WIN Trustees & Ambassadors
Meet the Trustees and Ambassadors who champion the Women’s Irish Network. Trusted supporters who help guide our mission, amplify Irish women’s voices and strengthen our community in London.
WIN Trustees
Rosaleen Blair is the CEO and founder of Alexander Mann Solutions, a global talent acquisition and management company. Combining outsourcing and consulting expertise, AMS has established itself as the market leader, serving many of the world’s leading brands in over 80 countries worldwide.
Rosaleen created Alexander Mann Solutions in 1996 with an ambition to revolutionise and professionalise the way blue-chip multinationals attract, engage and retain top talent while helping the best people in business achieve their fullest potential.
Recognised as an industry leader and entrepreneur, Rosaleen has won numerous awards including UK Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year, London Entrepreneur of the Year, Tatler Woman of the Year, Strategic Leader of the Year National Outsourcing Awards, and most recently the Recruiter Magazine Impact Award 2017. Additionally, Rosaleen enthusiastically supports organisations including everywoman, Barclays LifeSkills, the Prince’s Trust and UNICEF. She also invests her time and resources in entrepreneurs and small businesses through coaching, sponsorship and mentoring.
Rosaleen Blair CBE
Mary Clancy Hatch is a Main Board Director and major shareholder in the Clancy Group Plc, a Civil Engineering Group whose turnover is approx. £260m pa and employs approx. 3000 people.
She is also a former Chair of the Irish Youth Foundation, U.K. and the Women’s Irish Network. She was also a Trustee and Chair of the Development Committee of the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn. Mary read history at Trinity College Dublin.
She is also a Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
Mary Clancy Hatch
WIN Ambassadors
Trish Halpin is an award-winning editor with 20 years at the helm of three of the UK’s most iconic magazines: Marie Claire, InStyle and Red. She has spearheaded campaigns on girls’ education, climate change and inequality in the justice system, as well as powering women’s careers through a mentorship programme, reader conferences and awards that celebrate women who are changing the way we live and work. An experienced presenter, speaker and moderator, Trish has chaired live interviews with celebrities such as Kylie Minogue and Richard E Grant, as well as hosting talks for Fortune Most Powerful Women Europe among other events. Trish is a qualified executive coach, brand consultant, and writer, contributing to The Daily Mail, The Guardian and Good Housekeeping. Trish is the co-host of chart-topping podcast Postcards from Midlife
She is also a patron of children’s charity Rainbow Trust and founder of the Trust In Fashion fundraising event. Trish, 54, has been married for 25 years to photographer Neil Cooper, and they live in Wandsworth with their 17-year old twins Esme and Kit, as well as Bridie the labrador and Margo the cat. She is a keen walker, sailor and aspiring aviator.
Trish Halpin
Kit de Waal is a British-Irish writer and bestselling author whose debut novel My Name Is Leon (Penguin, 2016) was widely acclaimed and later adapted for the BBC. Raised within Birmingham’s Irish community, she brings a powerful perspective shaped by her work in criminal and family law, her experience as a magistrate, and many years supporting adoption and foster care. Kit is also a passionate advocate for widening access to the arts: she founded the Kit de Waal Creative Writing Scholarship at Birkbeck to support writers from disadvantaged backgrounds, and her work continues to champion inclusivity and working-class representation. She is Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Leicester and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
