Sinead is a graduate of Dublin City University having studied BA International Marketing and Languages (French, German). She spent an Erasmus year at Universite Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France, and through a scholarship pursued an MBA in International Business at DePaul University, Chicago, USA.
She has worked both in Ireland and overseas (USA, UK), and during her time as College Lecturer at the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, UCD, she taught occasionally in Hong Kong, Singapore and Spain.
She was appointed International Affairs Manager at SETU in Waterford in 2002, and has been involved in all aspects of internationalization of higher education and international relations with many regions of the world including Latin America, Asia Pacific including China, US Canada, Middle East, Africa and Europe.
