Position: Chief Executive
Breege Burke is Chief Executive of Working Links since 2008,
joining the business in 2005 as Chief Operating Officer.
As Chief Executive Breege leads the business in tackling social
exclusion and worklessness through both the shaping of policy and
the delivery of Welfare, Justice and Skills contracts, as well as
developing a strong international brand and profile to share our
knowledge and learning.
Her inclusive and teambuilding approach to leadership has
created an empowered culture, driving innovation and delivery with
the customer experience at the heart of everything people do. Her
talented leadership team bring a range of expertise and specialisms
that are vital to the continued success of the business.
A desire to help people rise above life’s challenges no matter
what their start in life has made Working Links the perfect place
for Breege to utilise her broad range of skills. Her vision is to
speed up the pace of growth and to significantly increase the
numbers of people we place into sustainable work, and take people
on the journey to change their lives for the better. Over
220,000 people have been helped
into sustainable work so far.
Breege has led us through a period of significant growth and
innovation, during which we have established ourselves in a number
of international markets. Under her leadership, we hope to continue
spreading our roots and move into other countries where we can
offer our expertise in supporting the hardest to help move towards
the labour market, into apprenticeships, back into work and prosper
as they take their first steps towards social inclusion whilst
offering a guiding hand along the way.
Breege's career to date spans public, private and voluntary
sector organisations. Prior to joining Working Links she was the
Chief Operating Officer at the National Autistic Society where she
was instrumental in driving major change programmes at a time of
growth and expansion of both services and awareness of autism.
Before that she spent many years in senior commercial roles at
Eastman Kodak, including five years as Managing Director of
Kodak Ireland Ltd.
Breege has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and is a qualified
management accountant (ACMA).