Fionnuala Kilbane

Fionnuala Kilbane

Senior Account Manager

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  • About me

    Sales Communications Manager APAC EMEA

  • Education

    • Scoil Damhnait, Achill

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      Leaving Cert
    • Cenit College

      2024 - 2024
      ICDL Data Analytics
    • Technological University Dublin

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      Advanced Diploma in Marketing Techniques Marketing Honours
    • Maynooth University

      2020 - 2021
      Certificate Equality Studies

      The course provides students with the knowledge and understanding needed to deal effectively with issues of equality and diversity in the workplace.

    • Trinity College Dublin

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      BSc Marketing Management
  • Experience

    • Kinross + Render

      Aug 2000 - Feb 2005
      Senior Account Manager

      Senior account manager in UK PR agency Kinross + Render. Freelance work with Tech 100 and Hill & Knowlton. Clients included: - Diebold Inc- Fereday Pollard- Galliford Try- Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)- Xerox- Zurich Municipal- IIB Bank - Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)- INTO

    • Pembroke Communications

      Feb 2005 - Apr 2007
      Senior Account Manager

      Account manager across a number of B2B and consumer accounts.

    • Engineers Ireland

      Apr 2007 - Jun 2015
      Communications and Marketing Director

      I was recruited to enhance the reputation of a membership organisation from being a reactive and largely ignored presence in the Irish business landscape to a leading independent expert voice for engineering in Ireland that is regularly consulted by Government and the media.

    • 53TEN Technical Communications

      Jun 2015 - May 2019
      Freelance Communications and Marketing Consultant

      Growing my own consultancy business and delivering communications and marketing consultancy services to a range of clients across industries. These included: - Smart Grid Ireland - Enterprise Ireland- Crospon - Engineers Ireland - Flex

    • Crospon Ltd, Galway Business Park, Galway

      Sept 2016 - Jun 2017
      Head of Marketing

      As acting head of marketing at Crospon, I assisted with the commercial launch of an innovative medical device into the US market. The immovable deadline of a trade show meant that all collateral including refreshed brand logos, exhibition stands, brochures, website and press materials had to be delivered on time as well as on budget.

    • The Institute of Banking

      May 2019 - Mar 2020
      Communications Specialist

      Working closely with the CEO to develop her authentic voice and prepare her for external and internal speaker events. Delivering a 12-month internal / external content calendar to increase employee and member engagements.

    • ESB

      Oct 2020 - Mar 2021
      Interim Project Manager

      Developing a values-in-action marketing communications strategy and implementation plan for employee reward, plus supporting a senior leader with developing her authentic voice and public speaking.

    • Microsoft

      Mar 2021 - Jul 2022
      Senior Communications Manager

      Designing and program managing an external / internal communications strategy for inspirational leader, Nicola Hodson, then VP of Field Transformation in the sales and marketing org and now CEO of IBM UK & Ireland. Creating original content for the sales org change management program.

    • Merative

      Jul 2022 - Oct 2023
      Internal communications and employee engagement

      Delivering creative communications content to approx. 2,000 full time employees and measuring impact and engagements through data analysis.

    • IBM

      Jul 2022 - Oct 2022
      Internal communications and employee engagement

      Delivering change communications for 2,000+ employees transitioning from IBM Watson Health to new company, Merative.

    • Bentley Systems

      Jul 2024 - now
      Sales Communication Manager APAC EMEA

      Informing and engaging sales colleagues across EMEA and APAC.

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  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Phoenix Flyers Special Olympics Swimming Club on Nov 2023
      Phoenix Flyers Special Olympics Swimming ClubAssociated with Fionnuala Kilbane
    • Volunteer

      Issued by Celbridge Condors Special Olympics Club on Sept 2019
      Celbridge Condors Special Olympics ClubAssociated with Fionnuala Kilbane