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caroline casey 
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Showreel Social Entrepreneur and Award-winning Business Woman Caroline Casey is the founding CEO of Kanchi (formerly The Aisling Foundation) and the O2 Ability Awards and is also an international speaker and adventurer. A social entrepreneur, Caroline Casey sits on the board for several government, business and not-for-profit organisations. Since setting up The Aisling Foundation in 2000, with the aim of enhancing the relationship between disability and society, Caroline has received several high profile awards in recognition of her work worldwide. She was the first Irish person to be appointed a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in 2006 and was awarded an honorary doctorate from NUI Ireland in the same year. In 2006 she also became the first Ashoka fellow from Ireland and the UK and received the Eisenhower Fellowship. In 2007, Caroline was invited back to the World Economic Forum in Davos, where she presented on a variety of issues relating to the area of disability. International interest in the O2 Ability Awards, which were launched in 2004, will see them replicated in Spain later this year, through O2's parent company Telefonica. A former management consultant with Accenture, Caroline is visually impaired to the degree that she is registered as legally blind. Caroline is a hugely popular, energetic and compelling speaker. She speaks at corporate events worldwide on areas such as leadership, management, motivational, social entrepreneurship. Her style and delivery appeal to a wide audience and she is often invited back time and time again to talk to staff, management, customers etc. Some of the audiences Caroline has spoken to include KPMG, DHL, Hewlett Packard, Shell, Royles Royce, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Sony, Microsoft, Camelot - UK, IBM, Small Firms Association, Arthur Cox, O2, Cuisine De France, Sony, Allied Irish Banks, Marsh Finance, Accenture, Vodafone, Bank of Ireland, Jordan Formula 1 and Smurfit. Testimonials: "Your speech was informative and thought-provoking can can only have encouraged those present to be even more proactive..."
Gabrielle Fitzpatrick-McCrickard, Manager, Employers Forum on Disability "Caroline was fantastic and her talk was way above anything else as the highlight of the day. Everyone I spoke to thought that her talk was inspirational as well as being highly informative and charming"
David Johnston, Chief Legal Counsel, O2 Ireland
"I was deeply impressed by her humour, honesty and highly expressive articulation of the lifepath that has brought her to her current position as CEO and founder of The Aisling Foundation. She was inspirational to the 500 delegates who attended that session and I am pleased to acknowledge the vital part she played in the success of the Céifin Conference.
We have had many requests since the conference for contact details for Caroline ~ a testimony to the impression she made on the day."
Liam Bluett, CEO, The Céifin Centre "Caroline is a breath of fresh air. She gave us an insight to what is achievable once you are honest with yourself about what you want to do, and passionate about achieving it. She has a wonderful communication style that is warm, engaging & funny while delivering an impactful message. Truly uplifting!"
Alice O’Brien, Microsoft, Ireland "Caroline did a great job today for our talent program. Again, like in January, she delivered a motivational, enthusiastic speech to the audience with exactly these key messages (don't give up, go for a challenge, allow yourself mistakes) I expected from her. I received the overwhelming positive feedback from the participants directly after the session."
Holger Kirchhoff, Hewlett Packard "Caroline was fantastic and her talk was way above anything else as the highlight of the day. Everyone I spoke to thought that her talk was inspirational as well as being highly informative and charming."
David Johnston, Chief Legal Counsel, 02 Ireland "Firstly, let me thank you for your time last night, I thoroughly enjoyed your talk, it was so motivational. I was so taken with your passion and The Aisling Foundation that I would like to help, if you ever require any marketing in Scotland I would be delighted to do this for you on a free of charge basis. Thanks again for a great talk."
Scott Simpson, Director, Powerful Stuff "I attended the master class at Glasgow Caledonian University last night. It was truly fantastic. You make a difference every time you present."
Paul McCafferty, Scottish Enterprise Network "On behalf of network Ireland and the conference committee I would like to thank you for making a wonderful presentation at our national conference on 5th October last. Everyone commented on how inspiring and interesting all the speakers were and we were delighted with the positive reaction to the day."
Gaye Moore, National President, Network Ireland "I would just like to thank you sincerely for speaking at our recent Extraordinary Lives Event. Your speech was uplifting and really connected with the audience members young and old alike. It was a pleasure to meet and work with you….We would welcome the opportunity to work with you again at some stage in the future. Once again thank you for helping to create what was a fantastic evening.
David Nevin, Suas Educational Development
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