Ronan McGovern – in Dublin describes himself as a Stanford University Scholar with ADHD. His book ‘Disturber of the Piece’ about ADHD life experiences will be published circa mid 2027. A major theme of his book is how systems – schools, colleges and organisations – are not suitable for people who think differently – e.g. people with ADHD. He is doing this work especially to help kids and teens, who struggle with ADHD. For 45 years Ronan has worked in Finance and Business, principally in AIB Bank and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Five years ago, he became a Neurodiversity advocate.
Earlier in his life he attained qualifications in law and accounting as well as a master’s from Stanford University’s School of Business. He has been designed a Scholar by Stanford University as well as a Pathfinder in 2020. In 2020 he initiated a three-month project in collaboration with Stanford Business School, where he recruited fifty volunteers to research on Neurodiversity. They wrote and published their eighty-page Stanford NDGifts Report in September 2020.
During this work they collaborated with Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Google, Linkedin, Bank of America and Salesforce. He has lived most of his life in Ireland and at times in New York and California. He got a diagnosis of ADHD at the age of 35. Ronan is a strategy manager, real estate, at Allied Irish Banks. He is currently writing a memoir, Twice Exceptional.
