People - Advisory Board

Disability Strategist, Educator, Leadership Coach

Breandan is a disability strategist, educator, and leadership coach with over 25 years of experience spanning corporate, start-up, mission-driven, and academic sectors. He is an Adjunct Professor at New York University, teaching disability-inclusive organisational strategy to graduate students, and also teaches at TU Dublin the entrepreneurship course for people with disabilities. Previously, he spent over 15 years in investment banking in London and New York, rising to global leadership roles during a period of progressive sight loss due to an inherited retinal disease. Based in London, Breandan contributes to disability leadership and practice internationally and works with organisations across sectors, including Dialogue in the Dark, Open Inclusion and Evenbreak to make change for disability inclusion that is more pluralist, practical and persuasive. Breandan is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds an Executive Master's in Public Administration from NYU and an undergraduate degree in Commerce and French from University College Dublin. He is an avid runner and loves music, travel and languages.