2021 Judging Panel
CHAIRPERSON
Professor Frances Ruane,
Chair of the National Competitiveness Council and Former director of ESRI
Ian Hyland
Owner,
Business & Finance Media Group
Seamus Hand
Managing Partner,
KPMG
Paul Connolly
Founder & Chairman,
Connolly Capital Ltd.
Chairman,
Business & Finance Media Group
Breege O’Donoghue
Ambassador,
Primark
Danny McCoy
CEO,
IBEC
Denis O’Brien
Owner & Board Member,
Communicorp
Anne Heraty
CEO,
Cpl Resources plc
Maura Quinn
CEO,
Institute of Directors
Patrick Kennedy
Chairman of Bank of Ireland Group plc & Chairman of CarTrawler
Mary Finan
Former Managing Director,
Wilson Hartnell Public Relations
Alan Duffy
CEO, Ireland,
HSBC Bank plc
Ian Talbot
CEO,
Chambers Ireland
Emer Gilvarry
Non-Executive Director, Kerry Group, Greencoat Renewables plc & Pershing BNY Mellon
Kevin Sherry,
Executive Director, Global Business Development, Enterprise Ireland
Professor Gerardine Doyle,
Director UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Caitriona Fottrell
President & CEO,
The Ireland Funds
Mary Harney
Independent Company Director and Former Tánaiste
Brid Horan
Co Chair for Better Business ,Chair Nephin Energy & Non Executive Director PM Group
Jim O’Hara
Former CEO, Intel Ireland
Louise Phelan
Deputy CEO, Phelan Energy Group Ltd
Sean O’Driscoll
Former Chairman & CEO, Glen Dimplex
