Cork Chamber Event - Beyond Projects: Mastering the Portfolio Advantage
Marbral Advisory is hosting an Exclusive Breakfast Briefing at Cork Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday 22nd October. Tickets are free but numbers are limited so please sign up now!
The key topic of the day is how to realise the benefits of Portfolio Management. Internationally renowned speaker, and Marbral Advisory Principal, Chris Cashell, will be presenting and taking questions from the audience.
More about the topic:
Portfolio Management is about more than tracking projects - it’s about ensuring we are doing the right things, not just doing things right.
In today’s climate, where every investment must prove its worth, portfolio management is the differentiator between organisations that thrive and those that stall.
By centralising the management of projects and programmes, portfolio management helps organisations identify, prioritise, authorise, and oversee work in line with strategic objectives. The distinction is important: a project delivers a defined capability within a schedule and budget, while a portfolio optimises overall enterprise value by managing a suite of projects in alignment with business goals.
Too often, however, organisations fall into the trap of approving projects based on sponsor influence, gut instinct, or how well an idea is presented, rather than its true strategic merit. This leads to duplicated efforts, misaligned initiatives, and conflicts over limited resources - while the growing inability to say 'no' only adds to the problem. Getting portfolio management right means creating transparency, aligning work with strategy, and giving executives the confidence that their investments are driving value where it matters most.
This exclusive breakfast briefing at Cork Chamber of Commerce will bring together Cork’s PMO leaders, Portfolio leaders and Senior PMs to explore:
· How to optimise portfolio decision-making for maximum strategic value.
· Practical steps for securing and sustaining executive buy-in.
· Proven ways to strengthen PMO agility, transparency, and influence.
· Real-world approaches for focusing resources where they deliver the greatest return.
Join us for fresh insights, practical tools, and peer-to-peer connections that will help you steer your organisation’s portfolio with confidence and impact.
Schedule:
08:30am – Arrival & Breakfast
09:00am – 10:00am Speaker Presentation and Q&A: Chris Cashell
Register:
You can find more details and register on Eventbrite here: http://bit.ly/3ItVI3n
Speaker Bio:
Chris Cashell is a Principal Change Architect for Marbral Advisory, and an international speaker. He has been responsible for over 150 global project portfolios. He is a proven leader with over 30 years’ experience of adding value in multiple industries through delivering effective thought leadership, digital transformation, change management and execution of large and complex projects.
Chris holds a Diploma in Management Studies, is a certified Scrum Master, and a qualified Project Management Professional. He is a regular presenter for local PMI Chapters in the US and Europe and the University of Wisconsin School of Business on Project Management and Organisational Change Management. He has recently spoken at the largest PMI conference in Europe, PMI Bulgaria, and is sought after for his thought-leadership on project and portfolio management.