Clodagh O'Brien is a partner in the Crowe’s consultancy department and has almost 30 years' experience advising public, private and not-for-profit organisations on strategy development, feasibility studies, business cases, programme evaluation, organisational development and implementation planning. She joined Crowe in 2015, having previously led a boutique consulting firm (Newmarket Consulting) for almost 20 years. Her career has focused on helping organisations make better decisions, strengthen performance and achieve sustainable growth and impact.
Clodagh works with organisations seeking to maximise value and impact for their customers, beneficiaries and stakeholders. She supports leaders in making business-critical, investment and programme development decisions that are evidence-based, future-focused and sustainable. Combining strong business acumen, analytical capability and critical thinking, she translates research, stakeholder insight and complex information into clear recommendations, practical strategies and achievable implementation plans.
Her expertise includes stakeholder engagement, strategy development, feasibility studies, business cases, programme evaluation, impact assessment, governance, operating model design, service development, business planning and implementation support. She is particularly experienced in supporting progressive organisations, helping them secure funding and investment, improve performance, demonstrate impact and build long-term sustainability.
Clodagh has extensive experience across tourism and hospitality, heritage, arts and culture, education, health and social care, community services, and the creative sector, working with government departments, state agencies, local authorities, representative bodies, commercial organisations and not-for-profit entities.
She holds an honours degree in International Marketing and Languages (German and Spanish) from Dublin City University and a Master's degree in Sociology from NUI Maynooth. She has also completed the Advanced Certificate in Business Counselling, a Certificate in World Class Marketing and she is certified as an Innovation Coach.
