Deirdre Smith

Board Chairperson for Furthr, NED for BRE, Kinaxis, Anthropic Ireland. Digital / Innovation/ Change / Business Growth Advisor, Coach. Helping growing companies & ambitious entrepreneurs achieve their sustainable goals.

📍 Ireland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2023
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Sep 2023
Join the movement to drive equity for women-led businesses. AwakenAngels are on a mission to democratise investment for Irish connected women across the globe. We are making investment accessible, affordable and educational opening it up to those with a desire to invest and support women founded businesses. We are only investing in women founded businesses on the island of Ireland, for starters. Angel investors however can be based almost anywhere. We have even brought on board some wonderful partners in InterTradeIreland and British Business Bank to help us help you get involved if you are a woman living on the island of Ireland and have never invested before. The BEST bit is that YOU get to be part of a wonderful community of seasoned and totally new investors. You will find everything you need to get cracking on our website. We can’t wait to meet you… and please do us a favour and tell EVERYONE you meet about AwakenAngels. #GotWings #AwakenAngels #AwakenAngelsHQ
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2023
Investor
Sep 2023
Join the movement to drive equity for women-led businesses. AwakenAngels are on a mission to democratise investment for Irish connected women across the globe. We are making investment accessible, affordable and educational opening it up to those with a desire to invest and support women founded businesses. We are only investing in women founded businesses on the island of Ireland, for starters. Angel investors however can be based almost anywhere. We have even brought on board some wonderful partners in InterTradeIreland and British Business Bank to help us help you get involved if you are a woman living on the island of Ireland and have never invested before. The BEST bit is that YOU get to be part of a wonderful community of seasoned and totally new investors. You will find everything you need to get cracking on our website. We can’t wait to meet you… and please do us a favour and tell EVERYONE you meet about AwakenAngels. #GotWings #AwakenAngels #AwakenAngelsHQ
2022
Associate Consultant
May 2022
You have the vision. We build the roadmap to get you there. Experienced and trusted business advisors that go above and beyond to deliver results our clients can measure. Combining our practical and proven approach, with business purpose and customer-centricity, we align strategy, people, processes, operations and technologies for growth. Our clients range from scaling startups, long-standing SMEs looking to adapt and grow, to larger businesses in need of external insights and advice. We work across all sectors and industries delivering impactful and tangible strategies for change, operational efficiency and growth.
2020
Non Executive Director, Chairperson, G-P International Ireland Ltd
Mar 2020
G-P is your co-pilot for global employment providing HR, legal and compliance support at your fingertips so you can build teams anywhere.
2014
Associate Lean Consultant
Oct 2014
Redefine Consulting is a boutique international sales and management consulting firm based in the greater Philadelphia area. From its inception, we have specialized in establishing cross border business relationships, sales channels and new growth opportunities for clients between India and North America. Our areas of expertise are: 1. Providing a sales and customer service platform to companies seeking access to consumers of Indian origin (also known as “NRIs”) in the US and Canada ,. Our model significantly reduces the cost of entry for companies interested in in setting up a base in North America to access and service this vast ethnic segment. This approach helps companies ramp up their operations quickly and with minimal risk, compared to establishing a completely new setup …. Current practice areas include consumer and SMB focused businesses like reputed Indian real estate developers, telecom and technology service providers, online marketing companies, amongst others. 2. Helping US based companies create and execute sales plans to reach out and increase sales to NRI consumers. 3. Consulting services toNorth American companies for developing a go-to-market strategy foraying into the Indian consumer market. With a team of professionals who have years of experience in helping several US based companies establish a base in India, we help create a robust and realistic roadmap for our clients. We specialize in franchise based consumer brands, real estate developers seeking joint ventures in India and consumer based technology products. In addition to providing these services, Redefine Consulting is the lead investor in Coldwell Banker’s India Master Franchise and an NRI focused concierge services portal livenri.com.
2012
Business Growth Advisor / Consultant
2012
Enterprise Ireland is the government agency responsible for the development of Irish enterprises in world markets. We help Irish businesses to start, grow, innovate and win export sales through our international network. In this way, our organisation supports employment, regional development and sustainable economic growth.