O’Leary, who has led Vodafone locally since 2013, is to become vice-president of Meta’s small and medium business division for EMEA

Vodafone's recently launched fertility and pregnancy policies are designed not just to offer flexibility and paid leave, but a wider range of support services

Chief executive won special recognition for innovation and work on diversity

Research tells us that the top tiers of Irish companies are almost entirely occupied by men – and that the dial has barely moved on this in 20 years. Some controversial new strategies to change things are on the way, write Rosanna Cooney and Rachel Lavin

To mark International Women’s Day and the launch of our new podcast, we bring you extracts from the first three interviews in the series, with Hazel Chu, Anne O’Leary and Catherine Martin