Frankie Sheahan is the founder and Global CEO of Pendulum Summit. He is a retired professional Irish rugby union player. During his career, Sheahan played for Munster from 1996 until 2009 and for Ireland from 2000 until 2007. Sheahan played his whole career as a hooker. He finished with Munster in 2009 after playing 163 over 14 years. He played his last game for Munster on the 15 May 2009 in 36-10 Celtic League win over the Ospreys at Thomond Park where the team also received the trophy as 2008–09 Celtic League winners. Sheahan agreed to join French Top 14 club Brive for the 2009–10 season, he was offered the choice of a two-year deal or a one-year contract with the option of a second season and has chosen the latter. "I spent the weekend there taking in the Brive-Montauban match, there’s a load of ambition," Sheahan said. On May 15 he picked up an injury during the Celtic League win over the Ospreys and aggravated a chest problem. He had been struggling with the injury for the past four months and on 21 July 2009, he announced his immediate retirement from the game after undergoing a scan. Following retirement, Sheahan set up , an international speakers bureau and talent management agency which delivers high performance and leadership speakers to the top global companies. He also worked for a period as a rugby agent and the media for both Sky Sports and RTE. In 2013, Sheahan found The , now the world’s leading business and leadership conference which takes place in Dublin, Ireland every January and NY also. In 2014, Pendulum Summit was Ireland's first business and self-empowerment summit and saw six hundred of the country's top business leaders in attendance. Keynote speaker on the day was the Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield. The keynote speaker for Pendulum Summit 2015 was Deepak Chopra, while Tony Robbins headlined the 2016 event which attracted over 3,500 international business leaders and influencers. The 2017 Pendulum Summit was expanded to a two-day event with Robin Sharma and Jack Canfield as the leading speakers, followed by Richard Branson in January 2018 which had 7000 attendees over 2 days. In September 2018 the conference ran its first in New York and sold out with 600 attendees, and the 2019 Irish event was held in The Convention Centre Dublin on January 9th and 10th 2019. speakers included Nick Vujicic, Colin Farrell, John Cleese, Erik Wahl, Karren Brady CBE, Boris Johnson and Ruby Wax. The most recent summit, was sold out and held over 7000 attendees over 2 days. It took place on January 8th and 9th in Dublin. Speakers included Lord Alan Sugar, Bear Grylls, Stephen Covey, Kelly Holmes, Molly Bloom, Stedman Graham, Andy Fastow, Dr. Joe Dispenza, David Meerman Scott, Caroline Currid, Christy Dignam and more. In 2020 Frankie founded Pendulum University delivers cutting-edge content, online leadership training and offsite leadership training to individuals, businesses and organisations. Its core products are the and , an online video platform. The purpose of Pendulum University is to enable individuals to embed innovative leadership thinking and a genuine culture of leadership growth within their businesses. By combining best practice in leadership management with a practical, action-oriented approach, Pendulum University stimulates the creation of high impact leaders who can mobilise their teams by immersing themselves in real-world leadership challenges and best-in-class insights from real-world industry experts. This, in turn, delivers greater value to their customers and stimulate measurable profit growth. The is a world-class online learning experience that focuses on specific themes that are critical to today’s business executives and is an efficient and innovative way to train and inspire management teams. It is created by the Pendulum University Team in collaboration with industry experts, distinguished academics, and inspired by the wisdom of Pendulum Summit’s greatest minds, this cutting-edge programme explores the fundamentals of leadership based on 8 high impact modules.
