Irene was a teacher for over 20 years and is an experienced leader in the outdoors. She has facilitated and led groups on expeditions in Europe and further afield with an emphasis on personal development/group dynamics in the outdoors. She practices as a counsellor and  delivers outdoors experiential courses for leadership qualifications. She is an Accredited Assessor for D of E’s Award, and SML, TCL trained. Together with Ally they run Adventura Scotland an Adventure Activities Licensing Authority approved organisation that along with being a Duke of Edinburgh approved activity provider run conservation and education expeditions to Belize, Germany, Norway, Spain and Greenland.