By Business & Finance 
Pictured: Pauline Mulligan, Chief Executive Officer, The Local Government Management Agency
This week sees new and notable appointments The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA), CBRE and Causeway: Ireland Scotland Business Exchange.
Pauline Mulligan, Chief Executive Officer
The Local Government Management Agency
The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) has announced the appointment of Pauline Mulligan as its new Chief Executive Officer.
A former Assistant Secretary at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ms Mulligan was appointed to the role.
The LGMA is a State agency that provides a range of professional services for and on behalf of local authorities; local authority Chief Executives; the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and other Government departments.
Ms Mulligan brings strategic leadership and public administration experience to her new role. Prior to joining the LGMA, she was an Assistant Secretary at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, where she was on the Management Board since 2018. Most recently, she was Head of Indigenous Enterprise Development with responsibility for oversight of Enterprise Ireland, the 31 Local Enterprise Offices, the nine Regional Enterprise Plans and support schemes for business run through the local authorities. She also led a programme to embed innovation across the public service and was inaugural chair of the Public Service Innovation Advisory Board in 2021.
Paddy Mahon, Chair of the board of the LGMA and Chief Executive of Longford County Council, said: “The LGMA plays a key role in supporting the local Government sector. I am very pleased to welcome Pauline as the Agency’s new Chief Executive Officer. On foot of a lifetime of public service, she brings a wealth of experience to this role, including a strong track record of leadership, innovation and strategic thinking. I am confident her approach and energy will ensure that the LGMA continues to deliver a quality service to local authorities, prioritised on the development and promotion of best practice policies, systems and sectoral approaches to the business challenges they face.”
Pauline Mulligan, Chief Executive Officer, LGMA said: “The services provided by local authorities play a central role in the everyday lives of everyone living in this country. I look forward to leading the team at the LGMA to ensure that we continue to be a valued and trusted support for the local Government sector, providing a shared centre of excellence in leading sectoral approaches to the development and expansion of exemplary local public services.”
She took up her new role as Chief Executive Officer of the LGMA on January 2nd 2025.
Vincent Clancy, Board of Directors
CBRE
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) today announced that it has completed its plan to combine its project management business with Turner & Townsend, its majority-owned subsidiary, and that Vincent Clancy, Board chair and Chief Executive Officer of Turner & Townsend, has joined CBRE’s Board of Directors.
Turner & Townsend provides programme management, cost consultancy and project management services globally, and has been a majority-owned subsidiary of CBRE since 2021.
Clancy, a 35-year veteran of Turner & Townsend, has served as its Chief Executive Officer since 2008 and its Board chair since 2015. Under Clancy’s leadership, Turner & Townsend’s revenue has increased from about US$225 million in 2008 to more than US$1.9 billion in 2023. Clancy was named Building magazine’s CEO of the Year in both 2014 and 2017. He is a Chartered Member of the Royal Institute of Surveyors and serves as an industry advisor to the Construction Leadership Council.
Bob Sulentic, CBRE’s Chair and Chief Executive Officer said; “Under Vincent’s exemplary leadership, it is poised to benefit from powerful secular trends in areas like infrastructure, green energy transition and employee experience. Our Board will benefit greatly from the insights Vincent has developed from running a highly successful global business and his deep knowledge of key growth sectors for CBRE,” S
Vincent Clancy New CBRE Board of Directors said; “The strong momentum we’ve built over the past three years will continue to grow now that we’ve combined two great businesses into one integrated, pure play project management capability. Our combined depth of talent and resources, global footprint, sector expertise and commitment to excellence is unparalleled in programme and project management. I’m also energised to join CBRE’s Board and look forward to working with my fellow Directors as we build a resilient, highly diversified business that is second to none in our industry.”
James Horton and Martin McBride, New Co-Chairs,
Causeway: Ireland Scotland Business Exchange
Causeway: Ireland Scotland Business Exchange, the membership organisation dedicated to promoting collaboration between enterprises on both sides of the Irish Sea, has appointed two new co-chairs to its board.
James Horton and Martin McBride have been voted in as new co-chairs of the organisation, which connects professionals across Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland. James and Martin will take over from current co-chairs, Judith O’Leary and Brigid Whoriskey, in 2025.
James, a consultant in the Scottish Banking Team at international law firm CMS, has sat on the management board of Causeway since 2019, previously as company secretary and legal director. Having worked in Scotland for nearly 20 years, he retains a historic connection to Ireland, having previously studied in Dublin. James also serves as a non-executive director at BITA and the Scottish Shipping Benevolent Association, and as a strategic board member at Scotland GAA.
Martin has over 30 years of experience in international business roles in industry and consultancy and is now primarily focused on board & chair positions in a number of ambitious growing companies in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland. These companies are all indigenous Scottish and Irish companies, primarily based in coastal and rural locations and all building substantial business in international markets (as well as between Scotland and Ireland. Originally from Donegal, Martin was educated at University College Galway and University College Dublin and established his connections with Scotland in his early years in the Scottish mountains.
Supported by the Scottish and Irish governments, Causeway connects professionals on both sides of the Irish Sea, hosting a regular schedule of networking and events throughout the year, as well as its flagship business awards.
James Horton, C0-Chair, Causeway: Ireland Scotland Business Exchange:“I am delighted to take up this position and look forward to driving Causeway forward on this transformational next chapter. Our work on strengthening the East-West business corridor continues.”
Martin McBride, C0-Chair, Causeway: Ireland Scotland Business Exchange said: “Building collaboration and trade between Scotland and Ireland has always been a contributor to success in the businesses that I am involved with. This new role as co-chair of Causeway provides an opportunity to platform the real economic impact that this collaboration delivers and to encourage more and more businesses to build ever deeper collaborations, and to use that as a stepping stone to growing global business – together.”
