Spokesperson – Malcolm Quigley

Malcolm established VSO in Ireland in 2004. He is a University of Limerick (UL) business studies and languages graduate and also has an MBA from the Solvay School of Business at the Free University of Brussels.

After graduating from UL Malcolm took up an internship at the European Commission in Brussels. Following this Malcolm held a position in a lobby group representing the direct marketing industry, also based in Brussels.

After two and a half years working as a lobbyist, Malcolm began working in internal communications for GTS, the second largest wholesale telecoms company in Europe at the time. Following this he decided to do an MBA in Belgium.

In 2001, Malcolm became a VSO volunteer in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  He worked for two and a half years with local refugee grassroots NGOs across former Yugoslavia. Malcolm worked on VSO’s exit strategy from the region and continues to advise on the national volunteering programme there, that VSO instigated in partnership with United Nations Volunteers.

In October 2008, Malcolm was awarded for his “outstanding contribution to humanity and society” by the University of Limerick’s Alumni Association.

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