Leinster Rugby and IRFU Announce Appointment of New CEO

Leinster Rugby and IRFU Announce Appointment of New CEO

Leinster Rugby and the IRFU have this morning announced the appointment of Shane Nolan as CEO of Leinster Rugby, in succession to Mick Dawson who is retiring after 21 years in the role.

Shane will join Leinster Rugby from Google where he is Managing Director, New Business Sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.



Shane has been a member of the Google Ireland Senior Leadership Team since 2017.



He will join Leinster Rugby as CEO in early November. Mick Dawson will continue in his current role until then to manage a seamless transition.



Shane has extensive experience in successfully leading diverse cross functional senior teams across operations, sales, marketing, public relations and legal.




His experience includes multi-stakeholder management including relationships with Government, regulatory, community and industry groups. He has also held non-executive roles in Plan Ireland, IAB Ireland and Buy4Now Ltd. Prior to joining Google in 2011, he held executive management roles in eircom, BT Plc and Fujitsu.





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