Meet The Team

James works with organisations across Ireland to build strategic partnerships and support employers in creating more inclusive, high-performing workplace cultures. Combining lived experience with professional expertise, James helps organisations turn their commitment to diversity and inclusion into practical action that benefits both people and performance.

A recognised disability advocate, James has spent more than a decade advancing equality, accessibility and inclusion through leadership, policy development and education. Before joining the Irish Centre for Diversity, he worked across the disability and human rights sector, contributing to National and European policy and supporting organisations to embed inclusive practices.

James trained as a secondary school teacher and holds a Master’s in Education, a Level 9 Certificate in Leading Transformative Education, and a BA from Maynooth University. He later returned to co-facilitate the University’s Disability Studies Certificate programme.

His leadership experience includes serving on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s Disability Advisory Committee (2022–2025), acting as Policy Officer for a Disabled Persons Organisation recognised under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), and serving as Chairperson of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland. He has also contributed to a number of Government policy forums focused on equality, disability and inclusion.

Within his local community, James is Accessibility Officer and Board Member of Granard Booktown Festival and an ambassador for the Backstage Theatre in Longford.

James regularly delivers keynote presentations and works with employers across the public and private sectors to create workplaces where inclusion drives innovation, engagement and organisational success.