Frankie Sheahan (born August 27, 1976) 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 Front row Speakers , 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 Pendulum Summit, 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 international summit in New York and sold out with 600 attendees, and the most recent event was held in The Convention Centre Dublin on January 9th and 10th 2019.
2019 Pendulum Summit speakers included Nick Vujicic, Colin Farrell, John Cleese, Erik Wahl, Karren Brady CBE, Boris Johnson and Ruby Wax.
Pendulum 2020 takes place on January 8 and 9 in Dublin.