Ken Germaine is a self-employed entrepreneur, management consultant, business advisor, trainer and mentor.  Ken also works with nonprofit organisations and has served as chairperson of a number of charitable organisations, social enterprises and EU-funded programmes and was a long-time member of the Irish Red Cross. Ken Germaine is Principal and founder of Germaine & Associates (www.germaine.eu.com) and is a fellow, board member and past President of the Institute of Management Consultants and Advisers (IMCA, Ireland). Ken participated in the ‘Toward Economic Regeneration’ program for the Irish Institute in 2009.