Strategic Advisor to CEOs and Boards of Scaling Organisations

I act as an independent board advisor to CEOs and Chairs seeking clarity, balance and high-quality decision support at Board level.

How I Contribute at Board Level

✔︎ Strengthening strategic clarity and long-term direction

✔︎ Supporting high-quality decision-making under complexity

✔︎ Providing independent, commercially grounded perspective

✔︎ Enhancing alignment between Board and Executive

✔︎ Navigating scale, transformation and capital events

✔︎ Supporting CEO performance and resilience

I bring both executive leadership experience and governance sensitivity — understanding the distinct roles of Board and management.

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Experience at Executive and Board Level

Over 25 years, I have held senior executive and Board-level roles across financial services, telecommunications and retail, including CEO of Tesco Mobile Ireland.

I have led organisations through commercial growth, transformation and capital events — and understand the weight of leadership decisions in real time.

This perspective informs how I operate as a Board advisor: commercially rigorous, strategically focused and independent in thought.

Engagement Structure

Board advisory engagements are tailored and may include:

Attendance at Board meetings

Pre-Board CEO preparation sessions

Strategic planning and offsite facilitation

Governance and decision-quality review

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When Board Advisory Is Most Valuable

  • The organisation is scaling beyond founder-led leadership

  • Governance structures are evolving

  • Strategic direction requires sharpening

  • Executive and Board alignment needs strengthening

  • The CEO would benefit from an independent thinking partner

Board effectiveness is not accidental. It is designed.

“Elaine provided great insight, perspective and support to me when I sold my business. From her solid financial acumen, to her insightful questions, to talking out the big decisions as well as getting the smaller things done, Elaine’s supported the process end to end. Her mentoring style is in partnership and can be challenging when needed. Elaine is great to work with, she is invested in her clients and very authentic in her approach.”

-Barry Byrne, ICT Project Management