About H-Suite Leadership Partners
A partner in meaningful organisational movement.
H-Suite is led by Ciarán Hourican and works with a small group of trusted specialists, brought together around the situation in front of them rather than sold as a fixed team.
Led by
Ciarán Hourican
Managing DirectorExecutive CoachFacilitator
In the room, on the real problem.
Ciarán Hourican is Managing Director of H-Suite, an executive coach, facilitator and strategic people consultant. He helps organisations connect their ambitions with the leadership, capability and everyday practices needed to deliver them.
His work spans executive coaching, leadership and management development, strategic alignment, competency frameworks, selection and career development. He works with CEOs, senior leaders, managers and people navigating career change across the public, private and community sectors.
Ciarán combines careful listening, honest conversation and constructive challenge with practical work on decisions, behaviours and accountability. His professional and lived experience inform a grounded, compassionate approach that takes both people’s circumstances and their capacity for growth seriously.
Experience
Confidential work. Credible leadership contexts.
The organisations are named because the work with them can be. The individuals are not, and that is the same rule in both directions.
Selected leadership contexts
Ciarán has coached CEOs, CFOs, senior executives, strategic managers and business owners across corporate, technology and complex public-service environments. His work includes leaders connected with Google, Twitter, OneTwenty and the National Transport Authority, alongside leadership engagements across An Garda Síochána and the Irish Prison Service. Individual identities and outcomes remain confidential.
Trust and confidentiality
Coaching begins with clear contracting around purpose, boundaries and confidentiality. Organisational context can inform the work without compromising the protected relationship required for honest reflection.
The measure is not performance theatre. It is clearer judgement, stronger agency and positive movement that can be sustained.
Partners
The right expertise, brought together around the work.
H-Suite works with a small group of trusted specialists, brought in around the work rather than sold as a fixed team. Each engagement is staffed for the situation in front of it.
Liz Kingston
Senior HR Consultant · Executive Coach · Leadership & Career Development Specialist
Liz is an experienced Senior HR Consultant, Executive Coach and Leadership Development Specialist with over 25 years’ experience supporting individuals, leaders, managers and organisations across multinational companies, SMEs and the public sector.
She specialises in performance management, leadership and manager development, executive and workplace coaching, career development and interview preparation, combining extensive HR and employee-relations expertise with a practical understanding of the challenges individuals and managers face throughout their careers.
Liz also provides personalised career and interview coaching, helping individuals identify and communicate their strengths, prepare strong competency-based examples, build interview confidence and position themselves for career progression and senior-level opportunities.
Margaret Collins
Executive Coach · Leadership & Career Development Specialist · Trainer
Margaret is a senior HR professional, Executive Coach and Leadership Development Specialist with over 20 years’ experience across retail, biotech and healthcare. She holds a Masters in HR Management, a Diploma in Employment Law, and is a certified Emotional Intelligence assessor and coach.
Following over 18 years in senior HR roles, she has spent the last seven years delivering 1:1 coaching for individuals and organisations, alongside QQI-accredited training in people management, project management and training delivery.
Margaret has worked extensively with individuals and groups within the public sector, preparing and developing them for capability and competency-based interviews. Clients consistently praise her person-centred approach and the confidence she helps them build.
Practice areas
Dr Celine Mullins
CEO of Adaptas · Leadership Development · Behaviour Change
Celine is the CEO of Adaptas, bringing 20 years of experience designing and delivering transformative learning experiences across higher education, the public sector and the private sector. Her expertise spans psychology, leadership development, experiential learning, behaviour change and Forum Theatre, and she is an active academic contributor, currently teaching and supervising on the MSc in Personal and Management Coaching at University College Cork.
Celine's background in theatre and filmmaking gives her a distinctive creative edge, helping her shape learning that connects with people on both an intellectual and an emotional level. Her work is grounded in evidence and informed by neuroscience and psychology, with a focus on sustainable behaviour change and inclusive learning that supports senior leaders to thrive in complexity with clarity, resilience and purpose. She leads the Adaptas team with a clear commitment to quality, innovation and meaningful growth.
Celine’s published work explores habit change and self-awareness, supporting individuals pursuing meaningful change in their professional or personal lives.
Her work with Adaptas also includes award-winning virtual reality tools for experiential learning, with projects in insurance and mental health recognised for digital learning and healthcare collaboration.
Areas of expertise
- Psychology
- Leadership development
- Experiential learning
- Behaviour change
- Forum Theatre
Dr Rob Worrall
Executive Coach · Leadership Development Specialist · Organisational Change & Collaboration
Rob is an executive coach, leadership development specialist and senior advisor with over 30 years’ experience helping leaders and organisations navigate complexity, change and collaboration.
He works with senior and emerging leaders to strengthen leadership judgement, build individual and collective capability, and translate organisational priorities into practical action. His approach combines executive coaching, reflective dialogue, systems thinking and facilitated learning, with particular expertise in leadership teams, cross-boundary collaboration and organisational transformation.
Rob has worked across healthcare, government and public services, higher education, NGOs and international development. He has extensive experience designing and delivering leadership and transformation programmes, facilitating complex stakeholder relationships, and helping leaders and organisations work effectively across professional, organisational and institutional boundaries.
He holds a PhD in Leadership Development and three Master’s degrees, including an MSc in Public Sector Management (Distinction), alongside an Executive Coaching Diploma. He is also a Certified Conflict Dynamics Practitioner, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Areas of expertise
- Executive Coaching
- Leadership & Management Development
- Leadership Team Effectiveness
- Organisational Change
- Collaboration & Complex Systems
Susan Clancy
Managing Director, BPI Services · Lean Six Sigma & Organisational Development
Susan Clancy is Managing Director and founder of BPI Services, a certified Master Black Belt and Lean Practitioner with a BSc and extensive experience in Lean Six Sigma, change management, strategy deployment and organisation development. She is also an Adjunct Lecturer with MTU and Academic Partner with the University of Limerick.
Susan specialises in developing people and equipping leaders to navigate complex business challenges while embedding best practice. Her work focuses on strengthening thinking capability, ownership and leadership at all levels of an organisation.
She has led large-scale Operational Excellence programmes across Ireland, the UK, Asia, Europe and the United States. Her expertise spans strategic deployment and governance, tactical implementation, team development, and the design and delivery of accredited training programmes with academic institutions.
Her client experience includes pharmaceuticals, financial services, construction, medical devices, healthcare, education, utilities, hospitality and IT, across private and public sector organisations.
Areas of expertise
- Lean Six Sigma
- Change management
- Strategy deployment
- Operational excellence
- Leadership & capability development
Dr Owen Jump
Coaching Psychologist · University Lecturer
Dr Owen Jump is a coaching psychologist and university lecturer, bringing together coaching practice and research to support leadership and professional development. As a lecturer, he grounds his teaching in current research on how coaching supports learning and change.
His work focuses on stress, performance and behaviour change, helping individuals, teams and organisations translate insight into practical action.
Through H-Suite's work, he leads on any research components examining leadership development, behavioural change and programme outcomes.
A Chartered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland and Vice Chair of the PSI Division of Coaching Psychology, Owen brings an evidence-informed approach to coaching and evaluating development, and actively contributes to the advancement of coaching psychology
Areas of expertise
- Coaching psychology
- Leadership development
- Behaviour change
- Research & programme evaluation
Aimee O’Mahoney
HR Leader · Consultant · Coach · Trainer
Aimee O’Mahoney is an experienced HR leader, consultant, coach and trainer who brings over ten years’ experience working with organisations and leaders across Professional Services and Technology. She is passionate about helping people and organisations thrive, particularly through great leadership, strong learning cultures and meaningful employee experiences.
Aimee has held HR roles with Gilt Groupe, Davy and Jobbio, before becoming Head of HR at Savills Ireland. Across her career, she has supported leaders through growth, change and challenging people situations, while helping organisations build the capability and culture needed for long-term success.
Aimee holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from University College Cork and a Master’s in Human Resource Management from the University of Limerick. She is also a qualified coach and trainer.
Known for her practical, straight-talking and approachable style, Aimee brings a coaching mindset to her work, creating engaging spaces where people can reflect, learn and develop. Through coaching, facilitation and training, she helps leaders and teams build confidence, strengthen their skills and translate learning into meaningful action.
Areas of expertise
- Leadership development
- Coaching
- Facilitation & training
- Employee experience
- Organisational culture
Start a conversation
Begin with the decision your organisation needs to make.
One conversation is usually enough to tell whether the gap is direction, leadership or capability, and what it would take to close it.