Orla Murray
CEO/Co-Founder
Expertise
Strategic thinker, passionate about collaboration and relationship building to raise the standards for those working in creative industries.
CEO/Co-Founder
Strategic thinker, passionate about collaboration and relationship building to raise the standards for those working in creative industries.
Orla’s extensive background in photography and business development guides the creative direction and business strategy at Coalesce.
Orla's career spans over 25 years and her experience covers all aspects of Press and PR photography. She's worked as a photographer with corporates, semi-states, start-ups, and charities as well as with most Government departments.
Since 2016, as well as working as a photographer Orla has been building the ISO9001:2015 certified framework with Grainne Doyne (Consultant with Coalesce - strategy and company development, with 20 plus years of senior management experience in the areas of healthcare and pharma) under which Coalesce operates. This framework supports and guides partner companies so they can collaborate with Coalesce and work with our clients under a strict set of standards. Providing a high quality and consistent service our clients can always trust.
A previous participant of the KPMG and Enterprise Ireland supported Starting Strong Program in 2020 and now in 2025 accepted onto the Going for Growth program Orla will be focusing on her role as CEO navigating the company through new product and service development and building out the training side of Coalesce – Co.Lab.