Kirsty is the co-chair of “With Pride”, Bank of Ireland employee network. In her role, she has conceived and co-hosted an ongoing series of LGBT+ Coffee Mornings, focused on discussion around LGBT+ inclusion and featuring representatives from TENI, BeLonGTo and Belfast Pride. During these events, the rainbow and trans pride flags were raised over BOI flagship office. Kirsty also led the development of “Trans 101” training for the frontline staff and delivered it to all firm’s branches during trans awareness week. This training pack has now been passed to other organizations including Indeed and Permanent TSB. Outside of Bank of Ireland, Kirsty has also collaborated with Dublin Technical University and Peabody in assisting them formulate their own policies on trans inclusion and gender identity and she is a member of the team that founded the FuSIoN Network Match program, an online networking program for LGBT+ finance professionals throughout Ireland.
