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
Barry Dempsey
CEO,
Chartered Accountants Ireland
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
Liz McCarthy
Advisor,
Scale Ireland
Mary Finan
Former Managing Director,
Wilson Hartnell Public Relations
Ian Talbot
CEO,
Chambers Ireland
Kevin Sherry,
Executive Director, Global Business Development, Enterprise Ireland
Professor Gerardine Doyle,
Director UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Alan Duffy
CEO, Ireland,
HSBC Bank plc
Dee Forbes
Director General,
RTE
Mary Harney
Independent Company Director and Former Tánaiste
Brid Horan
Co Chair for Better Business ,Chair Nephin Energy & Non Executive Director PM Group
Brian MacCraith
Former President, DCU
Jim O’Hara
Former CEO, Intel Ireland
Louise Phelan
Deputy CEO, Phelan Energy Group Ltd
Sean O’Driscoll
Former Chairman & CEO, Glen Dimplex
