Michelle Carpenter has been confirmed as the new CEO of Rowing Ireland. She will take up the position with immediate effect taking over from Hamish Adams who has moved to a similar position at Athletics Ireland.
We are delighted for Carpenter who shone through the development of the Get Going, Get Rowing campaign building on the success at an elite level achieved by the O’Donovan Brothers and the Irish team at the Rio Olympic Games and subsequent Championships.
The appointment was ratified last night at a Rowing Ireland board meeting.
Originally from Limerick, Carpenter was one of the first registered female rowing members of Shannon Rowing Club, rowing in their first winning women’s championship crew of 1988.
On the administrative side, she is currently working with the World Rowing development team on the Olympic Values Education programme.
In 2017 she was selected by World Rowing to be a participant at the IOC Women in Leadership forum in Lausanne.
She also brings valuable experience from beyond the sport having spent eight years working in Europe, firstly at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, before moving to the European Central Bank in Frankfurt in 1999 to be part of the team that launched the Euro currency.
Prior to joining Rowing Ireland as a Development Officer in 2014, she served as PRO for the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland. She has been a regular attendee at Sport for Business events.
“I am honoured to be appointed as CEO of Rowing Ireland it is an exciting time for our sport,” she said.
“Having been involved in Irish rowing for over 30 years, I am looking forward to contributing to the growth and success of the sport across Ireland in the
future.”
“I am passionate about our sport and supporting our clubs and volunteers for
the future will be key to our organisation’s development, together with underpinning our successful High Performance, Get Going…Get Rowing and Coach Education programme’s.”
“2018 will be a very exciting year for Rowing Ireland with our international ‘Festival of Rowing’ commencing in July with the Irish Championships, leading into the Home Internationals and finishing with the prestigious Coupe de la Jeunesse on July 27th.”
“Michelle has emerged from the extremely robust and intensive recruitment process which we conducted to source the best possible candidate,” added President of Rowing Ireland, Eamonn Colclough.
“I congratulate her, the first woman to be appointed to the demanding role of CEO of Rowing Ireland. I am confident that she will build on the success we have enjoyed in recent years and provide dynamic leadership to drive further growth and success in the years to come.”
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