CareerWise Attend BIG Leaders Summit Galway

Our CareerWise Galway/Mayo team were delighted to attend the recent BiG* Leaders Summit 2025 at the Clayton Hotel, Galway.

This year’s summit was packed with amazing speakers!  Special guests were Niall Breslin, who’s known worldwide for his take on mental performance, leadership, and wellbeing. Plus, Julie-Ann Russell shared her unique experiences from elite sports and her high-flying career at Microsoft.

🎤 Niall Breslin – A powerful voice on mental health.
⚽ Julie-Ann Russell – Leadership lessons from the pitch to the office.
🏗️ Sylvester Neylon – A captivating storyteller on business success.
💻 Kevin McDonnell – Bridging the gap to AI optimization.
💡 Kara Walsh – Bringing fresh perspectives on leadership and growth.

Every year this is a superb day out, always with an exceptional array of guest speakers and this one certainly provided all this and more. Thanks again to Galway Executive Skillnet, here’s to continuing the journey of learning and connection.

Pictured here is Michael O’Connor and Louise Mulligan from Careerwise, Bressie and Julie-Ann Russell (former Irish soccer international)

Diarmuid Buckley

(Recruitment Manager), CME – Cork Office

Diarmuid joins Careerwise with a strong Industrial technical support, technical recruitment and capital equipment sales background. He has had extensive exposure to the manufacturing sector within Ireland from his previous roles with a number of leading multinational companies such as Siemens, Atlas Copco and Logitech.

Diarmuid holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Open University along with technical qualifications in Electrical Engineering and Automation from the CIT.

Diarmuid is also qualified as a Certified Manufacturing Engineer with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

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