The Executives Online Team

Patrick Dwyer
Managing Director

Patrick Dwyer has been involved in the recruitment business for over 20 years. He began his career in London in the 80s, where he worked in the City for over 10 years. On returning to Ireland, he joined one of the most prestigious companies in the recruitment sector before moving on to set up and run a new division for another recruitment firm. At the turn of the millennium it became apparent to Patrick that there was gap in the recruitment market between the large financial companies with recruitment departments and the local high street agencies. In 2003, he started Irish Search Partners to fill this niche.

As owner/manager of Irish Search Partners, Patrick built a team of like-minded professionals, committed to offering innovative solutions to recruitment requirements, and the company's success grew rapidly. Patrick is acknowledged for his honesty, integrity and commitment to satisfy both clients' and candidates' needs.

In 2008 Irish Search Partners joined the global Executives Online network. With Executives Online Ireland, Patrick aims to build on the success of Irish Search Partners by deploying a unique blend of technology and personal service to generate client enquiries, candidate approaches and to match them together in successful assignments.

Anne Beitel
BA, MBA Harvard
Managing Director

Anne brings more than 10 years' experience marketing in high-growth environments to her role as Managing Director for Executives Online. With an MBA from Harvard and a top-flight track record in product and services marketing 'both sides of the pond', Anne developed her marketing and management expertise in previous roles as Director of New Product Marketing for ON Technology Corporation, Vice President of Marketing for Dr Solomon's Software Inc., and European Marketing Director of specialist staffing company Aquent.

Anne also has considerable experience as a freelance marketing executive, successfully completing a range of interim and project assignments for technology and professional services companies in both the UK and US.

James O’Brien
Group Development Director

James joined Executives Online in March 2007 to help spearhead the growth and development of the Executives Online business worldwide. Based from the Group’s Head Office in the UK he is responsible for opening new offices across the globe under franchise or JV agreements as well as being accountable for the growth of business being delivered through the Executives Online international office network. Prior to joining Executives Online he was Director of Franchising at Choice Hotels Europe and has also held senior positions as Managing Director of Business Education International, a management training franchisor and prior to that was Managing Director of Pitman Training Group (which operated over one hundred franchise locations) where he previously held positions as Group Operations Director and Franchise Director. Earlier in his career he also spent four years as a recruiter and regional manager in a national recruitment business. James O’Brien’s career achievements include personally negotiating, selling and opening Master Franchises in UK, Germany, New Zealand, Ireland, Kuwait and several other Middle East countries; personally selling and opening fifty UK and Ireland training franchises and managing the brand conversion of a franchise network of 50 franchises. He also won the highly commended British Franchise Association award for Franchisor of the Year in 2000 and 2001.

Norrie Johnston
BSc, CEng, MIChemE, CMC
Non-Executive Director

Norrie is founder and a non-executive director of Executives Online Ltd. He provided interim management services since 1997. Norrie's career shows wide hands-on experience in the successful management of dot.com, telecom, technology, and technical services businesses in home and international markets. In his earlier career Norrie held marketing and sales directorships in the engineering sector, involving residential periods in the USA and Pakistan. In December 2008 Norrie sold a controlling interest in Executives Online to the management team and two regional directors in a Management Buy-Out. He retired from his executive role in the business in March 2011.