Bridgette Brew

Seasoned mentor and consultant with a proven track record of scaling social and commercial enterprises across retail, food, and tourism through transformative leadership, strategic networking, and innovation. Skilled in strategic design thinking and facilitating multidisciplinary approaches to sustainable problem-solving. Passionate about purpose-driven work and community building, with a consistent focus on cultivating excellence and collaboration.

Seasoned business development and project management strategist with a proven track record in scaling operations, enhancing governance, and embedding sustainability into client strategies. Extensive experience in stakeholder engagement across public, private, and community sectors, including national and international agencies, cultural organizations, SMEs and non profit, social enterprise sector.

Background

Bridgette's career spans retail, food, tourism and consulting, including leading tourism for Galway 2020, European Capital of Culture. She holds a Master's in Design Thinking and runs her own sustainable strategy practice, applying design thinking through a sustainability lens. She is also a board member of the Community Wetlands Forum.

Approach & philosophy

Passionate about aligning strategies with purpose, building high-performance teams, and fostering collaborative ecosystems that drive long-term positive impact. Skilled in developing sustainable business models, digital transformation, and delivering innovative human centric experiences and solutions that educate and elevate brand reputation.

Recognition

Recognised for leading tourism for Galway 2020, European Capital of Culture, for board service with the Community Wetlands Forum, and for bringing design thinking and a sustainability lens to strategy across retail, food, tourism and consulting.

At a glance

Based in

Co. Galway

Role

Board member

Education

MSc Design Thinking for Sustainability, UCD Innovation Academy

specialisms

Design thinking, sustainability strategy, brand and experience design, team building

previous roles

Head of Tourism, Galway 2020 (European Capital of Culture); Business Development Lead, Accelerating Change Together; founder of own sustainable-strategy practice; board member, Community Wetlands Forum

Get in touch

Areas of focus

Shared Learning

Creating collaborative spaces where people and organisations learn from and with each other.

Growth Mindset

Encouraging curiosity and openness as the starting point for innovation and positive change.

Reflection

Building in time to pause and reflect, turning experience into insight and better decisions.

Bridgette Brew

Background

Approach & philosophy

Recognition

Areas of focus

Shared Learning

Growth Mindset

Reflection

Upcoming events

NEW! Introduction to Scything

Introduction to Small- Scale Dairy Farming & Processing

Farming the System - Tyrone