Helen McMahon

Helen McMahon, leads on skills policy and strategic partnerships for Enterprise Ireland, engaging directly with senior leaders in government departments, agencies, and key stakeholders to address the skills and talent needs of Irish enterprises. Her work involves informing stakeholders about skills and talent issues impacting the growth of Enterprise Ireland's client companies, influencing the development of skills policies and skills interventions, and forging strategic partnerships to support the talent requirements to accelerate the growth of sustainable Irish businesses.

Before joining Enterprise Ireland, Helen was the Senior Executive for Business and Enterprise Skills Development at Screen Training Ireland (Screen Ireland). With over 26 years of experience in the screen industries, she has been instrumental in driving industry development and growth. Helen possesses extensive expertise in strategic company development and has an in-depth understanding of the screen sector, having worked across various domains including film, television, animation, sales, distribution, exhibition, VFX, and the games industries.