Jovita O’Byrne is an experienced HR executive and startup advisor with over 30 years of leadership across SaaS, Fintech, Cybersecurity, and Enterprise businesses such as Malwarebytes, Telus International/Voxpro, Eli Lilly, RCI and AIB Bank.
Most recently serving as Chief People Officer at Tradeshift, she has worked directly with founders, boards, and investors to operationalize strategy, secure funding rounds, and build leadership teams that scale.
She brings a proven track record of helping early and growth-stage companies stabilize, grow, and sustain performance by building strong people strategies, developing leadership capability, and creating high-performing cultures.
Jovita is known for her empathetic, practical, and results-driven style. She blends strategic insight with hands-on execution, enabling founders and leadership teams to move from vision to action to results. Her work is grounded in integrity, confidentiality, and partnership.
Jovita is a qualified mediator, executive coach, Gallup Strengths coach, and PROSCI change management facilitator. She holds a BA degree in European studies and is CIPD qualified.
Jovita lives in Ireland and when not working enjoys pilates, sea swimming and walking. She also loves to travel and explore new countries!