Jim O'Brien

Jim O’Brien leads executive searches for Board members, CEOs, CFOs, Commercial Directors and HR Directors among other leadership roles. His clients operate in a broad range of industries including Consumer, Industrial, Financial Services and Technology.

Jim joined Signium from Aramark, where he was HR Director for Aramark’s 16,000 employee operations across Northern Europe in food services, facilities management, retail, and property management.

An accomplished HR leader with 25 years’ experience spanning Global multinationals including Diageo, Corus Group and Aramark, Jim also worked with major Irish organisations including Bank of Ireland and DAA. He has worked internationally in the US and the UK and performed a global leadership role spanning Europe, Africa, and Asia Pacific while with Diageo.

A law graduate from Trinity College Dublin, Jim is also a non-Executive Director and Chairperson in the disability sector.