Trainer Profiles

Frank is a Senior Training Associate at Optimum Results for over a decade. He has been involved in management and business development for almost twenty years during which time he has worked with some of the country’s largest businesses. Frank is a widely experienced Trainer, Consultant and Executive Coach as well as being Chairman of a number of Companies, for example Botanic Inns Ltd in Northern Ireland. He has been involved in facilitating and developing strategies for many substantial organisations including a US owned manufacturing company with $1 billion turnover in Europe. He is also retained by a number of UK and Irish based companies and organisations to provide ongoing strategic support and advice, some of these for over 15 years. Frank has lectured extensively and been involved in the delivery of many programmes for organisations including The Irish Times, University of Ulster, Invest N.I and Enterprise Boards.

Founder of the Irish based businesses Optimum Results (Business Skills Training) and Customer Perceptions (Consumer Research) in 1995. Aidan has over 30 years of wide ranging management experience across many sectors and known for the design and delivery of highly results focused, practical and cost effective services to “Improve the performance of an organisation through improving the performance of its people”.Originally a Commerce student in his native Cork, Aidan has an MSc in Executive Leadership, two ‘Business Counseling’ qualications and a formally qualified trainer. He’s a Graduate & Fellow of the Marketing Institute of Ireland and the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants & Business Advisers, a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership & Management and is prominent in a number of other business organisations in Ireland and overseas.

Deirdre Clune MBS Chartered FCIPD, Fellow IITD, MIMCA. Following her early career, Deirdre (Dee) Clune worked with Optimum Results Ltd as one of its senior HRM/D Trainer & Consultants during which time she also led the team delivering the National HR Standard, “Excellence Through People” to hundreds of public and private sector clients. Subsequently, she was HR & Recruitment Director for Herts Europe and HR Director of the 15,000 people Noonan organisation before returning to Optimum Results in 2016 as Director of Training Services. Dee holds a Masters in Business Studies, is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Personnel Development, a Fellow of the International Institute of Training & Development and a Member of the Institute of Management Consultants and Advisors.

Gerry Shaw BSc, MSc, MBS, Dip Training & Adult Ed.
Optimum Results lead Trainer / Consultant Associate in Systems, Operational Efficiency, Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement, Gerry has worked with both SMEs and blue-chip corporates in Ireland, the USA, UAE and Saudi Arabia over the past 13 years. A formally qualified trainer, he is an Enterprise Ireland approved lean practitioner, facilitating many programmes to clients in the Manufacturing, Precision Engineering and Software sectors. Gerry holds a BSc in Applied Physics; MSc. in Applied Physics and MBS in Safety, Health & Welfare at Work and is a trained HIQA auditor.

Cyril Keegan, MSc HR & Training, Dip SHWW
Cyril, a resourceful, honest, trustworthy, commercial HR and Safety professional with 19 years’ experience working at Board level in large organisations. He has lead the evaluation and development of people management strategies in co-operation with senior management. Cyril has proven expertise in the development and implementation of HR and Safety strategies, policies, practices and procedures around manpower planning and recruitment, employee and industrial relations including union negotiations, change management, compensation & benefits, organisation & talent development including learning & development, succession planning, performance management, employee engagement and welfare initiatives with a strong track record of successfully managing multiple stakeholder interests. He is a seasoned trainer and delivers numerous courses in both HR and Health & Safety. He holds a Masters in HR and Training from the University of Leicester and a Diploma in Safety, Health and Welfare at Work from UCD.

Sunnibha Corcoran BSc, EHAI, ACIEH, Cert Training & Cont. Educ.
With over 15 years experience within the food industry, Sunnibha has been providing both accredited and tailored training courses across all sectors of the Food Industry. She initially qualified in Applied Biology and Food Science in Ireland before completing a Bachelor of Science (BSc) honours degree in Food & Nutrition in University of Huddersfield (UK). Her early career was with a leading food and water testing laboratory where she progressed to quality/technical manager and achieved IS17025 and UKAS accreditation. In addition, Sunnibha holds a first-class honour in Further Training and Continuing Education and is a registered trainer with Environmental Health Association of Ireland (EHAI) and an associate member of The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. A great believer in continuing personal development, Sunnibha completed the IRCA certified Lead Auditor FSSC/IS22000:2010 Training course which has significantly broadened our scope of Training & Consultancy services in this field.

Richard Sherlock, BSc, IDipNEBOSH, GradIOSH, MIIRSM.
Richard Sherlock is an Occupational Safety and Health Professional with over 12 years of experience in regulatory compliance and risk reduction for multiple industries including manufacturing, construction, facilities, leisure and events. He has also worked with many high-profile companies on projects which included Quality Assurance, Environmental Management, Continuous Improvement and Health & Safety. A formally qualified trainer, Richard holds a Bachelor of Science degree (BSc Hons) in Quality Management together with the NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety. He is also a member of the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health and the International Institute of Risk & Safety Management.