Funding and Governance
Le Chéile Mentoring is an NGO, governed by a Board of Directors, and is structured as a company limited by guarantee and registered with the Charity Regulator. We also comply with The Governance Code for the Community, Voluntary and Charitable Sector in Ireland.
Current Board of Directors
James Doorley
Chairperson
James Doorley is the Secretary General of the Irish Chamber of Shipping. Prior to this he was the Deputy Director of the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI), the representative body for voluntary youth organisations. James has been a member of the National Economic and Social Council since 2011. He is a former Vice President of the European Youth Forum and served as a Trustee of the Carnegie UK Trust from 2004-2015.
He has a BA and MA in Applied Social Studies and a Diploma in Youth and Community Work from NUI Maynooth, a Degree in Law from Dublin Institute of Technology, a Master in Laws (LL.M) in Trinity College Dublin, and a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Governance in the Michael Smurfit Business School in UCD in 2010.
Carin Bryans
Vice - Chairperson
Carin has extensive leadership experience with a focus in financial services, having spent most of her career at J.P. Morgan, ultimately leading the Irish business for more than 15 years. Carin has past exec and non-exec board experience in both the profit and non profit sector, and is currently an Independent Non Executive Director on two regulated financial services firms in Ireland. Carin has a bachelor degree in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBA from the UCD Smurfit School of Business and is a Certified Bank Director.
Mary Byrne
Company Sectretary
Mary’s working career is primarily within the community/voluntary sector and her own business Canavan Byrne with her colleague Angela Canavan. She has a wide range of experience in HR management, leadership and training support to business owners, boards of management and small/medium size commercial businesses. Mary has authored and co-authored publications in the early years sectors including Human Resource Management in Early Years Services. In addition, she was a volunteer and Director with Community Credit Union for over twenty years holding various roles on the Board of Management. Mary is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and holds a Degree in HR Management from the Dublin Institute of Technology.
Ronan Mc Loughlin
Director
Ronan is a qualified social worker with career focus on working with young people in the justice system, in both Ireland and Australia. He has held clinical and management roles in Tusla and the HSE and is currently the Regional Manager for Young Person’s Probation, holding national responsibility for young people linked with the Probation Service. He has a particular interest in systemic responses to complexity in youth offending.
Ronan holds an undergraduate degree in Social Science from University College Dublin, a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Melbourne and is undertaking a Master’s Degree in Integrative Psychotherapy in Dublin College University.
Sarah Jane Judge
Director
Sarah Jane is a Barrister specialising in Family Law, Child Care Law, Juvenile Justice, Criminal Law and Personal Injuries Law. She is also a Board Member of the CARI Foundation and Drogheda Women and Children’s Refuge. Sarah Jane has B.A in Business and Commerce from DCU, a Barrister at Law degree from Kings Inns and an LLM in Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice and Cyber Crime from UCC.
Dr Catherine Bond
Director
Claire Walsh
Director
Claire Walsh brings more than 25 years of corporate experience to the Le Cheile board. Previous roles have included culture change, strategic planning and leadership development. She is a volunteer mentor with Le Cheile so she understands the transformative power of mentoring. Claire is a business consultant and qualified coach and now runs her own company, Intentionality.
Claire began her career as an engineer before moving into leadership roles, first when working in O2 and then during her 15 years in Sales, Strategy and Operations with Google. She has a particular interest in people, strategy and culture. She believes that developing psychological safety and an open culture is essential for people, organisations, and society to thrive. Claire is also the chair of the board of the Irish Wildlife Trust.
Brian McDonald
Director
Brian is an accomplished corporate finance professional with extensive experience in startup fundraising, M&A, business strategy, turnarounds and exits.
Brian has held senior positions at the Paragon Group and GE Corporate Finance Bank and is currently an investor and a member of the Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN).
Brian holds a joint honours BA in Economics and Business from Trinity College Dublin. He is also Chartered Accountant and member of the UK Turnaround Management Association (TMA).
Andy Bray
Director
Andy is a Project Specialist with the Centre for Effective Services (CES). His primary work focus in CES is practice and service development. This includes translating evidence into practice to support the implementation of programmes designed to improve outcomes. Prior to CES, Andy worked as as the Eastern Regional Manager with Le Cheile Mentoring. Andy has a BSc Social Sciences and Social Policy, an MSc Restorative Practice and a PhD in Criminology
Dr Mairead Seymour
Director
Le Chéile Mentoring is funded by the Department of Justice through the Probation Service. Our Restorative Justice Project receives funding from the Probation Service and Limerick City and County Council.
Registered Charity No. 20066000 | Company No. 424299 | CHY No. CHY 17621
Le Chéile Mentoring is funded by
