Fiona McDonnell

Catch Fiona on DO Radio, Making Stuff Up with Eleanor Tweddle from 18 to 24 May.

Fiona McDonnell is a general manager, author, and speaker with a career that spans continents, industries, and disciplines.

Having lived and worked across the UK, Germany, Poland, France, Singapore and the Netherlands, Fiona brings a genuinely global perspective to leadership — shaped by decades of leading commercial teams and navigating complex, multicultural organisations.

She describes herself as a left-brain marketer, right-brain engineer — someone who started out in technical roles before finding her greatest strength in the commercial and human side of business. For the past 20 years, she has led as a general manager, with storytelling and communication at the heart of how she leads.

Fiona is also a published author, writing both leadership non-fiction and children's books, and has appeared as a speaker and media commentator on diversity and inclusion.

She's proof that a portfolio career, built around things you genuinely love, is not just possible — it's powerful.