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Caitríona McNamara
CPO · People Director · HR Transformation Lead
LinkedInPeople Operations Leader with over 15 years experience building and scaling people functions for startups and growing businesses, from greenfield to global multisite. Currently fractional CPO at Chemist Warehouse Ireland (600 people across 19 stores and growing); previously Head of People at &Open and at Pointy through its acquisition by Google.
Superpower
Takes a pragmatic, stage-appropriate approach to scaling without the culture going cold.
Specialises in
- Scaling people operations at the right pace
- HRIS selection and implementation
- Performance and talent management
- Developing managers and leadership capability
- Mentoring internal people teams
What that looks like
- Scaling a people function through rapid growth, from ~50 to ~600 employees, including two acquisitions and setting up operations across four new international offices
- Standing up a new customer centre from scratch, hiring 100 people in six months
- Leading a company's people function through its acquisition by Google
- Building the people foundations for a fast-scaling retail business (600+ staff across 19 stores)
- Selecting and implementing HRIS to make growing companies run more efficiently
Rooms Caitríona has been in
Chemist WarehousePointyGoogleCarTrawler
