About Shirley Kavanagh
Shirley Kavanagh is Managing Director and founder of Executive Support Limited. A company providing solutions that develop leadership capability, improve performance and deliver real change to corporate clients in Ireland and the UK. Shirley spent fifteen years in a number of senior Management positions in one of Irelands leading Financial Institutions AXA, achieving a Board position in 1998 and subsequently being appointed an Executive Director in the Company with responsibility for the Groups Claims business in Ireland and also maintaining responsibility for Human Resources.
A Masters graduate of Trinity College Dublin and an alumnus from a number of Business Schools including, IMD in Lausanne Switzerland, the University of Michigan and Harvard University, she is an experienced Business manager. Over the past number of years she has worked with clients on an individual and team basis to improve performance, facilitate change and develop leadership potential.
Shirley has a keen interest in the development of executives transitioning into new roles. She has worked with many executives in a wide range of industries to help them position themselves to increase their impact and structure their transition to achieve results.