Meet Deirdre

As the managing director of Beattie Tartan, overseeing expansion across Canada, Deirdre’s role works with her team on strategy development and best practices in integrated marketing. Dividing her time across all of Beattie Tartan’s offices, she will assist in identifying global marketing opportunities and using her expertise in earned and owned media.

Known as both a communicator and connector, Deirdre has her APR from the Canadian Public Relations Society and MBA with a specialization in communications from Royal Roads University. Deirdre has served on the board of Tourism Victoria including two years as chair, is current chair of the Pacific Coast Public Television Association, a founding director of the Global Ecotourism Network, and has joined the board of the South Island Prosperity Project. Deirdre has been named a Vancouver Island Public Relations practitioner of the year, a YW/YMCA woman of distinction for her work in the community, and is a sought-after presenter on sustainable tourism, globally.