The Board of Transparency Legal Advice Centre (TLAC) is responsible for the governance of the organisation. It is directly elected by the members of TLAC.
Board of Directors
Sarah Jane Henry - Chair
Sarah Jane is a certified Behavioural Analysist and Senior Practitioner Executive Coach. Specialising in the use of psychometrics, she works one-on-one developing the soft skill capabilities necessary for every leader in the alignment of business, talent and organisation. After spending most of her career in professional services, Sarah Jane left a practice management role in a mid-tier law firm to start her coaching business. Since then she has worked with a broad range of industries, private clients and academic institutions including Trinity College Dublin, the Irish Management Institute and Griffith College Dublin.
Gavin Eilliott - Secretary
Gavin is a practicing barrister with extensive experience in private practice, specialising in civil and regulatory law. Gavin is currently a lawyer with Community Law and Mediation’s Environmental Justice Centre, and has previously served as Legal Officer at Threshold, the national housing charity.
Dr Lauren Kierans
Dr Lauren Kierans BL is a barrister and Assistant Professor in Law at Maynooth University where she lectures on Whistleblowing Law at undergraduate level, as well as delivering a Professional Certificate on Whistleblowing Law, Practice and Policy. Lauren is a co-founder and the Director of Education at the European Whistleblowing Institute (‘EWI’). Lauren is the founder of the Irish Whistleblowing Law Society and an associate with Transparency International Ireland’s Integrity at Work programme.
External Auditors
- TD Fitzpatrick