2021 Judging Panel

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CHAIRPERSON

Professor Frances Ruane,
Chair of the National Competitiveness Council and Former director of ESRI

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Ian Hyland
Owner,
Business & Finance Media Group

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Seamus Hand
Managing Partner,
KPMG

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Paul Connolly
Founder & Chairman,
Connolly Capital Ltd.
Chairman,
Business & Finance Media Group

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Breege O’Donoghue
Ambassador,
Primark

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Dómhnal Slattery
CEO,
Avolon

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Barry Dempsey
CEO,
Chartered Accountants Ireland

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Danny McCoy
CEO,
IBEC

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Denis O’Brien
Owner & Board Member,
Communicorp

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Anne Heraty
CEO,
Cpl Resources plc

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Maura Quinn
CEO,
Institute of Directors

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Patrick Kennedy
Chairman of Bank of Ireland Group plc & Chairman of CarTrawler

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Mary Finan
Former Managing Director,
Wilson Hartnell Public Relations

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Ian Talbot
CEO,
Chambers Ireland

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Rosaleen Blair
Founder & CEO,
Alexander Mann

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Alan Duffy
CEO, Ireland,
HSBC Bank plc

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Rose Hynes
Chairman,
Shannon Group plc

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John Walsh
Former Deputy Editor & Business Editor,
The Times

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Kevin Sherry,
Executive Director, Global Business Development, Enterprise Ireland

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Professor Gerardine Doyle,
Director UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

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Dee Forbes
Director General,
RTE

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Mary Harney
Independent Company Director and Former Tánaiste

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Brid Horan
Co Chair for Better Business ,Chair Nephin Energy & Non Executive Director PM Group

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Brian MacCraith
Former President, DCU

Louise-Phelan

Louise Phelan
Deputy CEO, Phelan Energy Group Ltd

SEan O'Driscoll

Louise Sean O’DriscollPhelan
Group Chief Executive, Glen Dimplex

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Paul Kelly
Chief Executive, Fáilte Ireland

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Jim O’Hara
Former CEO, Intel Ireland

THE AWARDS

The Business & Finance Awards have been recognising excellence in Irish business for over 40 years and is the longest running and most coveted business awards programme in Ireland. This prestigious awards programme has celebrated the outstanding achievements of individuals such as JP McManus, Neville Isdell, Michael Smurfit, Tony Ryan, Dermot Desmond, Liam O’ Mahony, Willie Walsh, Philip Lynch, Peter Sutherland, T.K. Whitaker and Denis O’ Brien as recipients of the Business Person of the Year Award.