ABOUT

About
Professional - Experienced

Biography

Barry O’Sullivan has worked as a senior executive in financial services for over 25 years, in sales, operations and general management to director level.

Barry was Head of Brokerage Operations for Irish Life and previously Regional Director with Prudential. He was a non-executive Director of Assurelink (IT), a non-executive Director of Money Advice CRM, Head of Wealth Management with Acumen and Trust, and Group Director at Arachas Corporate Brokers.

Since 2010, Barry has worked as an Executive Coach with senior executives in Financial and Professional Services, Tech, Law, FMCG, Retail, Construction and Wealth Management. As a consultant, he has been engaged in financial services on sales, operations and strategic assignments.

Barry has natural coaching style that draws on his training and experience in applying practical approaches to working with change agendas. His approach aims to build awareness, achieve personal growth and deliver changes in outlook, attitudes and behaviours.

He works closely with individuals to build a commitment to action and change.

He partners with leadership teams to address the factors that impact on their team effectiveness.

Professional

Barry holds a Post Graduate Professional Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching from UCD Smurfit Graduate Business School. He qualified with a Professional Diploma in Team Coaching from UCD Smurfit and is currently working towards a Masters Degree by way of further Advanced Coaching studies. He is a graduate of the IMI Advanced Management Programme and has a Business Degree from Dublin City University.

He is a member of The European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), the Association for Coaching (AC) and the Life Assurance Association. He is a Qualified Financial Adviser and Pension Trustee.

Experienced

Barry coaches senior executives independently and as a coaching associate with HPC (www.wearehpc.com). He is co-founder of Smurfit Team Coaches.

He coaches in collaboration with www.smurfitteamcoaches.ie and as a team coach on the Trinity College Dublin MBA programme.