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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Professor Gerardine Doyle,
Director UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

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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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Mary Finan
Former Managing Director,
Wilson Hartnell Public Relations

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Maura Quinn
CEO,
Institute of Directors

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

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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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Ian Talbot
CEO,
Chambers Ireland

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Emer Gilvarry

Non-Executive Director, Kerry Group, Greencoat Renewables plc & Pershing BNY Mellon

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

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Sean O’Driscoll

Former Chairman & CEO, Glen Dimplex

Caitriona Fottrell

Caitriona Fottrell
President & CEO,
The Ireland Funds

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Jim O’Hara
Former CEO, Intel Ireland

Louise-Phelan

Louise Phelan
CEO, Phelan Energy Group Ltd

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.