Siobhán Finn has an MSc Management from Trinity College Dublin and CPD Diploma in Business Innovation Development from Dublin Institute of Technology as well as holding the Graduateship from the Marketing Institute of Ireland. She has over 20 years business experience in areas such as enterprise support, project coordination, knowledge dissemination, training and mentoring. She has held the role of Project Coordinator on behalf of Cork innovates since April 2012. During this time she has engaged with a vast array of organisations and individuals who have collaborated with the initiative to drive it forward for the benefit of the region and its entrepreneurs. It is her personal belief that the current economic times have challenged each individual and organisation to think and act far beyond what would have been expected or experienced in the past. The rapid growth of the Cork innovates community and the positive impact of the initiative to date is proof of this.