Susan has over 20 years of experience in the creative industries at senior management level, most recently as CEO of the national St. Patrick’s Festival and previously as Director of Communications & Marketing at The Gaiety Theatre. As CEO of the festival, she worked closely with the Department of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and government agencies to create an award-winning, world-class festival which is recognised as strategically important to the national agenda.

Susan has built a high-level network focused on the promotion of Ireland and its creative industries nationally and worldwide. Susan is Chair of the British Irish Chamber Culture, Art, Sport & Tourism committee, and a member of the steering committee for the Screen Ireland supported National Talent Academy Film, an initiative for developing and driving opportunities for diverse and regional screen talent in film and television on a national level.