Leanne Smyth holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from UCC and is also CIPD qualified, an Accredited Leadership & Executive Coach,  PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner, Prosci ADKAR Change Management Practitioner, Qualified Financial Advisor and  Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt. ​

Leanne joined UCC Academy in 2017 as a Senior Project & Change Manager and has since then been primarily engaged by Cork University Business School to support their pursuit of international accreditation with AACSB, and by the College of Business & Law to support the UCC IMI Integration. In addition to her client work Leanne advises UCC Academy in the areas of Talent Strategy and Employee Experience. ​

Leanne previously worked as a Management Consulting Manager within PwC’s Advisory Practice in Dublin, where she led and delivered people and organisational change engagements for a variety of public and private sector clients. Prior to that she spent a number of years in Toronto managing global projects and programmes for KPMG International.​