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Edel Walsh is the owner of Edel Walsh Coaching and Consulting.

She specialises in mental health and well-being coaching and workplace well-being coaching.
Edel is also a student mentor and coach supporting professional accountancy students through their exams. Edel supports her student clients get their exams as quickly as possible while maintaining balance and prioritizing their well-being.

Her corporate career started in KPMG where qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser. From there, Edel moved into professional education where she held senior lecturer and examinership roles within the professional accountancy bodies.

Yvonne is MCIPD Accredited, with an MSc in HRM Leadership and she is also a Certified Workplace Mediator (The Mediators' Institute of Ireland). Yvonne has a personal and practical approach and is experienced in working collaboratively with clients managing multiple, disparate activities, projects and transformation programmes ensuring people strategies are aligned with Business Strategic direction and Business Needs.

With over 22 years’ experience in all areas of Human Resource Management, she has worked in business areas such as Logistics, Manufacturing / Recycling, Not-For-Profit/Charity, Health and Social Care, Education and Corporate Functions such as Finance, IT, Quality & Corporate Governance and Strategic Planning & Development.

Kevin Artlett is a highly experienced Credit and Insurance professional, having worked in the industry for over 35 Years. Working and managing large collection teams, and continually delivered against targets whist implementation successful policies and procedures to facilitate this. In the last 20 years he has been focused on providing services to large organisations and SMEs as an interim credit manager, consultant in change management and legacy debt, and delivery bespoke training courses and programmes for credit/collections personnel. Kevin believes in proactive credit management with an emphasis on developing the skills of credit controllers, and implementation of robust credit policies. In addition, he is a leading tutor for the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) and adjudicator for the prestigious CICM Q programme. Active committee member of CICM Kent branch, awarded the Meritorious award in 2013 and winner of mentor of the year in credit strategy awards.

Alan Sellers has been an accredited Executive Coach for 26 years, helping practices in the financial and legal sectors succeed. He is an established blockchain and digital asset influencer. Alan is the official blockchain and crypto specialist for the London Chamber of Commerce, and the only cryptocurrency and blockchain expert on the Institute of Directors Fintech and Finance Group. His TikTok account provides educational content about cryptocurrency and has over 3.7m views. As Founder of Your Crypto Coach Limited Alan’s vision is to educate as many people as possible about the exciting world of blockchain and crypto in a ‘sound, practical and safe’ way. “Blockchain is how the internet was 30 years ago. I’m not sure people realise what an enormous impact this amazing technology will have on all aspects of their lives. I’ve made it my mission to educate them in a safe and secure way”

XpertDPO was formed by Stuart Anderson, a GDPR consultant, to provide market leading Information Security & Governance advisory and consultancy supports to its clients. XppertDPO’s proven methodology and approach is based on research, practical experience and a pragmatic ethos which delivers consistent added value to our clients.

Stuart has gained a unique blend of business and technical acumen in the areas of Information Security, Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC), Data Protection, Data Quality and implementing Regulatory Compliance processes. Stuart has been certified by ISACA and holds the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certifications.

In addition, Stuart has been awarded the Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification by ISC2. Stuart is also a Certified Data Protection Officer (CDPO) and has also achieved a Postgraduate Diploma in data protection from University College Dublin and an Advanced Diploma in data Protection Law from The Honorable Society of King’s Inns Dublin. Stuart is a member of the Association of Compliance Officers Ireland (ACOI) and a member of the Institute of Banking.

More recently, Stuart, as GDPR consultant, has had articles published in the International Journal for Data Protection Officers, Privacy Officers and Privacy Counsel with the latest article giving insight into the effect of Brexit on Data Protection.

Before founding XpertDPO Ltd. Stuart performed various roles within leading software providers, culminating as Director, Global Services for an Irish based multinational software development house. Previously to this, Stuart worked in Ireland and the UK as an implementation engineer specialising in CRM, ERP and Payroll software. Stuart embarked on his software career working for Sage UK as a Software Support Executive in the Accountants Division based in Manchester.

Barry is an experienced Environmental sustainability engineer and scientist. Barry worked for nine years’ experience across all areas of sustainability in implementation Origin Green and Decarbonization across ABP plants in Ireland, the UK and Europe. Since finishing with ABP 2 years ago, Barry has completed Scopes 1,2 and 3 in multiple manufacturing Barry will identify the energy and carbon reduction opportunities within your company with a cost/benefit analysis with grant supports and payback period. Barry’s areas of expertise include: • Carbon Management • Decarbonisation assessment across scope 1, 2 and 3 • Energy Management Systems • Water conservation and water stewardship • Product Life Cycle Assessment • Circular Economy • Climate Adaptation and Resilience • Corporate Sustainability Strategy As a Certified Energy Manager, Barry is registered to conduct energy audits, in compliance with the requirements of SI426 of 2014 and the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, for organisations who wish to comply with the regulations while also achieving continuous improvement in their energy performance.