Local Enterprise Office Laois held another Women in Business event as part of a series of events in 2025 to support female entrepreneurship in the County. Great to see a very large attendance at the event and a great opportunity for local business women to network and learn from keynote speaker, Susan Hayes Culleton ‘Inspiring Growth and Opportunity’. Susan, known as the ‘Positive Economist’ is Managing Director of the Hayes Culleton Group, with clients across Europe and the USA. The businesses include Active Peers AI; a tech platform that optimises mentor matching programmes including admin, algorithmic matching, tight feedback loops and effective interactions all in one space. Also, Savvy Teens which offers work experience facilitation in corporate organisations. Susan acts as MC at hybrid conferences all over the world.
Susan is a six-time author including “Money Matters”, a financial literacy textbook that is now in every secondary school in Ireland with the support of CFA Ireland. She has twice co-authored “Positive Economics”, the market-leading Leaving Cert economics textbook in Ireland, and she is the author of two books published by Penguin, “TheSavvy Woman’s Guide to Financial Freedom” and “The Savvy Guide to Making More Money”. Susan is co-founder of The Positive Economist, and Associate Lecturer at Ulster University. She has also been more recently appointed by Newstalk to present its popular Sunday morning show ‘Taking Stock’.
The next event in the Laois Women in Business series will take place on August 28th – business networking lunch in Castle Durrow with speaker, Breeda O Connell on ‘ Style with Purpose – Dress with Confidence, Clarity and Impact’.
Registration is essential and booking fee is €20 per person. Book online www.localenterprise.ie/laois or contact Local Enterprise Office Laois on 057 86 61800. This event will book up quickly so please register as soon as possible.
We hope to see you there!!
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