GYMNASTICS Irish Gymnastics appoint first CEO & launch new Strategic Plan 2009-2012
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Ciaran Gallagher has been appointed as the first CEO of Irish Gymnastics Ltd. Having joined Irish Gymnastics in December 2005 as National Development Officer and spending the last two years as National Development Director, Ciaran has led the recent modernisation drive within the organisation that has seen the profile of Irish Gymnastics grow in Irish Sport.
"I am proud to announce the appointment of Ciaran Gallagher as the first Chief Executive Officer of Irish Gymnastics. Ciaran joined us in 2005 and has been the driving force in our recent developments over the past few years - he is an incredibly dynamic young man whose passion for our sport is matched by his keen business mind. With the launch of our new strategic plan Ciaran is now responsible for driving the direction of our sport and organisation to ensure we develop to cater for all our members and make Gymnastics one of the great Irish sports" |
John Treacy, CEO of the Irish Sports Council, commented...
"The Irish Gymnastics Strategic Plan is the final product of an intense examination, evaluation, consultation process and
discussion in the future direction of the governing body. I would like to thank all those who contributed to the strategy process and I wish everybody involved in the governing body all the best for the future".
Over the last few years Irish Gymnastics has made significant progress in professionalising its services. The recent appointment of Ciaran Gallagher as Chief Executive Officer is an elementary part in driving this process forward.
I look forward to the continued partnership between the Irish Sports Council and Irish Gymnastics and I am confident that with the hard work and support of its members that the governing body and its sport will go from strength to strength over the period of the strategic plan.
Commenting on his appointment Ciaran had the following to say...
"The Irish Gymnastics I am part of today is a very different organisation to the one I joined in 2005, we now have 3
departments and a total 7 employees including myself. This is a big change from the 1 full time Administrator and part-time Admin assistant that staffed IG when I joined in late 2005/early 2006 and is set to grow over the next number of years to see a further 3 departments come online by 2012.
While the past few years have been exciting and very progressive they have also presented a number of challenges we have had to overcome, however we now have an organisation with an active coach education department & system hailed by Coaching Ireland as one of the best in the country, a sound business model to build on, we have successfully gained inclusion in phase 1 of the Sports Campus Ireland project & are considered by the Irish Sports Council to be one of the most progressive National Governing Bodies of sport in Ireland.
With the recent adoption of the new Strategic Plan 2009-2012 the future of IG is very exciting and I look forward to playing my part in it"
The new IG Strategic Plan 2009 - 2012 is now available for download in the 'downloads' section of the IG Website @ www.irishgymnastics.ie