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Leicester City CEO Susan Whelan Named Among Ireland’s Most Powerful Women

Prime Highlights

  • Leicester City CEO Susan Whelan was named among Ireland’s Top 25 Most Powerful Women.
  • The recognition highlights her leadership influence in one of the country’s top business award programs.

Key Facts

  • Whelan earned a place in the Business Leaders Award
  • The annual list recognizes 25 influential women across business, entrepreneurship, media and sport.

Background

Leicester City Chief Executive Officer Susan Whelan has been named among Ireland’s 25 most powerful women by the Women’s Executive Network, recognised for holding one of the most senior business positions in the country.

WXN selected Whelan as a winner of the Business Leaders Award, a category that spotlights 11 women occupying the top positions in Ireland’s biggest companies.

The network draws up its shortlist through research covering the top 40 companies by turnover and employee numbers, as ranked by the Irish Times Top 1000 companies list.

Whelan joins a strong group of winners that includes Olympic silver medallist Annalise Murphy, screenwriter and producer Sharon Horgan, Cocoa Brown founder Marissa Carter, RTE Director General Dee Forbes, Beats Medical chief executive Ciara Clancy and FoodCloud co-founder Iseult Ward.

WXN marks the awards with two events: a Leadership Summit offering professional development for network members, and an Awards Dinner where winners collect their honours.

More than 650 senior professionals attend the two events combined. WXN Chief Executive Sherri Stevens said the 25 winners represent a wide range of fields and described them as trailblazers and role models for future generations.

She noted the list includes an Olympic medallist, a Michelin-starred chef, several chief executives and entrepreneurs, a European Court of Human Rights Justice and a professor whose research is reshaping understanding of obesity and immunity.

In addition to the 25 winners, WXN introduced five women to its Hall of Fame, a distinction reserved for those receiving the award for the third time.

The move creates room for new leaders to emerge in future years while continuing to honour established achievers.Founded in Canada in 1997, WXN expanded to Ireland in 2008 and to London in 2015.