Meet the HMI Faculty

Happy New Year and welcome to the first HMI update for 2015.

We are off to a busy start here at HMI and are looking forward to working with you throughout 2015. All of our consultants have expansive C.Vs. combined with rich and extensive experience across a range of specialties. Each has honed their experiences to bring a sharper focus to working within and understanding the complexities of the healthcare sector. Our strengths lie in the high standards we set in terms of approach, delivery and outcomes. Flexibility and reliability are also key to our approach when working with clients, both old and new.

As we start into another year, the pressures in terms of service delivery remain difficult. What may be required is a new way of considering issues and taking an alternative approach to resolving them. If you have a requirement in 2015 for a fresh approach to organisational strategy and development, HR practice, workforce development, performance management or training interventions, we would be delighted to speak with you.

Conor Hannawy

Conor has a long career working at chief executive and senior management level both nationally and internationally. He has an extensive consultancy and executive development practice in the health services. He is an expert in employment law and has written numerous articles in the areas of HR and general management.

Specialties: Leadership, Strategy, Organisation Development, Employment related issues

Karen Maher

Karen is a HR professional specialising in organisation development, education and training. She has extensive experience coordinating training design and delivery, workforce planning and development; implementing diversity related processes, as well as performance management.

Specialities: Workforce Planning, Performance Management, Leadership and Management Training, Coaching, Psychometric Testing including MBTI and EQi2, EQi360

Caroline Leonard

Caroline is passionate about people and what makes them work. She has designed and developed executive coaching and training interventions across a diverse range of audiences.

Specialities: Stress Management, Resilience Training, Effective Communication, Team Building

Seamus Gallagher

Seamus has a wealth of management experience in the public, private and voluntary health services both in Ireland and abroad. This includes human resources, finance and corporate services and management experience of the acute, mental health, services for older people, health promotion and the ambulance services.

Specialities: HR Practice, Executive Coaching

Katie Gumbrielle

Katie is an Employee Relations Specialist with vast experience in the areas of professional and managerial recruitment, performance management systems, learning and development and leadership development. She works with our elearning team to develop online training courses which she also facilitates.

Specialities: Recruitment, Training & Development, Employee Engagement Surveys

Georgina Corscadden

Georgina has a strong track record working with international companies to deliver management development and coaching interventions. She strongly believes in the positive dynamic of coaching to assist internalising competencies learned.

Specialities: Management Development, Performance Coaching

Meet the HMI Faculty