Meet the team
Eileen McHugh
Founder & CEO
Eileen McHugh is the founder and innovator behind Hair Together. With experience as an international stylist, barber, and educator, she has worked at major events like Paris and Copenhagen Fashion Weeks. As well as many years running her own highly successful business.
Eileen created Hair Together to address unemployment, mental health challenges, and substance misuse in Dublin’s Northside communities. She developed a 10-week personal development program that has helped young people reconnect with education and supported women leaving the prison system to build confidence, learn new skills, and find community.
Advocate for Social Change: Eileen’s passion and commitment to helping those most in need have made her a respected advocate for social change, influencing policy and practice within Ireland and beyond.
Eileen continues to innovate for social change and how best to serve & support her community.
David Campbell
Advisory Director
David Campbell is the director of House of Colour hair group ,David is also a director and head coach of The Salon Edge who mentor hair and beauty business throughout Ireland and the UK.
David is also an author of a book aimed at hair salon apprentices in the industry (Headstart)
David is also the longest serving former president of the Irish Hairdressers Federation.
David is also a 2 x time Irish Hairdressers Federation Icon Award Winner.
David has also received a lifetime achievement award from the Irish Hairdressers Federation for his work with government on launching the Hairdressing National Apprenticeship.
David was part of the original CSG for the National Hair Apprenticeship.
Tracy Keogh
Non Exec Chairperson
Tracy is an experienced founder and CEO in the non profit sector. She holds 4 board seats and has led growing businesses from 0-1+ million ARR. Tracy joined Hair Together having been completely inspired by the founding team, the vision, and the people that have gone through the programmes. Her role is to drive the creation of a board that can govern, inspect and challenge in order to fulfil the immediate goal of a thriving home for Hair Together, and an organisation that has lasting impact.
Amanda-Jayne Comyn
Advisory Director
Amanda works as a Tax Advisor in www.ciruclo.ie. Circulo is a boutique advisory firm, dedicated to offering full circle, straight-forward and comprehensive professional advice to both corporates and individuals that is underpinned by tax expertise.
Amanda is a Barrister-at-law and a Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA). She has extensive experience in the field of tax having worked in leading legal firms and large accountancy practices, mostly recently as a tax partner with Philip Lee and prior to that as tax director with Grant Thornton.
Amanda’s expertise is in advising on the commercial and tax aspects of M&As and restructuring including shareholder matters. She advises on corporate transactions having considerable experience in mergers and corporate reorganisations. She also advises individuals in estate and retirement planning, trusts, insolvency and all aspects of property transactions with specialised experience in stamp duty and stamp duty planning.
Amanda has an expanse of technical writing experience having authored and co-authored a number of publications including Bloomsbury’s Irish Law of Stamp Duty and the Irish Taxation Institute’s Corporate Transactions: Tax and Legal Issues.
Gilliane Quinn De Schonen
Non Exec Director
Gilliane Quinn de Schonen has a background in retailing. She was President and Managing Director of a chain of juice bars throughout France and Europe, operating under the Zumo brand until 2023. She has a background in consulting and food marketing based in Paris. She started her career with Bain and Company in London and Paris, and subsequently specialised in importing food products from Ireland and France into the French distributors such as Auchan, Monoprix, Intermarché and Carrefour. In 2000 she co-founded Novalenext, a prospective marketing company which worked on new retail concepts such as Daily Monop in addition to showcasing new food trends at the SIAL Trade fair. She was President of NetworkIrlande, the network of Irish professionals in France, which was created in 2010. Gilliane was a Non-Executive Director of Superquinn, the family supermarket chain for 10 years until the sale of the company in 2005.
Gilliane was the Chairperson of the Trinity College Dublin Association and Trust until 2021 and is a Trustee of the Quinn Family Foundation. She studied Business in Trinity College Dublin and holds a diploma in Corporate Governance from the CGI.
Grainne Hughes
Wellbeing Program Manager
Grainne’s background is in IT Recruitment spanning a career of 15 + years working with multiple global tech brands – after years of burnout and stress she pivoted to a new career in Wellbeing and holistic health. She runs the relaxation hub, a busy reflexology practise, she has gone on to do further studies becoming a meditation teacher, Breathwork teacher and she also runs wellbeing workshops for private clients, schools and companies. She is passionate about supporting young people and empowering them with tools to look after their own wellbeing
Nigel Kinahan
Project Manager
• 25 years in the construction industry
providing comprehensive services including
feasibility studies, cost estimation, tender
document preparation, contract negotiation,
cost control, project management, and
dispute resolution.
• A keen interest in energy management and
sustainability
• Volunteering with Hair Together since 2019
managing budgets, accounts, and
programme pricing
Vinnie Kearns
Education Manager
25 years Hair Industry Experience, Graduate from both Peter Mark & The Merchant Barber
Awards – Barber of the Years, IHF Champion, European Champion, 15 Years education experience and developed and ran many successful barbering businesses.