Sarah Abbott

Sarah is the Group Chief People Officer for Carbery Group. Her role is focused on driving their people strategy across the group, working to further align their business strategies with a comprehensive global people strategy. She joined Carbery in January 2021.

Originally from a farming background in West Cork, Sarah has worked globally throughout her career, having had a front row seat at some extraordinary talent transformations in several major corporations including Dell, EMC and Apple. Prior to this, Sarah was involved in talent initiatives at Musgraves Ireland, Ernst & Young and Morgan McKinley. Sarah has extensive experience of leading high performing teams internationally and brings a deep understanding of different cultures and how to work effectively across complex organisational structures. Most recently, Sarah has run her own successful HR consultancy practice.