Our senior management team
Our senior management team
Joseph Duffy
Chief Executive Officer
At Jigsaw, Joseph leads the Senior Management Team and works closely with our Board and youth advocates to evolve and implement the strategic plan for Jigsaw, Together 2022-2025, seeking to achieve better mental health outcomes for young people.
Dr Joseph Duffy has been the CEO of Jigsaw – The National Centre for Youth Mental Health since 2016. He has over 25 years’ experience as qualified Clinical Psychologist and has worked in the area of mental health managing and delivering services across all age groups and within institutional and community settings. He began his career as a Clinical Psychologist with the Department of Justice/Irish Prison Service where he worked with long term serious offenders for almost 10 years. He held senior positions with the Psychological Society of Ireland and the Granada Institute. He joined Jigsaw in 2011 as Director of Clinical Services and held the post of Chief Operating Officer from 2012 to 2016.
Joseph holds a BSc (Hons) in Applied Psychology from the University of Ulster (UU), a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Trinity College Dublin (TCD), a Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics (TCD) and an MBA in Health Services Management from the Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin (UCD). He is a Fellow of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI).
He is a Board member of the Mental Health Commission and Mental Health Reform, a member of the Executive of the International Association for Youth Mental Health (IAYMH). He sits on the National Implementation Monitoring Committee (NIMC) for Sharing the Vision – A Mental Health Policy for Everybody the Irish Government’s policy framework for the continued development and enhancement of mental health services in Ireland from 2020 to 2030. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Irish Probation Journal.
Siobhán McGrory
Director of Education and Community
Siobhán joined the Jigsaw Team as Education and Training Manager in January 2016 and was appointed Director of Education and Community in 2019.
However, she has worked with Jigsaw as a Consultant Trainer since 2011. She established her own Independent Consultancy and Training Company ‘Health Promotion, Training and Support Services’ in 2003 and over the past 13 years, she has worked with a broad range of statutory, voluntary and community organisations supporting them to implement health, organisational development and training initiatives.
Siobhán has also completed a number of youth mental health-specific research projects including ‘A Voice Being Heard’ A research report on Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing in North Dublin. Prior to that, she worked with the National Youth Council of Ireland as the National Youth Health Programme Coordinator for 10 years, where there was a significant focus on youth mental health. Siobhán has a specific expertise in the design, development and delivery of education and training programmes based on adult learning principles and experiential learning.
Siobhán’s favourite book: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson & the sequels, the Girl who Played with Fire & The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
If you were to share one piece of advice with your teenage self, what would it be? Don’t take life too seriously!
Sarah Cullinan
Director of Services
Sarah worked in a number of management roles in Pobal, a not for profit organisation that manages funding programmes on behalf of government departments in the areas of early years, social inclusion, equality and reconciliation.
Sarah has a Degree in Psychology & Sociology from Trinity College Dublin and MSc Sociology & Social Research Methods from the London School of Economics & Political Science. After her studies she worked for a time with a small charity in London before returning to Ireland to work on a project in the Irish Prisons Service aimed at developing pathways for prisoners to find employment on release from prison.
Sarah’s favourite book: The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle and all things Harry Potter
If you were to share one piece of advice with your teenage self, what would it be? There are lots of ways to be successful. See everything as a stepping stone.
Mike Mansfield
Director of Communications and Fundraising
Ballinasloe-born Mike joined Jigsaw in October 2016 from overseas children’s NGO Plan International Ireland.
With an extensive background in marketing, communications and fundraising, Mike’s role involves the strategic positioning of Jigsaw as a central character in the Irish story of young people’s mental health, a character with deep experience, a reasoned voice, a nationwide presence and an intelligent, yet passionate, approach. A character that supports the mental health and welfare of young people and that can articulate this support to all stakeholders in a way that inspires support, loyalty and action.
Mike’s favourite book: The Inner Game of Tennis by Tim Gallwey.
One piece of advice to your teenage self: It’s OK. Everything will work out in the end.
Dr Gillian O’Brien
Clinical Director
Gillian has been our Clinical Director since 2014. Prior to that she held the position of Direction of Education and Training and Clinical Manager, Jigsaw Ballymun. Gillian is responsible for clinical governance across Jigsaw's growing network of services nationwide and online.
Before joining Jigsaw in 2010, Gillian worked in roles in CAMHS, primary care and early intervention. She completed her undergraduate degree in psychology in Trinity College Dublin and her doctorate in clinical psychology in Queen’s University Belfast. Gillian also holds a professional diploma in clinical leadership from the RSCI. Gillian is a member of the Sláintecare Implementation Advisory Council, the CORU Registration Board for Counsellors and Psychotherapists and the Council for the Psychological Society of Ireland Council.
Celine McNamara
HR Director
Celine joined Jigsaw in September 2016 as HR Manager and was successfully appointed to the Director of HR role in August 2020. Celine came to Jigsaw with a number of years’ experience in various industries predominantly service sectors like retail, food & beverage in Dublin Airport and before Jigsaw, a couple of years working in HR in RTÉ. Having worked in managerial roles across these industries, Celine came to Jigsaw with a significant amount of experience in organisational development and change, leadership and management development, employee relations and employee engagement and culture.
Celine holds a Bcs (Hons) in Human Resources from Dublin Institute of Technology and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD).
