Siobhan graduated from DIT with a BSc in Management in 1992 and spent several years working in the Conference and Banqueting departments of key Dublin city centre hotels, before moving to the Association Conference area in 2004. For more than a decade, Siobhan has managed some of the largest landmark events to be held in Ireland. Siobhan completed an MSc in Executive Leadership in 2009 and uses the skills developed to oversee complicated projects.

Siobhan likes nothing more than balancing a challenging conference budget and her favourite time in every conference is the Conference Dinner.

After graduating with a PhD in Biochemistry, Leone worked as a business consultant in the IT and telecommunications industries and as a project manager in the events industry. Leone is a Director of the company and manages our abstract systems and other scientific services. She really enjoys the whole process of abstract submission from designing the submission website through to producing an online programme of abstracts.

Leone loves that first glimpse of the printed programme book!

Rachel graduated from UCD with a BA in History and Greek and Roman Civilization. She spent several years working in customer relations, before moving to the events arena in 2006. She quickly established herself in the association conference area and since then has worked as a project manager. Rachel joined Keynote PCO in 2010 and has worked on a large variety of conferences, both national and international.

Rachel’s favourite thing when organising a conference is managing the budget.

Jackie has over 10 years of experience in the association conference industry, where she has successfully managed numerous conferences and events for various organisations. Jackie graduated with a BSc in Hospitality Management from the Dublin Institute of Technology.

During her time in the association conference industry, Jackie gained invaluable experience overseeing all aspects of conference planning, from site selection and supplier coordination to budget management and logistics.

After a successful career progression, Jackie made the conscious decision to take a career break to focus on raising her family and moved abroad living in the UK and Denmark before returning to Ireland.

Jackie has recently returned to the professional arena as a senior project manager for Keynote PCO. Her decision to resume her career is a testament to her passion for the conference industry and her desire to continue contributing her expertise in a senior role.
Outside of her professional endeavors, Jackie enjoys running and staying active.

Vanessa has over 10 years experience as an Event Manager organising conferences, congresses, seminars, workshops, internal training, product launch, as well as corporate parties and incentive trips with her most memorable challenge of an international congress for over 5,000 participants.
Vanessa is currently adding to her skillset; studying MSc in Digital Marketing at DBS with a Diploma in Event Management with Public Relations, Online PR & Social Media at Fitzwilliam Institute.

Vanessa has a passion for running  conferences and enjoys seeing the satisfaction on her client’s faces!

Giselle is a key component in the Keynote Support Team in managing the delegate interactions for your event, managing the onsite delegate services. She is the front line of delegate interaction. Her experience and customer care ethos is key to delivering a successful event.

Giselle graduated from NCI with a MSc in Entrepreneurship. Along with her degree and her years of experience in project and hospitality, she brings many different skills to the team.

When not focusing on welcoming our client’s delegates to Ireland, she loves meeting friends and spending time with her family!