'Leading Innovation in a Changing World’ with Grainne McNamara, Principal of EY, New York

Hear fresh perspectives from Ulster University Business School graduate and Principal of EY in New York, Grainne McNamara.

There has never been a time where the ability to react to change and to harness innovation has been so critical. The pace of technological advancement and the changing social contract is hugely disruptive.  The opportunity to demonstrate strategic leadership around new and emerging technology, more sustainable business models, cultural evolution, and the emergence of agile organizational models is equally as exhilarating. Leading companies, cities and entire countries are investing in large transformation programs to literally re-invent themselves and become leaders in the innovation race, at the same time as reducing friction caused by their business models to the environment and to society at large.

This session will explore the disruptions and the strategies that leaders can use to remain relevant in dynamic environments.

9 December 2021 3:00pm GMT

About Grainne McNamara

Grainne McNamara is a Principal in the Consulting practice at Ernst & Young LLP based in Manhattan, New York.

Grainne, a graduate of Ulster University Business School having studied European Business Studies in 1994, has almost three decades of global experience in investment banking and consulting. She assists EY’s clients with major change initiatives. Her current focus areas are digital transformation, developing agile organizations and culture as a driver of long-term value.

Grainne is extremely active in social justice and gender equity, chairing the board of the New York Women’s Foundation. She is an adjunct professor at Fordham University where she writes and teaches about managing innovation and change from a strategy perspective.

She is a fan and a supporter of performing arts, especially from her home country of Ireland. Grainne, a mother of three lives in Brooklyn New York.

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In partnership with Ulster University Business School.