Jackie O’Dowd
Jackie O’Dowd
Regional Manager Mid-West, IDA Ireland
Jackie O’Dowd is the Regional Manager for the Mid-West region with IDA Ireland, responsible for supporting and developing a portfolio of 153 IDA client companies across Limerick, Clare, and Tipperary, spanning all IDA sectors. She works closely with both existing and prospective investors to drive sustainable growth, strengthen regional competitiveness, and promote collaboration between industry and community stakeholders.
Prior to this role, Jackie spent three years in Frankfurt as Vice President for Financial Services with IDA Ireland, managing a client portfolio of international financial services companies with operations in Ireland and promoting Ireland as a strategic location for companies. Before her time in Germany, she managed key client relationships with IDA’s Financial Services team in the insurance sector in Ireland, helping global companies leverage Ireland as part of their internationalisation strategies.
Jackie began her career as an Event Manager with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) before moving to the Irish Tax Institute as Events and Communications Manager and following this worked in Education and Public Engagement with Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) now Research Ireland, gaining experience in stakeholder engagement and communications across both the public and private sectors.