The Business & Finance CEO 100 Index profiles ’s business leaders and their career progression. The top 100 CEOs in Ireland work across the widest possible variety of industries, implementing long-term strategies, spearheading corporate culture and delivering strong results.

COMMUNICORP GROUP Adrian Serle With Communicorp since January 2017, Adrian has spent over 20 years in media, predominantly UK radio. From 2000, he spent nine years with Emap where he operated local and national radio stations leading teams across TV, radio, magazines, digital and sales. In 2009 he joined Orion Media where he assumed roles as the Group Commercial Director and Group CEO.

DELL EMC Aisling Keegan After beginning her career in New York, Aisling returned to Ireland 18 years ago to join technology giant Dell. In 2016, a year before Dell Technologies was formed in 2017, she was appointed chief integration officer for the UK and Ireland market, and more recently appointed vice president and general manager of the Dell EMC commercial business in Ireland.

HSBC Alan Duffy As well as being HSBC Ireland’s CEO, Alan is also in charge of the company’s corporate banking and security services businesses in Ireland. He joined HSBC Ireland in 2006 and his experience of 25 years spans the US, Canadian, European and Nordic markets. He holds an MBA from the Smurfit Graduate School of Business.

SHIRE Alan Walshe Alan Walshe heads up bio-pharmaceutical company Shire, which has been present in Ireland since 1994. After studying life sciences at university, he moved into commercial roles In the pharmaceutical industry and lead the foundation of a biopharma start-up before joining Shire. CRH Albert Manifold Since January 2014, Albert Manifold has been the Chief Executive of CRH Group. He joined the firm in 1988 as Finance Director for the Materials division where he developed the company considerably in Eastern Europe. In 2004 he became Group Development Director and in 2007 was appointed Managing Director, CRH Europe Materials. A background in private equity has stood to him as he led CRH on the acquisitions trail. Ireland’s largest publicly-quoted company had sales in 2017 of €27.6 billion – equal to almost 10 per cent of Ireland’s gross domestic product (GDP).

DIGICEL Alexander Matuschka Greiffenclau In early 2018 Alexander took over the top role at Digicel, Denis O’Brien’s Caribbean mobile phone company, and he continues former CEO Colm Delves’ group restructuring programme, Digicel 2030. The German businessman joined Digicel from his role as chief performance officer at Dutch-based telco Veon (previously known as Vimpelcom). He was also previously a senior executive at Nokia.

CPL RESOURCES Anne Heraty Anne established CPL plc. in 1989 and became the first Irish woman to run a plc. With this experience she has led CPL to become the top employment-services company in Ireland. She started her career as a telesales worker at Xerox, and then moved to Grafton Recruitment before setting up her own company.

VODAFONE Anne O’Leary Anne is responsible for Vodafone’s operations in Ireland and the 2,000-strong workforce. Her experience across some of the world’s biggest telecoms companies solidifies her place on this list. These include Regional Director of Esat Telecoms, Managing Director of BT and Business and Enterprise Director of Vodafone, before becoming CEO.

CUBIC TELECOM Barry Napier Since acquiring Cubic Telecom in 2008, Napier has expanded the team 10-fold, and closed agreements with more than 60 mobile operators including AT&T, China Mobile, Digicel, Orange, Telstra and Vodafone. Prior to joining Cubic, Napier led deals with Apple, Samsung, Nokia and Telefonica as chief executive of Brightpoint growing annual turnover from $35 million to $200 million within six years. AIB Bernard Byrne Bernard Byrne is a chartered accountant who joined AIB in 2010 as Group Chief Financial Officer after working with the ESB where he was the Commercial Director for International Investments. In 2015 he held the position of Director of Retail and Business Banking at AIB before being announced as CEO later that year.

APPLEGREEN Bob Etchingham Bob Etchingham founded the Applegreen Group in 1992 after working for Esso in the and the UK for over 10 years; he has over 30 years’ experience in the retail fuel market and holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from University College .

UDG HEALTHCARE Brendan McAtamney Brendan McAtamney stepped into the role of chief executive of healthcare services provider UDG at the company’s AGM in February 2016, taking over the role from previous CEO Liam Fitzgerald. Brendan had joined the London-listed company as COO in 2013, from another global healthcare company, Abbott.

FIRST DERIVATIVES Brian Conlon Brian Conlon, founder of First Derivatives, spent the end of the 1980s at the US derivatives trading desk at Morgan Stanley in London. He then moved on to become a financial engineer for Sunguard, travelling regularly between Silicon Valley and European hubs. He eventually set up his company from home in 1996 and grew into an international concern with staff embedded in major banks in all the global financial centres from Hong Kong to San Francisco. First Derivatives now employs over 2,000 employees worldwide and is one of the biggest graduate recruiters in Ireland.

BANK OF AMERICA IRELAND Bruce Thompson A former group chief financial officer and head of risk for the Bank of America group, Bruce Thompson was chosen to lead its post-Brexit hub in Ireland. He is a member of Bank of America’s executive management and Global Banking and Markets leadership teams. He also serves on the Global Banking and Risk Council, which reviews the bank’s most significant capital commitment transactions. JP MORGAN Carin Bryans Managing Director and Head of Ireland, Carin is responsible for J.P. Morgan’s Investor Services business in Ireland. Carin has been with J.P. Morgan for 20 years and has held a number of positions including head of operations and head of client services. Between 2010 and 2011, Carin was Chairman of the Irish Funds Industry Association and is also a founding member of Women in Banking and Finance in Ireland.

EIR Carolan Lennon The telecoms provider appointed its first female chief executive in April this year, after a shake- up under its new ownership. Carolan previously served as managing director of Eir’s networks and wholesale division, Open Eir. Prior to joining Eir in 2010, Carolan held a number of senior roles in the telecoms and technology sectors, including consumer director and marketing director at Vodafone Ireland. She is currently a non-executive director of AIB Group.

KEELINGS Caroline Keeling CEO and managing director of family-owned agri-food business Keelings, Caroline started her career with Green Isle Foods in 1992, before returning to join Keelings as Technical Manager in 1994 and then Technical Director in 1998. In 2002, she became the Managing Director of Keelings Multiples and in 2005 took over as Group Managing Director. She became CEO in 2013.

MICROSOFT IRELAND Cathriona Hallahan As Managing Director of Microsoft in Ireland, Cathriona drives the major tech company’s operations in the Emerald Isle. She also represents the company in all its strategies, corporate affairs and communications. She joined Microsoft in 1986 and for over 30 years has held a variety of roles including senior positions in finance and operations.

CITI Cecila Ronan Appointed to the role of chief country officer in March 2018, Cecilia Ronan leads the US banking giant’s 2,500 employees in Ireland, at one of the largest employers in the IFSC. She is the second-highest-ranking executive at Citibank Europe, which is headquartered in Dublin and responsible for the group’s banking activities across 22 countries. She began her career in HR at Microsoft Ireland in 1997, before joining Citi three years later and moving through roles in operations and technology divisions. MUSGRAVE MOY PARK Chris Kirke In 2018, Chris acceded to Moy Park’s senior management team as President. He carries with him a track record of over 26 years in food production both in the UK and US. Previously, Chris served as the CEO of Greencore Group’s USA division. Prior to that, he held the position of Managing Director of the group’s food to go section in the UK where he helped drive revenue growth and built long term relationships with retail partners.

MUSGRAVE Chris Martin Chris Martin has led Musgrave group since 2005 having joined the company as Group Finance Director two years prior. Under the direction of Chris, Musgrave Group has devoted resources to partnering with entrepreneurial retailers in an effort to grow and develop retail and wholesale brands. Before his time at Musgrave, Chris pursued an impressive retail career which included serving as CEO at Mothercare plc, Storehouse plc’s Finance Director, and roles at ASDA and Pizza Hut.

HUBSPOT Christian Kinnear Vice President & Managing Director Hubspot EMEA, Christian joined HubSpot Dublin in October 2015 as Director of Sales, where he was responsible for coordinating the company’s sales strategy across key regions. Quickly proving his ability to be a great cross-functional leader, Christian served as HubSpot’s EMEA Managing Director for the past three years, before his latest promotion.

NORTHERN TRUST Clive Bellows Clive Bellows joined Northern Trust in May 2011. As Country Head Ireland, Clive has overall responsibility for leading the company’s Irish operations in Dublin and . Prior to joining Northern Trust Clive was Managing Director at JP Morgan and responsible for EMEA asset management and hedge funds. During his 30 year career, Clive has also worked at Chase Manhattan Bank, Deutsche Bank and Barclays International. He also spent six years at Northern Trust London, between 1997 and 2003, as Head of Relationship Management for Global Fund Services and Investment Manager Liaison Group.

IRISH DISTILLERS Conor McQuaid Conor McQuaid was announced as CEO and Chairman of Irish Distillers effective from July 2018, during a reshuffling and milestone period of growth for the company in the first half of the year. DAA Dalton Philips Dalton Philips has a wide variety of top-level experience in business including being a former CEO of Brown Thomas and Morrisons Supermarkets. He has worked across retail, innovation, consultancy and transport. He assumed the role of CEO at the Dublin Airport Authority in August 2017 and is leading ambitious plans for the expansion of Dublin Airport, and developing it as a transfer hub.

IBEC Danny McCoy Danny has been CEO of Ibec since 2009. Prior to this he was a senior economist at both the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the Central . He has also lectured at Dublin City University, University College London, Oxford and Trinity College Dublin, and has been a consultant for the European Central Commission and the OECD.

AN POST David McRedmond McRedmond was appointed to the position of CEO of An Post in October 2016, for a seven-year tenure. The Dubliner had previously headed up TV3 and transformed it into a major player in Irish broadcasting, prior to its sale to Liberty Global in 2015. The 2017 annual report showed a jump from losses of €12.4m in 2016 to profits of €8.4m in 2017 (against forecast losses of €61m), and volumes in the relaunched parcel business up 30% on the prior year.

RTÉ Dee Forbes Dee is the first woman to hold the Director General role at RTÉ. Before joining RTÉ she was President and Managing Director of Discovery Networks Northern Europe. After graduating from University College Dublin she moved to the UK in 1989 to begin her career in the advertising agency Young and Rubicam.

FEXCO Denis McCarthy Denis was appointed CEO of Fexco in January 2015, having previously held the position of Non- Executive Director. Denis has a degree in Mathematics and founded Annadale Technologies, a software development company specialising in the design and development of web-based transaction processing applications. Denis also founded Aviso, a payments software company. BNP PARIBAS Derek Kehoe Appointed as CEO for the BNP Paribas Group in the Republic of Ireland in 2015, Derek has over 25 years’ experience in banking, having graduated from UCD with an Honours degree in Economics in 1987. He joined BNP Paribas in 2002, since when he has held a number of senior roles in capital markets in Dublin and London, before most recently being appointed Deputy Head of CIB in April 2014.

AVOLON AVIATION Domhnal Slattery Dómhnal began his career in 1989 in marketing with Guinness Peat Aviation and GECAS. 1994 saw him introduce his own company, International Aviation Management Group (IAMG), which delivered aircraft advice and investment-banking services. He was Chief Executiveo f RBS Aviation Capital from 2001 to 2004 when RBS acquired IAMG in 2001 and continued to be a non-executive director until January 2008.

DCC Donal Murphy Donal joined DCC as Head of Group IT in 1998 having previously worked with Allied Irish Bank plc. He was Managing Director of DCC from 2004 to 2006 and then Managing Director of DCC Energy thereafter. He took over as CEO of the support-services firm in July of 2017.

ICG Eamonn Rothwell Eamonn Rothwell was appointed as CEO of Irish Continental Group in1992. He is a Director of Interferry European Office A.I.S.B.L. He is a former Director of The Mutual War Risks Association Limited, Interferry Inc and The United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Bermuda) Limited. He is a past executive Director of stockbrokers NCB Group. Prior to that, he worked with plc and Bord Fáilte Eireann (The Irish Tourist Board).

INTEL Eamonn Sinnott Eamonn Sinnott is Vice President, Technology and Manufacturing Group at Intel Corporation and the General Manager of Intel in Ireland. Sinnott joined Intel in 1991 and has held a variety of factory management positions in Ireland and in the USA. Eamonn became the factory manager for the 300mm start-up/ramp of Fab24 in 2001 before taking over as the plant manager in 2006. TRILOGY TECHNOLOGIES Edel Creely Edel Creely has led Trilogy Technologies to become one of the leading managed services providers across UK and Irish markets. Edel was instrumental in the formation of Trilogy Technologies in late 2009 following the acquisition of IT focus and the merger of Team DBA. She was Chair of the Irish Software Association (ISA) from 2013-2015, and appointed to the board of Ibec in 2015, serving as President for the 2017/18 year.

KERRY GROUP Edmond Scanlon Edmond joined Kerry in 1996 through the graduate programme from University College Cork. He performed several roles before relocating to the US in 2004, including three years in Commercial Financial Management for the Consumer Foods business. On arrival to the US, the was ultimately promoted to VP Operations for the Supply Chain and Financial functions. He was appointed interim chief executive in February 2017, returning to Ireland after 14 years abroad, and officially took over from Stan McCarthy in October of the same year.

NURITAS Emmet Browne Emmet joined Nuritas as CEO in March 2015 and holds more than 25 years of international experience with some of the largest Life-Science companies in the world such as Pfizer Nutritionals, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Nestle. Emmet is the former Chairman of the Blanchardstown Institute of Technology and was Vice President of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association.

ELAVON Eric Horgan Eric was appointed as Country Manager for Ireland in 2015, with over 14 years of experience in the Card Payments industry under his belt at that time, seven of those at Elavon, including roles as Vice President of New Product Innovation and Head of Product Management for Europe. He is currently a member of Elavon’s senior leadership team in Europe with responsibility for the Irish business, leading 400 staff between sites in Dublin and Arklow. He is a specialist in ecommerce, strategy, product development and management, as well as programme delivery.

COILLTE Fergal Leamy Fergal has been CEO of Coillte since March 2015. Beginning his career in McKinsey & Company in London where he worked with many leading food and agriculture clients, he moved from McKinsey to establish and run Greencore’s US operations. He has also been CEO of Consolidated Pastoral Company, an Austrailian agrifoods business. GLEN DIMPLEX Fergal Naughton Fergal, Chief Executive Officer of the Glen Dimplex Group holds a degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (Trinity College Dublin, 1998), a Master’s of Science (Stanford University, 2000) and a Masters of Business Administration (Harvard University, 2005). He is Chairman of the Provost’s Council at Trinity College Dublin and was the Founding President of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce.

DEPFA BANK Fiona Flannery Fiona Flannery was appointed CEO of DEPFA Bank Plc following the transfer of the DEPFA Group to the German state owned FMS-WM in December 2014. Prior to that, Fiona was the Chief Risk Officer at DEPFA Bank plc since April 2010. Since joining DEPFA Bank in 1994 she has held a number of senior positions including Head of Credit Risk & Credit Advisory and Global Head of Public Finance, Corporate & Financial Institutions. Prior to joining DEPFA Bank, Fiona worked at PFIZER International Bank Europe and IIB Bank.

FBD Fiona Muldoon January 2015 saw Fiona join FBD as Group Finance Director Designate and appointed an Executive Director and member of the board. She was appointed Group Chief Executive in October of the same year. Fiona has a rich background in finance with stints at the Central Bank of Ireland, XL Group and Bank of Ireland.

GOOGLE Fionnuala Meehan As Google’s Country Manager Meehan heads a 6,000-strong organisation, while juggling the lead role with her ‘day job’ as Vice-President of Google Marketing Solutions for EMEA, managing 600 people who work with small and medium businesses to get them online. About 70% of the Dublin office work in jobs related to servicing EMEA sales, including publishers and advertising.

BANK OF IRELAND Francesca McDonagh Appointed Group CEO in 2017, Francesca is one of the leading bankers in Europe and has helped advise UK governmental initiatives on encouraging more women to take on top jobs in the banking sector. She worked at HSBC for 20 years where she held top positions in the Middle East, North Africa and Hong Kong, and earned an OBE for services to banking. MONEX FS Frank Murphy Frank Murphy, Monex’ Founder, Owner and C.E.O., invented Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) in the mid 1990’s. The DCC service was first implemented in Ireland in 1996 with Hertz Rent-a- Car Franchise becoming the first international customer for Monex in 1998. Monex is the largest global provider of DCC solutions and integrated systems solutions tailored to local requirements while supported by a global network.

FACEBOOK Gareth Lambe As a General Manager, Lambe is responsible for the health and success of ’s International Headquarters in Dublin, employing over 1,600 people, with plans to double that figure announced in March of this year. Lambe has held a variety of roles in Facebook since joining in 2011 from his previous role as Director of Merchant Services EMEA at PayPal.

COGNIZANT Garrett Synott Garrett is General Manager for Ireland at Cognizant and sits on the Technology Ireland Board at Ibec. Prior to joining Cognizant he worked with HP/Hewlett-Packard in a number of roles, most recently in Data Security at HPE Security, he is deeply experienced in Global Supply Chain / Value Chain Management.

GRAFTON GROUP Gavin Slark Gavin joined Grafton Group plc. as a member of the board and Chief Executive Designate in April 2011 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in July of the same year. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Galliford Try plc., a UK house-building and construction group. He was previously Group Chief Executive of BSS Group plc.

KINGSPAN Gene Murtagh Appointed to the board in 1999, Gene was previously Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Kingspan from 2003 to 2005. Prior to this he was Managing Director of the Group’s Insulated Panel business and of the Environmental business. He joined Kingspan in 1993 and has a vast knowledge of business as well as building materials and energy efficiency. TEDCASTLE HOLDINGS Gerard Boylan In 1999, Gerard joined Top Oil as Financial Projects Manager and has been promoted through various roles, including Finance Director and Commercial Director. He was appointed to General Manager of Top Oil in 2006 and then CEO at the end of 2009. He previously worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a qualified chartered accountant.

PORTWEST Harry Hughes Portwest is a world-leading workwear company owned and operated by brothers Cathal, Harry and Owen Hughes. After studying and then working for seven years in the UK, Harry returned to the family business in 1978. Portwest operate global distribution from bases in the UK, Ireland, Poland, Dubai, Australia and the USA, manufacturing facilities in Bangladesh, Myanmar and China, and customer support staff in over 120 countries.

VIRIDIAN GROUP Ian Thom Ian has been the Group Chief Executive of Viridian Group Limited since February 2011. A barrister by profession, he served as General Counsel to the Group since 2001 and as its Company Secretary since 2001. He assumed executive responsibility for Power NI’s supply and power procurement businesses in September 2007. He has also previously served as Company Secretary at EI Ventures Ltd., Company Secretary of Northern Ireland Electricity Limited and as European Legal Director for OSI International Foods.

ULSTER BANK Jane Howard Incoming CEO of , Jane Howard arrives from the bank’s UK parent (RBS). Jane has been in the role of managing director of personal banking at RBS in the UK for the past two years, has worked in financial services for 37 years and at executive level for 14 years across customer-facing and risk-management roles. During her time at RBS, she spearheaded digital banking, and was behind the axing of hundreds of Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest branches.

SKY IRELAND JD Buckley Appointed to lead BSkyB’s operations in Ireland in May 2012, JD Buckley has over twenty years of experience in management and strategy. Previously, he served in leadership positions at PwC, Digicel, in addition to managing his own independent business consultancy. Since joining Sky, he has grown the team from 40 to 1,000 people, launching Sky Broadband, NOW TV, and overseeing a broadcast partnership between Sky and the GAA. MINCON Joe Purcell Mincon appointed Joe Purcell as chief executive in 2015; he is also Chief Technical Officer, having worked for the group since graduating as a Mechanical Engineer in 1988. Joe was appointed as Chief Technical Officer for the Mincon Group on his return from Australia in 1998. Mincon manufactures mining tools with manufacturing facilities in Shannon, Ireland; in Benton, Illinois; in Perth, Australia; and in North Bay, Canada. It also has subsidiaries in Ireland, Sweden, USA, Peru, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Namibia, Ghana and West Africa.

AVIVA John Quinlan John Quinlan has been the Chief Executive Officer at Aviva Ireland since December 2016 and served as its Managing Director of General Insurance Business since November 2013. Previously John worked at RSA Ireland where he held the role of Sales and Marketing Director. He has vast experience in the Irish insurance industry having previously worked at AON, Allianz and GE Insurance.

ERGO GROUP John Purdy John Purdy has been at the helm of Ergo for over 25 years as co-founder and CEO, spinning off two companies along the way – Fenergo and FlowForma – and winning the prestigious EY Industry Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2014 and Person of the Year at the 2011 ICT Excellence Awards. Under John’s leadership, Ergo has grown organically and through acquisition (CDSoft, iSite, Micromail) evolving into a €70m business with nearly 500 employees.

ENTERPRISE IRELAND Julie Sinnamon CEO of Enterprise Ireland since November 2013, Julie held a number of senior public-sector positions constituting a 30-year career in Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. She has managed the evaluation division and equity portfolio in Enterprise Ireland. In 2015, Julie was appointed to the Investment Committee of the Irish Strategic Investment Fund, part of the National Treasury Management Agency.

DAWN FARMS Larry Murrin Dawn Farm Foods was born in 1985. Larry expanded the company into Cherrywood in Ballyfermot before moving to Naas where the company now has two plants. The company has since opened a facility in Northampton, England. Dawn Farms Foods is also a founder of Origin Green, a nationally-run sustainability programme. NORBROOK Liam Nagle Immersed in many C-suite and varied roles throughout his career, Liam began in finance at Apple which led him to assume a General Manager role at Intel in 1991. This took him into telecoms and optical components with Nortel Networks and Bookham Technology. Before becoming CEO of Norbrook he was CEO of SISK and Chairman of SISK Healthcare Group.

PAYPAL Louise Phelan PayPal’s most senior executive operating in Ireland, Louise Phelan is Vice President of Global Operations EMEA for PayPal, leading 1,800 people in Dublin, Dundalk and Berlin. She joined PayPal in 2006 as Customer Solutions and Risk Director for the EU. Prior to this she was a member of the Senior Management Team for GE Money (formerly Woodchester Investments), a division of General Electric (GE), for 16 years. She has served as a director for Voxpro and Ryanair and on the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland.

FENERGO Marc Murphy With 18 years’ experience developing, selling and delivering financial technology to global banks, Marc led Fenergo to securing €4 million funding from Investec Ventures Ireland Limited in 2013. Marc was previously named a FinTech 100 Most Influential Leader due to Fenergo’s impact on financial institutions’ compliance and operations. He is a software engineering MBA graduate of Dublin City University.

DUNNES STORES Margaret Heffernan While her daughter Anne and niece Sharon McMahon are both directors and rumoured to be taking over the day-to-day running of the family business, the formidable and secretive Margaret Heffernan stills helms the operation, which boasts a 21.6% share of the highly competitive Irish grocery market. A strategy of clever high end collaborations has raised the profile of their clothing and homewares offerings in recent years.

EIRGRID Mark Foley Mark Foley joined Eirgrid as Chief Executive in June 2018, coming from Coillte, where he was managing director of the land solutions business, having previously held the position of managing director of Coillte Enterprises. Before joining Coillte, Mr Foley was the director of capital programmes at Dublin Airport Authority. MAGNET NETWORKS Mark Kellett Spending 18 years working in senior finance positions in the U Sand Europe, Mark has led the telecommunications firm Magnet Networks since 2007. His former workplaces include Network Appliance, Sun Microsystems and Yahoo Europe. Magnet is owned by Columbia Ventures Corporation and is a leading telecommunications, data-connectivity and security-services provider and employs over 100 staff.

COMBILIFT Martin McVicar Martin McVicar Co-Founded Combilift in 1998. His career in engineering started with a summer job at truck-mounted forklift manufacturers Moffett Engineering, where he was so enthused with the industry that he later became Moffett’s Chief Engineer. He started Combilift when he was 26, in 1998, and the Monaghan company now exports to 34 countries and turned over €225m in 2017.

IDA IRELAND Martin Shanahan Prior to becoming CEO of IDA, Martin was Chief Executive of Forfás, the Irish government’s policy advisory agency for enterprise, trade, science, technology and innovation. He joined Forfás in 2005 and has been a major figure in the development of enterprise and innovation in Ireland ever since. He has previously held management responsibilities at Fáilte Ireland and private sector firms.

INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS Maura Quinn Maura is responsible for leading the strategic development of the Institute of Directors through growing its membership base, expanding the range of services and growing its reputation. She was appointed Chief Executive in April 2008. She has served as Executive Director of UNICEF Ireland for eleven years and a Non-Executive Director of the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital.

EAST COAST BAKEHOUSE Michael Carey East Coast Bakehouse, was co-founded by husband and wife teak Michael Carey and Alison Cowzer in 2015. He has previously held the Managing Directors’ roles at Kellogg’s (UK/Ireland), Fox’s Biscuits and Evian/Volvic (UK/Ireland). Earlier in his career he held marketing roles at a number of food businesses, including as Marketing Director of Cantrell & Cochrane and Jacob’s Ireland and Brand Manager at Batchelors and Green Isle Foods. KENMARE RESOURCES Michael Carvill Michael Carvill has been the Managing Director of Kenmare since 1986. He worked as a contracts engineer in Algeria and as a project engineer at Tara Mines, Ireland. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland (FIEI). He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering (Queen’s University, Belfast) and an MBA (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania).

RYANAIR Michael O’Leary One of Ireland’s most well-known businesspeople, Michael is Chief Executive of Ryanair. He began his career as a trainee at Stokes Kennedy Crowley (later known as KPMG) and moved on to establish newsagents in Walkinstown and Terenure. In 1986 he became Financial Advisor to Tony Ryan, followed by an appointment as Deputy Chief Executive at Ryanair in 1988. In 1991 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer and in 1994 he became CEO.

CAIRN HOMES Michael Stanley Michael Stanley co-founded Cairn Homes plc and was appointed Chief Executive Officer prior to the IPO in June 2015. Michael was previously Chief Executive Officer of Stanley Holdings following its demerger from Shannon Homes. The Stanley family founded Shannon Homes in 1970, and the company was one of Ireland’s largest homebuilders in the 1990s and 2000s. Michael restarted his homebuilding operation in 2014 following the economic downturn in Ireland, and with his business partner Alan McIntosh, this provided the operational platform for Cairn Homes plc.

ERVIA Mike Quinn In 2017 Mike Quinn joined Ervia from Bord na Móna where he has held the position of Managing Director since February 2015. Before joining Bord na Móna Mr. Quinn was Vice President of Precision Castparts (PCC), a worldwide group of five companies, headquartered in the US. Prior to joining PCC he held various senior management positions in Tellabs, Stryker and Lufthansa Tecknik. Ervia is a multi utility responsible for the Ireland’s gas and water infrastructure. The business consists of Gas Networks Ireland (GNi) , Irish Water and Aurora Telecom.

CIRCLE K Niall Anderton Anderton took the top job at the 440-strong network of forecourts in February 2017 after Denis O’Brien sold it to listed Canadian group, Alimentation Couche-Tard, and has overseen the rebranding from Topaz to Circle K. He began his career at KPMG before moving to a role as financial controller in fashion retailer A-wear. He also worked in management roles at O2 and Penneys/Primark before joining Topaz. GENESIS Noel O’Hanlon Noel O’Hanlon worked as Managing Director at IPT Ltd Cork, a leading supplier of capital equipment to the electronics industry from 1994 until 2009 having spent the previous four years as a Marketing Director for an IBM Software company in western Australia. Genesis Automation was spun out of IPT to develop software for managing consignment inventory and has become the market leader in its field in Healthcare in the UK.

DALATA Pat McCann With over 45 years in the hotel industry, Pat kick-started his career in Ryan Hotels plc. in 1969. He left in 1989 to join Jurys Hotel Group plc. as a General Manager of its main Dublin hotel. He became Chief Executive of Jurys in 2000 until his departure in 2006. He became CEO of Dalata in 2007.

GREENCORE Patrick Coveney Before joining Greencore, Patrick served as Managing Partner of McKinsey, Ireland. In May 2014, Patrick was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Glanbia plc. He served as President of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce from February 2012 to February 2013 having been a council member since 2003. Patrick was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Greencore in March 2008.

ARDAGH Paul Coulson Paul began his career at PwC (then Price Waterhouse) before establishing his own accounting firm, then setting up Yeoman International in 1980 and developing it into a significant leasing and structured finance business. In 1998 he became Chairman of Ardagh Group and initiated its transformation from a small, single plant operation into a leading global packaging company. Ardagh listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange in March 2017.

PFIZER Paul Duffy Dr Paul Duffy was appointed External Supply Leader at Pfizer Global Supply (PGS) in 2011. Prior to this he was Vice-President of Pfizer’s manufacturing in Ireland with responsibilities in Singapore also. He holds a BSc in Chemistry and a PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from NUI Galway, and an MBA from the Open University, UK. FAILTE IRELAND Paul Kelly Appointed CEO of Failte Ireland in December 2016, Paul Kelly is a highly experienced senior executive. He has previously held positions as Marketing Director Diageo Ireland and European Marketing Director for Aviva and is currently Strategic Marketing Director for UCD Smurfit Business School. He is a native of Wexford and a commerce graduate from University College Dublin.

PRIMARK Paul Marchant Paul has been CEO of Primark (Penneys in Ireland) since November 2009. He was also the ChiefOperating Officer (COO) of New Look Retail Group and served as Managing Director of the Buying, Merchandise and Design divisions. His other major roles include Division Director for Womenswear and Childrenswear at Debenhams and a number of roles at Topman and River Island.

TULLOW OIL Paul McDade Paul McDade was appointed Chief Executive Officer in April 2017, following Tullow’s AGM. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in March 2006. Paul joined Tullow in 2001 and was appointed Chief Operating Officer following the Energy Africa acquisition in 2004, having previously managed Tullow’s UK gas business. An engineer with over 30 years’ experience, Paul has worked in various operational, commercial and management roles with Conoco, Lasmo and ERC. He has broad international experience having worked in the UK North Sea, Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia. Paul holds degrees in civil engineering and petroleum engineering.

VIATEL Paul Rellis In March 2018 Digiweb Group, the largest indigenous Irish provider of enterprise telecommunications, managed cloud and residential broadband services, announced that Paul Rellis, the former Chief Operations Officer for Microsoft Western Europe and former head of Microsoft Ireland has been appointed CEO. Paul is also a former President of Ibec and of the American Chamber of Commerce.

DIACEUTICS Peter Keeling Peter founded Diaceutics in 2005. Diaceutics works with the world’s top pharmaceutical companies and utilises its global network of laboratories to help deliver better testing, more efficient diagnosis and more effective treatment for patients. Diaceutics has grown significantly with 60% annual growth year-on-year for the last three years, and currently works with 31 out of the top 35 pharmaceutical companies in the world. PADDY POWER BETFAIR Peter Jackson Peter Jackson stepped into the role of CEO at Paddy Power Betfair in January 2018. He was only was only appointed head of the British business of the payment processing group Worldpay UK in March 2017. Prior to that, he had spent seven years as chief executive of foreign exchange Travelex.

EATON CORP Phil Kane Phil Kane is Country Manager for Eaton in Ireland. In this role, she is responsible for implementing Eaton’s commercial strategy and managing relationships with Eaton’s key customers and distribution channels in the region. She has years of experience in business to business sales and project management and has comprehensive knowledge of technology solutions having specialised in this area since 2008.

SANTOS DUMONT Ronan Stewart Ronan first joined Santos Dumont in 2005 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2016. Ronan has held a number of technical and commercial roles across a diverse portfolio of asset acquisitions and management, responsible for the technical management of over US$6 billion of assets across a full range of aircraft types and involved in over US$10 billion in commercial aircraft transactions.

TOTAL PRODUCE Rory Byrne Rory Byrne was appointed as Chief Executive of Total Produce on 30 December 2006. Prior to this, Rory was the Managing Director of the Fyffes General Produce division from 2002 and was appointed to the position of Executive Director in 2006. Rory has extensive experience in the fresh produce industry, having joined Fyffes in 1988 and has held a number of senior positions within Fyffes including Finance Director of the Group’s UK business and Managing Director of its

NTR Rosheen McGuckian Appointed CEO of NTR in April 2013, Rosheen has been with the green energy investment firm since 2008 serving as Group Business Development Director and heading up the solar and waste-management projects. Prior to this, she was CEO of Greenstar and of GE Money Ireland, and previously led ESB Power Generation’s business information initiative. ADAPT PHARMA Seamus Mulligan The serial entrepreneur, most recently co-founder and CEO of Adapt Pharma, cut a USD$735 million deal to sell the company to US-based Emergent Biosolutions. This was his second major pharma deal after selling Azur Pharma, a company he also founded, in an all-share deal that valued Azur at some USD$500 million in 2011, seeing it merge with Jazz Pharmaceuticals in 2012. Prior to that he spent 20 years with Elan Corporation, playing a key role in turning around what was then Ireland’s biggest drug company.

LINKEDIN Sharon McCooey Senior Director of International Operations and Head of LinkedIn Ireland, McCooey leads a team of over 1,100 in the company’s new €85 million EMEA headquarters, the group’s only real estate investment outside of the US, underlining the company’s commitment to Ireland. She was appointed to the Board of Directors in August 2011 and was made Senior Director of International Operations in June 2013.

KPMG Shaun Murphy Shaun is the Managing Partner of KPMG in Ireland and is a member of KPMG’s Global and EMA boards. A graduate of University College Dublin, Shaun was elected Managing Partner in 2012. He has held a number of senior management positions with the firm and was previously Head of Tax & Legal Services. Shaun has provided tax advice to a wide range of Irish and multinational clients and has extensive M&A experience. He is also a member of the board of The Ireland Funds.

GLANBIA Siobhan Talbot Prior to Glanbia, Siobhán worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dublin and Sydney. She has held numerous senior positions at Glanbia since she joined in 1992, including Group Finance Director. She has been Group Managing Director since November 2009. A graduate of University College Dublin (UCD), Siobhán is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. MAGNET NETWORKS Stephen Brewer Stephen Brewer has worked in the telecoms industry as CEO with companies such as Cable and Wireless, Vodafone and Digicel. He was Executive CMO at Oracle (formerly Tekelec before being aquired), is currently Chairman of Velona Systems and is an advisor to the National Broadband plan. He was appointed Managing Director of the Magnet Networks Ireland Division in September of this year. Stephen Brewer has worked in the telecoms industry as CEO with companies such as Cable and Wireless, Vodafone and Digicel. He was Executive CMO at Oracle (formerly Tekelec before being aquired), is currently Chairman of Velona Systems and is an advisor to the National Broadband plan. He was appointed Managing Director of the Magnet Networks Ireland Division in September of this year.

BIDX1 Stephen McCarthy Stephen McCarthy first introduced large property auctions to Ireland during the recession, and with new venture Bidx1 has moved the auction process online. BidX1 has facilitated the sale of more than €500 million of Irish residential and commercial property in the year since it was founded, and in 2018, private equity house Pollen Street Capital bought a significant stake committing up to £15 million (€16.7 million) of additional financing to help the firm expand into Greek, Spanish and South African markets.

STATE STREET Tadhg Young Currently CEO of State Street’s Global Services business in Ireland, having previously acted as COO since 2012. Prior to joining State Street in 2007, Tadhg was also the head of Trustee, Custody and Middle Office Servicing with IBT Ireland. Previously, Tadhg was the managing director at Allianz Global Investors Ireland. He also worked for Dresdner Bank where he headed the fund administration group and later became head of Operations for banking and fund services. Tadhg qualified as a chartered accountant while working as a tax consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

TRANSFERMATE/TAXBACK GROUP Terry Clune Terry formulated the Taxback.com business concept while working in Germany as a student. Fast forward and The Taxback Group now has a global presence of 32 offices in 24 countries, incorporating TransferMate global payments business, and Immedis, which provides consolidated global payroll and tax service solutions. MEDTRONIC Tony Neary Tony Neary is VP of EMEA Operations and General Manager at Medtronic in Galway, and has been in this role since 2015. Previously, he was Senior Director of Operations from 2013 to 2015, and Program Director from 1994 to 2013.

PROVIDENCE RESOURCES Tony O’Reilly Tony heads up Providence Resources, an oil exploration firm that traces its roots back to the early 1980s when Atlantic Resources was founded by a group of investors led by his father, Sir Anthony O’Reilly. Tony founded the current company in 1997 and became CEO in 2005 following stints in Dillon Read, Coopers and Lybrand, and Arcon International Resources.

SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP Tony Smurfit Appointed Group Chief Executive of packaging company Smurfit Kappa in 2015, Tony has worked several roles within the group in Europe and the US since joining over 20 years ago. He served as Chief Operating Officer between 2002 and 2015 and Chief Executive of Smurfit Europe between 1999 and 2002.

KBC BANK Wim Verbraeken Wim Verbraeken has been with KBC Bank since joining in 1992 as Fund Manager for real estate investments. Prior to being appointed CEO of KBC Bank Ireland he held the roles of CFO and COO. He has also held a number of senior management roles including Head of Project Finance, the Americas, based in New York, and General Manager, KBC Bank Hong Kong Branch, and more recently Senior Managing Director, with management board responsibility for Credit and ALM in Absolut Bank, Moscow.