive.

With SRI, Iryna is currently a Consultant with a focus on Eastern Europe region agencies and she is comfortable working with small organizations and large networks alike. With a deep knowledge of psychology, coaching and career guidance, Iryna ensures values and goals are aligned across all levels. Combining experience in banking with consulting people experience she brings a unique insight and perspective to her work.

Iryna has a Diploma in Finance from Ukrainian Academy of Banking and Diploma of Psychologist from National Pedagogical University ‘M.P.Dragomanov’, Kyiv, Ukraine; Certificates of Moskow Institute of System Consulting and Training and Moskow Institute of Process Work.

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Aveen Colgan

Consultant Netherlands

Aveen Colgan

Aveen Colgan is a Consultant of SRI Executive Search

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Fields: Foundations, Global Health, International Development, Multilateral, and Government Agencies

Languages: English, Dutch, Spanish

Aveen has over 15 years’ experience in Search Consultancy and as a researcher and project advisor in Australia, UK, The Netherlands, and Ireland. She has worked with SRI Executive on assignments since 2016. She is passionate and committed to assisting organisations and individuals to realise their goals to attain positive social and environmental impact. Aveen has completed assignments for the GATES Foundation, the World Bank, WTO, OECD, the IMF, and the ILO. Aveen excels in helping clients to develop their vision, to document their values, to design and streamline processes, and to build the best teams to achieve sustainable growth. She is a resourceful Search Consultant, bringing flair and flexibility to organisations.

Aveen is adept at identifying and introducing the best talent for clients’ specific requirements. She has completed Search assignments in a diverse range of sectors including, Global Health, Renewable Energy, and INGO’s.

She holds a BA in History and Philosophy from the University of College Dublin.

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Shenaaz Bhima

Recruitment Consultant - South Africa

Shenaaz Bhima

Location: Johannesburg/ South Africa
Fields: Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Private Sector.
Language: English / Afrikaans

With over 11+ years working as a Recruitment Consultant, Shenaaz ensures candidates are always a good fit within an organisation to support the achievement of organisational goals. Shenaaz brings a crosscutting approach to the recruitment process in both the public and private sectors. She has supported in the appointment of senior directors into the FMCG sector. Working with organisations that are funded by the larger donors such as the World Bank, she can deliver consultancy services for regional and global organisations and specialises in sourcing and transitioning the most exceptional private and public sector senior management executives across different sectors into international development sector, and private organisations. Shenaaz is also tasked with SRI’s own internal hiring.

Key Recruitments

- Chief Transaction Officer – South African Power Pool
- Senior Programme Officer – South African power Pool
- Head of Business Expansion Products – Copperbelt Energy
- VP, Search – SRI USA

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Pippa Isbell

HR Consultant

Shawna Walsh

Global Strategy & Organisational Development Expert

Dr Jon Younger

Partner

Victoria Bouix

Leadership Development Consultant

Eamon Drea

Leadership Development Consultant

Mia Kutner

Leadership Development Consultant

Raj Nellooli

Search Director India and UAE

Farina Pane

Search Director – South Asia

Sharon Crabtree

Training and Performance Specialist