A brief personal profile for Des McCabe (Chief Executive of Diversiton) is summarised below. 

• Former Advisor to the Irish, U.S., British, Argentine, Romanian and Albanian Governments on employment, social inclusion and training matters.
• Created (from scratch) the largest independent training business in the UK. Sold to international group.
• Established and secured funding for international charity (U.S., U.K.,etc) to meet humanitarian needs in the Romanian orphanages. Three year trainer training programme delivered in conjunction with the Romanian Government.
• Undertook organisational development work for Comic Relief projects in Kenya. Currently involved in a range of poverty initiatives in Ghana and Madagascar.
• Former Chair of the European Union’s ‘Interreg III’ group in N. Ireland. Also former Chair of the E.U. Border Training Bureau.
• Advisor to the Irish and U.S. Governments during the formative stages of the N. Ireland Peace Process. 
• Received the Diversity 21 Award for the development of ‘Yours Faithfully’ an innovative diversity programme on religion and belief – delivered in person to senior managers in over 250 organisations. 
• Designed ‘PeaceBuilder’ training programme (with Senator George Mitchell’s Northern Ireland fund for Reconciliation) – to encourage schoolchildren from different backgrounds to work together with their counterparts in Namibia.
• Created Diversiton (now Europe’s leading diversity training network) to help promote equality and respect in the workplace.
• Formally recognised as one of Europe’s leading entrepreneurs by ‘Europe’s 500’, - the leading organisation in Europe for dynamic entrepreneurs.