Enda De Bruin is a senior military officer in the Irish Defence Forces with extensive leadership and operation experience both in Ireland and 6 years experience in Peace-Keeping and Peace-enforcement operations.

He is a graduate of Ireland Command and Staff School, Military College and is a graduate of Maynooth University, Dublin City University, University College Dublin and the IPA, having completed studies in the areas of Leadership, Management, Operations Management, Strategy and Creativity and Project Management. He has researched in the areas of Leadership, Strategy and Operations.

Enda is currently conducting research in the areas of Crisis Leadership with COVID-19 as a backdrop. Enda has guest lectured in University and is currently collaborating with a University in the area of workplace engagement arising from the change in work practices onset by COVID-19.

He is a core team member of Team OSVX – a 1200 strong open source social enterprise organisation which was instrumental in developing solutions to assist in the COVID-19 response. He has mentored widely in business development and has a keen interest in entrepreneurship.

Areas of Expertise:

• Business Planning
• General Business Management