An experienced HR strategist, Ms Power will combine her skills in HR operations, coaching and driving cultural change to strengthen employee engagement, supporting the growth and development of the team, and driving firm initiatives around diversity, inclusion and overall wellbeing.

She joins from Apple, where she was people business partner for corporate functions. Prior to her time at Apple, she was HR operations manager with VMware.

Richard Martin, managing partner at RDJ, said: “As we continue our rapid growth, it’s imperative that we focus on continually enhancing the strong culture we have at RDJ, developing talent and providing the best possible experience for our employees.

“This appointment represents an investment in our most importance asset — our people. Fionnuala’s knowledge and extensive experience around strategic and functional HR will be a valuable asset to our team.”

Tom Noonan, chief operations officer, added: “We are delighted to have Fionnuala as part of the team and look forward to working with her to bring RDJ’s core values to life in all aspects of what we do.”

Commenting on her appointment, Ms Power said: “I am really excited to be on board with such a great firm and look forward to getting to know and working with the teams in our Cork, Dublin and Galway offices.”