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Keynote SpeakerCaroline Faulkner

Leadership consultant and coach, Gen Z career mentor: Former CEO, CIO, COO, SVP in Fortune 50 organisations

Caroline Faulkner has enjoyed a distinguished and multifaceted 35-year career in Fortune 50 companies globally. She has held pivotal C-suite roles such as Chief Information Officer and Chief Executive Officer, navigating the pharmaceutical, technology, and financial industries. In 2014, she was recognised as one of Computerworld’s Top 100 IT Premier... Read more

Biography

Caroline Faulkner has enjoyed a distinguished and multifaceted 35-year career in Fortune 50 companies globally. She has held pivotal C-suite roles such as Chief Information Officer and Chief Executive Officer, navigating the pharmaceutical, technology, and financial industries. In 2014, she was recognised as one of Computerworld’s Top 100 IT Premier Leaders and received her award at the ceremony in Arizona, USA.

Caroline was the Managing director of Pramerica Ireland, a technology and professional services organisation in Letterkenny. Since its inception in June, 2000, Caroline Faulkner was instrumental in building the organisation from a start up to over 1500 professionals before being sought after to relocate to the parent company Prudential USA head quarters in Newark, New Jersey in 2016. Here she was responsible for amalgamating multiple businesses to build a cohesive and modern customer centric organisation, using transformational technology, streamlined processes and investing in up-skilling staff. This resulted in a more nimble way of servicing customers while saving the company $120million. She was promoted to Senior VP becoming one of the top 25 leaders in an organisation of 20,000.

The diversity of roles and perspectives Caroline Faulkner has gained throughout her career has provided her with a comprehensive 360° view of business development, growth, and organisational resilience. Her innovative drive and passion for excellence have been invaluable to both individual business leaders and entire organisations.

Currently, Caroline has returned to her native Ireland and runs her own leadership coaching business, guiding companies to anticipate and leverage new and emerging workplace trends. A dedicated lifelong learner, she specialises in corporate culture, employee engagement, customer success and elevating personal performance. Caroline is also a sought-after keynote speaker and motivational presenter, delivering bespoke topics that inform, engage, educate, and uplift her audiences.

Popular Talks by Caroline Faulkner

  • Organizational Design
  • Development of agile methodologies
  • Resourcing planning
  • Project management