Karl Croke
Managing Partner
Karl Croke has a primary Commerce Degree and MBA from University College Galway. He holds a diploma in M.I.S. from the IMI and has completed Columbia Business School's Advanced Strategy programme. Karl served with the Irish Army reaching the rank of Captain and subsequently worked for Digital Equipment.
Prior to joining Amrop Strategis in 1995, he worked with the IMI specialising in strategic management. Karl has worked widely in the US and Europe. He has completed searches across all sectors. He leads the Financial Services and Board practices in Ireland. He is Managing Partner of Amrop Strategis Ireland.
Ray Carolan
Partner
Ray graduated from Trinity College Dublin and after spending his early career in retail management he subsequently joined a specialist IT recruitment consultancy. He first moved into executive search in 1988 in what was at the time one of Ireland's leading search practices. He was a founder director of a specialist recruitment business in 1992 and sold his shareholding in this business in 1997 to join KPMG. He spent eleven years in KPMG as Director - Executive Search undertaking senior management and Board level search assignments.
Ray has over twenty years experience in executive search in Ireland and has worked across a broad spectrum of industry sectors. In latter years he has particularly focused on privately owned Irish businesses, the private equity sector and property development.
Sheamus Considine
Partner
Sheamus graduated from University College Limerick with a primary degree in Business Studies, he also has an MBA from University College Galway. At INSEAD, France, he completed studies in the Strategic Advance Management Programme. He has worked in senior management positions for several American multinational firms including General Electric, Varian Associates, Digital Equipment and Kao Infosystems. As part of these duties, Sheamus worked for extended periods in the US and returned from a three-year assignment in Boston and Seattle to join Amrop Strategis in 1999.
He has completed recruitment projects across several sectors including Public Bodies, Education, Health and Technology placing senior executives with several leading Irish and multinational organisations.
Marie Maguire
Partner
Marie graduated with a M.A. (Hons) from Glasgow University and moved to London to work for the DHL Group, the global logistics organisation. After several years in their UK marketing department, she became part of the start up team for their new European subsidiary, Elan International. She relocated to Paris to set up and manage the French business for a number of years.
She is a founding member of Amrop Strategis in Ireland and has twenty years experience in managing senior level searches for both Irish and multinational clients across a wide range of industries such as FMCG, Retail, Telecommunications, Building Materials and Not For Profit.
Marie is also a qualified Life & Business Coach and is an Associate Member of the European Coaching Institute (ECI).
Damian Ringwood
Partner
Damian holds a first class Masters in Business Strategy and BSc. in Management from Trinity College.
He began his career with the Smurfit Group graduate programme in the Netherlands where he became Head of Quality Assurance. Damian has extensive experience in the provision of management consultancy services to clients. He has previously held senior positions with Ernst & Young (Executive Consultant) in London, Prospectus Strategy Consultants (Director) and BearingPoint (Managing Director) in Dublin.
He has delivered major strategic change with blue chip clients covering all major sectors. In particular, his major competencies include strategy, managing change, M&A integration and organisational development. More recently Damian served as the first CEO of one of Ireland's accountancy bodies. He has served on a number of Boards and is currently a Non-Executive Director of a successful services firm.
Siobhan Walsh
Research Director
Siobhan has a BA degree in History of Art and Italian from University College Dublin. Siobhan leads the research function in Amrop Strategis, co-ordinating the efforts of our researchers. She personally manages a wide range of international assignments across a broad spectrum of industries and functions. Recently she has worked with clients in building products manufacturing, telecoms, industrial manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, financial services, and professional services sectors.
Siobhan joined Amrop in 1991 and progressed to Head of Research in 1998 and was promoted to Research Director in 2006. She acted as a committee member on The Amrop Strategis Research Group 2001-2003 and maintains strong links within the global research community.
Karl Croke
Managing Director Ireland
Chairman EMEA
Karl Croke has a primary Commerce Degree and MBA from University College Galway. He holds a diploma in M.I.S. from the IMI and has completed Columbia Business School's Advanced Strategy programme. Karl served with the Irish Army reaching the rank of Captain and subsequently worked for Digital Equipment in senior Management positions in Ireland and the U.S.A.
Prior to joining Amrop Strategis in 1995, he worked with the IMI specialising in strategic management. Karl has worked widely in the US and Europe. He has completed searches across all sectors. He leads the Financial Services and Board practices in Ireland. He is Managing Director of Amrop Strategis Ireland and is Chairman of the Amrop Group in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Ray Carolan
Partner
Ray graduated from Trinity College Dublin and after spending his early career in retail management he subsequently joined a specialist IT recruitment consultancy. He first moved into executive search in 1988 in what was at the time one of Ireland's leading search practices. He was a founder director of a specialist recruitment business in 1992 and sold his shareholding in this business in 1997 to join KPMG. He spent eleven years in KPMG as Director - Executive Search undertaking senior management and Board level search assignments.
Ray has over twenty years experience in executive search in Ireland and has worked across a broad spectrum of industry sectors. In latter years he has particularly focused on privately owned Irish businesses, the private equity sector and property development.
Sheamus Considine
Partner
Sheamus graduated from University College Limerick with a primary degree in Business Studies, he also has an MBA from University College Galway. At INSEAD, France, he completed studies in the Strategic Advance Management Programme. He has worked in senior management positions for several American multinational firms including General Electric, Varian Associates, Digital Equipment and Kao Infosystems. As part of these duties, Sheamus worked for extended periods in the US and returned from a three-year assignment in Boston and Seattle to join Amrop Strategis in 1999.
He has completed recruitment projects across several sectors including Public Bodies, Education, Health and Technology placing senior executives with several leading Irish and multinational organisations.
Marie Maguire
Partner
Marie graduated with a M.A. (Hons) from Glasgow University and moved to London to work for the DHL Group, the global logistics organisation. After several years in their UK marketing department, she became part of the start up team for their new European subsidiary, Elan International. She relocated to Paris to set up and manage the French business for a number of years.
She is a founding member of Amrop Strategis in Ireland and has twenty years experience in managing senior level searches for both Irish and multinational clients across a wide range of industries such as FMCG, Retail, Telecommunications, Building Materials and Not For Profit.
Marie is also a qualified Life & Business Coach and is an Associate Member of the European Coaching Institute (ECI).
Damian Ringwood
Partner
Damian holds a first class Masters in Business Strategy and BSc. in Management from Trinity College.
He began his career with the Smurfit Group graduate programme in the Netherlands where he became Head of Quality Assurance. Damian has extensive experience in the provision of management consultancy services to clients. He has previously held senior positions with Ernst & Young (Executive Consultant) in London, Prospectus Strategy Consultants (Director) and BearingPoint (Managing Director) in Dublin.
He has delivered major strategic change with blue chip clients covering all major sectors. In particular, his major competencies include strategy, managing change, M&A integration and organisational development. More recently Damian served as the first CEO of one of Ireland's accountancy bodies. He has served on a number of Boards and is currently a Non-Executive Director of a successful services firm.
Siobhan Walsh
Research Director
Siobhan has a BA degree in History of Art and Italian from University College Dublin. Siobhan leads the research function in Amrop Strategis, co-ordinating the efforts of our researchers. She personally manages a wide range of international assignments across a broad spectrum of industries and functions. Recently she has worked with clients in building products manufacturing, telecoms, industrial manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, financial services, and professional services sectors.
Siobhan joined Amrop in 1991 and progressed to Head of Research in 1998 and was promoted to Research Director in 2006. She acted as a committee member on The Amrop Strategis Research Group 2001-2003 and maintains strong links within the global research community.
