Penelope Kenny

Founder and Director

 

Penelope Kenny is a Chartered  Accountant and experienced leader with a track record of delivering timely and effective results. She has held an extensive range of key positions in state bodies and in the financial services industry.

She specialises in corporate governance, strategic business transformation, change management and financial control. Penelope has over 20 years experience enhancing organisational performance and effectiveness in the corporate functions of public sector organisations, and listed companies.

Penelope has most recently led compliance work on the implementation of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016, both as a consultant to a state body and as chair of the Audit and risk committees of IMMA (up to 2020)  and of Grangegorman Development agency, where she is boardmember, by Ministerial appointment. She is also external member of the Audit and Risk committee of Dun Laoghaoire Rathdown County Council with assets of 3.4B. 

She is a member of the Institute of Directors, and in 2021 became an INSEAD certified Director with an Insead certificate in Corporate Governance. She holds a  Masters Degree in Cultural Policy  from University College Dublin. In December 2014, her book on Corporate Governance for the Irish Arts sector was published by the Chartered Accountants Ireland.  She is an affiliate of the Irish Chartered Secretaries Association.

She has lectured on Corporate governance to Masters degree students in UCD and presents to Chartered Accountants Ireland Continuing Professional Development programs (CPD), she has also been visiting lecturer to the DCU business Masters program.

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Her current portfolio of Directorships and governance positions include:

One large state board:

• Grangegorman Development Agency; Board member and Chair of the Audit and Risk committee from 2015 and re-appointed in 2018.

One Bank of England approved SMF directorship:

• Kroo Ltd, challenger FinTech bank, Senior Independent Director, Chair of Audit and of RemCo

Other directorships and relevant roles

• Audit and Risk committee member Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council

• Chair of Fishamble Music dac

• External member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Arts Council (to 2021)

• Irish Museum of Modern Art; Director and Chair of Audit and Risk committee to 2020

• Director, EDT Limited

• Chair of the judging panel of the Good Governance Awards  2016-2020.

• Head of Corporate Governance and Secretary to the Medical Council of Ireland 2018, interim basis.

• Company Secretary to Coisceim Dance theatre to 2020

• Company Secretary Hawkswell Theatre

• In between Silence clg Board member to 2020

• Data Protection Officer and Chief Risk officer roles

Recent past Directorships and roles

Cluid Housing Association Director, Treasurer and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee 2009-2015

Director of Helium Arts clg

Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants, Chair 

Chartered Accountants Ireland, Council member.

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