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Michelle Ryan

Senior Executive Leader | Global Analytics, Governance & Performance | Strategic Planning |

About Me

Senior executive leader with 25+ years of progressive experience across global engineering, consulting, public sector, academic and technology environments. Proven track record of strengthening governance frameworks, integrating acquired companies, building high-performing teams, and delivering the strategic intelligence that enables boards and executive leadership to make confident, evidence-based decisions. Combines deep operational expertise with strong financial acumen, a career-long track record of driving technology and innovation adoption, and a collaborative leadership style rooted in integrity and inclusion. Consistently delivers measurable organisational impact from consolidating global functions and enabling $5bn commercial targets, to leading large-scale transformation programmes that embed lasting operational and cultural change.

Jurisdiction

Regions: Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Vice President, Business Analytics (Head of Business Analytics from June 2026)Wood Group
2025 - Present

Lead the global analytics and organisational performance function across a large, matrixed, multi-region organisation operating across multiple sectors and business units. Responsible for establishing governed reporting frameworks, delivering executive and board-level decision intelligence, and managing a centrally governed analytics function with regional integration. Operating through a period of significant organisational change following the acquisition of Wood by Sidara in Q1 2026.

Vice President, Growth & DevelopmentWood Group
2020 - 2025

Led Growth & Development for the global Consulting business, with responsibility for strategic planning, business development operations, performance management, integration activity, and executive reporting.

Strategy & Development ManagerWood Group
2017 - 2020

• Developed and implemented strategy and business development operational frameworks across the consulting division. • Led the operational implementation of OKR (Objectives & Key Results) methodology across the consulting division translating the strategic vision into a working framework, facilitating leadership alignment sessions, and embedding measurable goal-setting practices that connected team activity directly to organisational priorities. • Introduced structured performance reporting and analytical tools that improved planning accuracy and decision support.

Sales Operations ManagerWood Group
2015 - 2017

Led sales operations and proposal management for the global Subsea business, overseeing pipeline reporting, CRM management, market analysis, and end-to-end bid coordination to drive commercial performance and operational effectiveness.

Business Development Executive Wood Group
2007 - 2015

Hired by Marine Computation Services (MCS) who were subsequently acquired by Wood Group. Built foundational commercial expertise in an inside sales capacity, identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, managing client relationships, and supporting pipeline growth through proactive outreach and account development across international markets.

Project Manager Legal/Financial Project Team Merrill Brink International
2006 - 2006

Project Manager within a leading global provider of language and localisation solutions across life sciences, legal, financial, and corporate sectors. Quickly assigned responsibility for the organisation's largest fund management client, overseeing end-to-end project delivery, client relationship management, reducing turnaround times and quality oversight across complex, high-value projects.

Principal AnalystOracle
2001 - 2006

Delivered across a broad remit including customer contract analysis, software licensing, invoicing, and back-office development, and led the integration of Siebel Systems with the PeopleSoft back-office platform coordinating the technical rollout and managing the successful launch to Ofcom in the UK.

Executive SecretaryNational Economic & Social Forum (Dept. of An Taoiseach)
1999 - 2001

Provided executive secretariat and operational support to a senior government advisory body, gaining early exposure to policy governance, stakeholder management, and public sector decision-making.

Education

Masters of Technology & Innovation Management Technological University Dublin
2013 - 2014
Diploma of Postgraduate Diploma Management of Technology Technological University Dublin
2012 - 2013
Diploma of Postgraduate Diploma Technology Commercialisation University of Galway
2011 - 2012
Diploma of Diploma in Business Practice College of Management & IT
2009 - 2009

Skills

Core skills10
Interests8
Languages1

Skills

Strategic Leadership
Operational Excellence
Governance & Accountability
Organisational Transformation
Stakeholder Engagement
Board Partnership & Reporting
People leadership & culture
Data Driven Decision Making
Financial Management & Budgeting
Social Inclusion & Community Impact

Interests

Networking
Walking
running
coaching
music
agriculture
singing
podcasts

Languages

English