Catherine Fitzgibbon is an independent consultant currently based in the UK after over 15 years working in the Horn of Africa region. She has worked for a wide range of clients including donors, World Bank, UN agencies and NGOs.

Catherine currently provides technical assistance to Kenya’s National Safety Net Programme (NSNP) and the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) in the implementation of its Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP) providing cash transfer payments to the extreme poor.

Catherine is also an adviser on disaster risk financing initiatives with the World Bank’s Finance and Markets Global Practice unit.

Prior to becoming a consultant Catherine was Programme Quality and Design Director at Save the
Children UK (Kenya) and as Head of Operations for Save the Children (Ethiopia).

She is a critical thinker with frontline experience of the issues facing poor communities in Africa.
Catherine has recently been appointed to the Board of Partner Africa.

Dervla is a qualified FCA with over 16 years PQE in practice and industry. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from University College Dublin, Dervla continued to study for her ACA qualification while
working in the audit department of a top 5 audit and advisory practice. Dervla has considerable audit, advisory and transaction experience across a range of growth focused businesses covering SME’s, multinationals and listed
companies both domestically and internationally.
In 2009 Dervla moved into the recruitment industry and joined Sigmar. She is responsible for the finance function of the Group with particular emphasis on working capital management, financial reporting, project management, statutory accounting and audit, taxation, payroll, legal and corporate compliance.
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Commerce, University College Dublin
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland

Sheila Walsh is CarTrawler’s Chief People Officer. She has been part of CarTrawler’s senior leadership team since 2016 having previously held the role of Director of People.

As Chief People Officer, Sheila is responsible for the development and implementation of the People strategy ensuring alignment with business objectives to maximise organisational effectiveness. Sheila works closely with the Leadership Team in creating a culture that supports high performing teams and attracts and retains the best talent as under-pinned by our vision and values.

A hands-on and motivated HR professional, Sheila has a broad range of experience across many sectors including; software, telco, publishing, healthcare and not-for-profit. She strongly believes that the provision of meaning and purpose within the workplace results in engaged employees who live and breathe the behaviours that support sustained business success.

Sheila holds a MBS in Business Practice from University College Cork, is an accredited Life Coach & Lifeskills Consultant and is an associate member of CIPD.