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About Us
GODonovan Associates Ltd is a UK based interim management company,that provides support with People Change Management to drive value for the business.
What drives us
Our business philosophy is to provide a high quality and reliable service for our international customers, which is based on best practices and lessons learnt.
Our Managing Director
As a culture and change management professional, Gabrielle O'Donovan has worked with major blue-chip companies for many years. She wears multiple hats and is a practitioner, author, keynote speaker and university professor.
Practitioner
Gabrielle developed her initial repertoire of skills by working on a range of major initiatives for Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong during much of the 1990s. Her HSBC culture change programme "Together, We Win!" won numerous awards (including an ASTD Excellence in Practice Award in 2005), and her work as stakeholder management executive lead for the building of Terminal Two at Dublin Airport helped secure key permissions and approvals. Gabrielle is helping implement the Solvency II framework at insurance company Friends Life, UK, as Stakeholder Management and Communications Lead. Author
Gabrielle is author of "Solvency II: Stakeholder Communications and Change"due for release July 2011 (Gower Publishing). For more details, visit http://www.amazon.com
 
She is also author of "The Corporate Culture Handbook", a leading text on creating culture change in organizations.
Her articles have been published in Corporate Governance International, Banking Today, Best Practices Management and The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change. Gabrielle is currently completing her new change management book; this outlines a strategic and holistic approach to stakeholder management that will optimise stakeholder support and pave the way for any permissions and approvals required. This work is based on her experiences as the stakeholder management executive lead for the building of the new airport terminal at Dublin Airport, Ireland.
Keynote Speaker
Gabrielle is a sought-after keynote speaker on the international circuit:
Seminars
London, UK - Solvency II Seminar, High Finance Group, 2011
Hong Kong, China - Driving Culture Change in Organisations, HKGCC, 2010
New York, USA - Transforming Culture for Business Results, ASTD, 2008
Hong Kong, China - Transforming Culture for Business Results, HKIHRM, 2008
Singapore - Transforming Culture for Business Results, SICC, 2007
New Delhi, India - Transforming Culture for Business Results, 2006
Conferences
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Solvency II Summit, Fleming Europe, 2011
Dubai, UAE - 5th CSR Summit, IIRME, 2008
Singapore - 7th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change, 2007
Dublin, Ireland - HR Ireland Conference, 2007
Toronto, Canada - Corporate Culture Conference, Conference Board, 2006
Dublin, Ireland - HR Ireland Conference, 2006
University Lecturer - 2006 to present
Gabrielle is Associate Professor on Best Practice Strategic Management for the Professional MBA class at Danube University, Austria. She has also lectured at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China and was responsible for the masters degree module on organizational culture and change. "The Corporate Culture Handbook" is the official course textbook for both programmes.
Affiliations
Gabrielle is a member of numerous professional societies (including the Society of Leadership & Change, the Society of Authors, the Institute of Management Consultants, the Strategic Planning Society and Mensa), and has also served as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management.
Gabrielle is a member of Emerald ManagementFirst Advisory Board.
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