Clodagh Connolly

Biography

Clodagh has over 30 years’ experience and deep understanding and passion for the impact multi-stakeholder partnerships can have in the support of society.

An experienced strategist based in London, she leads the B4SI global team across the world and the network of blue-chip corporates who collectively invest +US$3bn per annum in strategic efforts to positively impact systemic inequality.

Clodagh has bottom-up/top-down experience with internal and external stakeholder partnership development and co-creation across private, public, and NGO sectors with roles in the private sector, Red Cross, and Irish Government (local and national level).

She has held senior advisor level appointments to the Irish Government on issues related to business and societal impact and represented Ireland at CSR Europe and in various EU working groups. Her work in the development of an infrastructure for volunteering between business and NGO sectors was recognised through the ‘Brendan McDonald’ MBA scholarship from Trinity College Dublin. Clodagh was also recognised by the International Red Cross with ‘The Dunant’ award in 2018.