‘Chance encounters lead you in different directions’
Each week, we profile one of Ireland’s foremost corporate leaders, tracing their career to date and exploring the lessons they have learned along the way. This week, we meet Barretstown’s Dee Ahearn
As chief executive of Barretstown, Dee Ahearn leads a children’s charity with a fundraising target of €4.5 million, employing up to 80 staff and working with more than 1,200 volunteers on an annual basis.
The Barretstown camp in Co Kildare provides residential programmes for more than 2,500 children and families affected by serious illnesses annually.
Ahearn started her career with a marketing agency in London before working with Black & Decker Ireland, then ...
