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Teresa Buczkowska
Chief Executive Officer
Teresa Buczkowska was appointed as the Immigrant Council of Ireland's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in May 2025. Teresa brings nearly 20 years of experience as a leader in non-profit management, supporting migrant rights, and promoting migrant political participation.
As a migrant who identifies as both Polish and Irish, Teresa's personal understanding of the challenges that migrants face on arrival in a new country will be of the utmost value to her and the organisation as she works to continue ICI’s mission to support migrants and their families.
Teresa arrived in Ireland in 2005 and began working in manufacturing and retail jobs. Throughout that time her commitment to supporting vulnerable migrants in accessing their rights led her to the Immigrant Council where, in 2013, she took up her first role and progressed in the organisation to become Integration Manager. She developed a keen understanding of the challenges and solutions for those from a migrant background and the skills needed to lead those around her.
During this time, Teresa was also elected to the board of the Arts Council which she sat on from 2019 to 2024. In 2021, she received the Social Change Initiative Fellowship and in 2022, she was selected as an Obama Scholar. In 2024, Teresa received the “Women of Europe – Woman in Media” award for her dedication to fostering informed discussions on crucial European issues such as migration, gender equality and EU integration.
Teresa is a board member of Forum Polonia Ireland, a Polish migrant justice organisation. In 2023 Teresa established and became editor of the Migrant Vote, a platform and a podcast dedicated to facilitating political inclusion of migrants.