Rea Walshe

Rea Walshe is the owner of RW Consulting a consultancy firm specialising in corporate governance in the private, sport and not-for-profit sectors. She is also currently the Interim CEO of Boardmatch Ireland – the only Irish charity that specialises in charity and not-for-profit board recruitment and support. Rea is a qualified solicitor and graduated from UCC with an honours degree in law and a certificate in governance from the IPA. She is currently a participant on the 7th Edition of the Executive Masters in International Sports Governance. Rea is an experienced Board Director and Company Secretary. She was Chief Operating Officer at the Football Association of Ireland and led the extensive governance reform journey there from 2019 – 2021, which was recognised by UEFA in its own Good Governance Awards. She now works with a number of clients in improving their internal governance and ensuring that their policies and procedures are up to date and being implemented. As Interim CEO of Boardmatch she works closely with not-for-profit organisations all over Ireland, providing support, advice and training on building and strengthening voluntary boards and committees.