2022 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
Professor Gerardine Doyle,
Director UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Paul Connolly
Founder & Chairman,
Connolly Capital Ltd.
Chairman,
Business & Finance Media Group
Breege O’Donoghue
Ambassador,
Primark
Mary Finan
Former Managing Director,
Wilson Hartnell Public Relations
Maura Quinn
Former CEO,
Institute of Directors
Danny McCoy
CEO,
IBEC
Denis O’Brien
Owner & Board Member,
Communicorp
Anne Heraty
Non-Executive Director and Founder,
CPL
Mary Harney
Independent Company Director and Former Tánaiste
Brid Horan
Co Chair for Better Business ,Chair Nephin Energy & Non Executive Director PM Group
Emer Gilvarry
Non-Executive Director, Kerry Group, Greencoat Renewables plc & Pershing BNY Mellon
Kevin Sherry,
Executive Director, Global Business Development, Enterprise Ireland
Sean O’Driscoll
Former Chairman & CEO, Glen Dimplex
Caitriona Fottrell
President & CEO,
The Ireland Funds
Jim O’Hara
Former CEO, Intel Ireland
Louise Phelan
CEO, Phelan Energy Group Ltd
Julie Sinnamon
Non-Executive Director and Ex-CEO, Enterprise Ireland
Rory Guinan
Managing Director, Endeavor Ireland
Edel Creely
Independent Company Director, Former CEO Trilogy Technologies
Caroline Spillane
CDir, Chief Executive Officer
Institute of Directors in Ireland
Kieran McLoughlin
Managing Partner
VentureWave Capital Limited
Faye Walsh Drouillard
Founder & General Partner
WakeUp Capital
John Walsh
Journalist & Editor
London Times
Terence O’Rourke
Chairman, Enterprise Ireland
Chairman at ESB
