Our strategy & operations team
Cormac Hughes, partner - BA (Management Science and Information Systems Studies), member of IMCA
Cormac leads our services in Strategy & operations and Human capital advisory services. He specialises in operations consulting and business performance improvement. Cormac is an experienced programme manager with a track record of delivering large and complex implementations across industries. He has advised on a range of corporate restructuring, capability reviews and operational strategy projects. Cormac also has extensive experience in cost reduction, transformational and technology based initiatives. T +353 1 417 2592
Kieran Devery , director - MBA, Diploma in Mgt Science, BEng, member IMCA, member of IIPM
Kieran specialises in operations & supply chain consulting, business performance improvement and programme leadership across a range of industry sectors. Kieran is an experienced programme manager with a track record of delivering large and complex transformation programmes. He has advised on a range of corporate strategy, supply chain strategy, cost reduction and operational strategy projects. Before consulting, Kieran worked in the automotive industry in a number of senior business operations roles.Kieran is an accomplished manager and leader, with significant commercial, strategic, and operational expertise. T +353 1 417 2532
Lisa McGrath, director - BA (Computer Science Linguistics & German), M.Sc (Computer Science)
Lisa focuses on operational excellence and has extensive experience in customer operations. She has planned and managed operating model, process optimisation and systems implementation projects, in consumer business and a number of other industry sectors. T +353 1 417 2872
Margaret Ward, senior manager - BComm (Mgt), MBS (Marketing), member of IMCA, member of Marketing Institute
Margaret focuses on corporate strategy and planning, business case development, operations excellence and HR management within both the public and the private sectors. Margaret has over 14 years' consulting experience. Her assignment work includes the development of RD&I applications on behalf of clients to the IDA, the development and implementation of complex change management programmes, process review and re-engineering and efficiency reviews. T +353 1 417 2845
Sinead Smith, senior manager - BA (Economics & Geography), MEcon Sc, Post Graduate Certificate in Marketing Practice, member of the IMCA
Sinéad has a focus on the energy & resources industry. She has over 10 years' consulting experience and is responsible for project managing a range of strategy assignments, primarily covering business/strategic planning, process reviews, organisation reviews and sectoral reviews, for both public and private sector clients. Sinéad is a member of the Irish Business & Employers Federation (IBEC) Energy Policy Committee, the Institute of European Affairs Climate Change Working Group and the Irish Wind Energy Association’s Policy Committee. T +353 1 417 25182