Membership Profiles

Aileen O’Toole

	Aileen O’Toole is a Digital Strategist and a Chartered Director. She is a journalism graduate of the College of Commerce, now part of TU Dublin, and was Ireland’s first female Business Editor. She is a Co-Founder of The Sunday Business Post newspaper and was a member of the team responsible for building one of Ireland’s leading media brands. Aileen established a digital consulting business in 2001. She combines her advisory work on digital strategy, technology, marketing and communications with board roles. A fellow of the Marketing Institute of Ireland, Aileen has been involved in several initiatives to foster female leadership talent.

Aileen O’Toole is a Digital Strategist and a Chartered Director. She is a journalism graduate of the College of Commerce, now part of TU Dublin, and was Ireland’s first female Business Editor. She is a Co-Founder of The Sunday Business Post newspaper and was a member of the team responsible for building one of Ireland’s leading media brands. Aileen established a digital consulting business in 2001. She combines her advisory work on digital strategy, technology, marketing and communications with board roles. A fellow of the Marketing Institute of Ireland, Aileen has been involved in several initiatives to foster female leadership talent.

Bob Ó Mhurcu

Bob is the Senior Manager for Admissions at TU Dublin, with responsibility for CAO entry, Postgraduate (Taught Programmes), and International Student entry to the University, as well as Student Garda Vetting. Following a career in hospitality which saw him work in Ireland, Dubai, and the US, Bob returned to full-time study as a mature student in 2004, and gained a B.A. and a M.Sc. from Dublin City University before joining Dublin Institute of Technology in 2008 as the Mature Student Support Officer. He subsequently served as Head of Disability Support Services at DIT before leaving to take up the post of Academic Administration & Student Affairs Manager at the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown in 2017. Bob was delighted to return to the fold with the founding of TU Dublin in January 2019, and has served in his current role since July 2022. He is currently studying for the Doctorate in Higher and Adult Education at Maynooth University, where his research is focused on the post-entry experiences of students entering via the HEAR and DARE Schemes.

In his spare time, he enjoys baseball, Lego, restoring classic cars, collecting vintage vinyl LPs, and is also the Chair of Act Out Youth Theatre in Navan.

Brian Jordan

	Brian is the President of the Students’ Union and acts as the Chief Spokesperson and head of the Organisation. Brian studied Nutraceuticals in Health and Nutrition, starting in Cathal Brugha Street and finishing in Central Quad with a First Class Honours. Throughout his four years at TU Dublin, Brian has been a class representative, school representative, student councillor, college officer and Chairperson of the national award-winning LGBTQ Society. His goals for the year include a restructuring of the Students’ Union to ensure a streamlined, representative, TU Dublin-wide team of officers. He also wants to improve facilities across all campuses, from the Blanchardstown and Aungier Street common rooms, all the way down to basic amenities (microwaves and water fountains). Finally, he hopes to fundamentally drive-up engagement through bigger events, better campaigns, and ensuring all class reps are elected across TU Dublin.

Brian is the President of the Students’ Union and acts as the Chief Spokesperson and head of the Organisation. Brian studied Nutraceuticals in Health and Nutrition, starting in Cathal Brugha Street and finishing in Central Quad with a First Class Honours. Throughout his four years at TU Dublin, Brian has been a class representative, school representative, student councillor, college officer and Chairperson of the national award-winning LGBTQ Society.

His goals for the year include a restructuring of the Students’ Union to ensure a streamlined, representative, TU Dublin-wide team of officers. He also wants to improve facilities across all campuses, from the Blanchardstown and Aungier Street common rooms, all the way down to basic amenities (microwaves and water fountains). Finally, he hopes to fundamentally drive-up engagement through bigger events, better campaigns, and ensuring all class reps are elected across TU Dublin.

Professor David FitzPatrick ( President)

	David was appointed as the inaugural President of TU Dublin in January 2019. He worked for many years in the orthopaedic industry in Ireland and the UK, becoming Senior Development Manager for knee, upper limb, trauma, and spinal product lines at DePuy International in 1996. He held a number of academic management roles in University College Dublin from 1998 to 2018, including Head of School, Vice Principal for Internationalisation & Development and, contemporaneously, Dean of Engineering and principal. David was appointed as Provost (Chief Academic Officer) of the Beijing-Dublin International College in October 2012. David lives in Dublin with his wife and family and enjoys walking his dog and sailing in his spare time.

David was appointed as the inaugural President of TU Dublin in January 2019.
He worked for many years in the orthopaedic industry in Ireland and the UK, becoming Senior Development Manager for knee, upper limb, trauma, and spinal product lines at DePuy International in 1996.

He held a number of academic management roles in University College Dublin from 1998 to 2018, including Head of School, Vice Principal for Internationalisation & Development and, contemporaneously, Dean of Engineering and principal. David was appointed as Provost (Chief Academic Officer) of the Beijing-Dublin International College in October 2012. David lives in Dublin with his wife and family and enjoys walking his dog and sailing in his spare time.

Catherine Clune Mulvaney

	Catherine is the Operations & Education Manager in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, RCSI, University of Medicine and Health Sciences. In this role, Catherine works collaboratively with the Executive Director and Faculty Board to ensure that Faculty activities contribute towards the delivery of the faculty’s strategic plan. Catherine has extensive experience in programme design and delivery, quality assurance and standard setting in education and programme evaluation. Catherine is the Executive lead on corporate governance for the faculty with responsibility for the management of the Risk Register. Catherine successfully held the post of Acting Executive Director in the Faculty, for a 12-month period (Oct 17-Sept 18), during which she gained extensive experience in strategic management, corporate governance, leadership and networking. Currently, Catherine is Chairperson of the Podiatrists Registration Board at CORU, Chair of the Board of Management Glasnevin Educate Together National Primary School and a member of the Medical Council’s Registration Review Board. Catherine joined the RCSI in January 2006 as a Lecturer. Prior to this, she held the post of Clinical Nurse Manager 11 in the ICU/HDU, Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, Co. Meath (2004-2005) and staff nurse in renal transplantation, orthopaedics and intensive care in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin (1996-2003). Catherine’s commitment to social justice led her to spend three months in Albania in 1996 as a volunteer worker. Catherine holds a HDip (Intensive Care Nursing), BSs (Nursing), MSc (Nursing), PG Dip (Clinical Health Sciences Education) and a Fellowship of the Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, RCSI (FFNMRCSI). Catherine is also registered as a Nurse Tutor.

Catherine is the Operations & Education Manager in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, RCSI, University of Medicine and Health Sciences. In this role, Catherine works collaboratively with the Executive Director and Faculty Board to ensure that Faculty activities contribute towards the delivery of the faculty’s strategic plan. Catherine has extensive experience in programme design and delivery, quality assurance and standard setting in education and programme evaluation. Catherine is the Executive lead on corporate governance for the faculty with responsibility for the management of the Risk Register. Catherine successfully held the post of Acting Executive Director in the Faculty, for a 12-month period (Oct 17-Sept 18), during which she gained extensive experience in strategic management, corporate governance, leadership and networking. Currently, Catherine is Chairperson of the Podiatrists Registration Board at CORU, Chair of the Board of Management Glasnevin Educate Together National Primary School and a member of the Medical Council’s Registration Review Board. Catherine joined the RCSI in January 2006 as a Lecturer. Prior to this, she held the post of Clinical Nurse Manager 11 in the ICU/HDU, Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, Co. Meath (2004-2005) and staff nurse in renal transplantation, orthopaedics and intensive care in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin (1996-2003). Catherine’s commitment to social justice led her to spend three months in Albania in 1996 as a volunteer worker. Catherine holds a HDip (Intensive Care Nursing), BSs (Nursing), MSc (Nursing), PG Dip (Clinical Health Sciences Education) and a Fellowship of the Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, RCSI (FFNMRCSI). Catherine is also registered as a Nurse Tutor.

Dr Charles Larkin (Chair)

	(Discip. Schol.) B.A., Ph.D. [TCD] is Director of Research at the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath. Charles is also an adjunct assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin, Johns Hopkins University and the Institute of Public Administration (Dublin). Charles is also Vice President of Accounting Technicians Ireland and a member of ATI’s Board of Directors. Charles was previously special advisor to the Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Health, Dr. Michael Harty, TD (Ind.) and to Senator Sean Barrett (Ind.) of the Irish Senate. Charles has authored several items of Irish legislation and over 90 scholarly articles, most especially in the areas of finance, cryptocurrencies and public policy economics. In his spare time Charles is also one of the directors of the annual Kennedy Summer School.

(Discip. Schol.) B.A., Ph.D. [TCD] is Director of Research at the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath. Charles is also an adjunct assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin, Johns Hopkins University and the Institute of Public Administration (Dublin). Charles is also Vice President of Accounting Technicians Ireland and a member of ATI’s Board of Directors. Charles was previously special advisor to the Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Health, Dr. Michael Harty, TD (Ind.) and to Senator Sean Barrett (Ind.) of the Irish Senate.

Charles has authored several items of Irish legislation and over 90 scholarly articles, most especially in the areas of finance, cryptocurrencies and public policy economics. In his spare time Charles is also one of the directors of the annual Kennedy Summer School.

Conor O’Donovan

	Conor O’Donovan is Head of Global Marketing and Corporate Communications at Enterprise Ireland (EI), the Irish Government agency which helps businesses to start, innovate and scale internationally. Enterprise Ireland clients employ over 220,000 people and export over €25bn of products and services across the world. Conor has led the transformation of EI’s marketing and communications division and brand across 40+ overseas markets to support the internationalisation of Irish exporters through strategic communications, digital marketing and reputation building. Conor also manages national communications and marketing for the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) network, the one-stop-shop for regionally-based microenterprises. Conor was previously Director of Policy & Communications at the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, was awarded an MBA from UCD Smurfit Graduate Business School and holds a 1st Class Honours B.Comm from UCD

Conor O’Donovan is Head of Global Marketing and Corporate Communications at Enterprise Ireland (EI), the Irish Government agency which helps businesses to start, innovate and scale internationally. Enterprise Ireland clients employ over 220,000 people and export over €25bn of products and services across the world.

Conor has led the transformation of EI’s marketing and communications division and brand across 40+ overseas markets to support the internationalisation of Irish exporters through strategic communications, digital marketing and reputation building. Conor also manages national communications and marketing for the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) network, the one-stop-shop for regionally-based microenterprises. Conor was previously Director of Policy & Communications at the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, was awarded an MBA from UCD Smurfit Graduate Business School and holds a 1st Class Honours B.Comm from UCD

Eamonn Maher

	Eamon Maher is the Director of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies in TU Dublin. Author of four monographs and 27 edited/co-edited books, he is also the General Editor of two critically acclaimed academic book series with Peter Lang Oxford, Reimagining Ireland and Studies in Franco-Irish Relations. Recent publications include (with Brian Lucey and Eugene O’Brien), Reimagining the Celtic Tiger (Peter Lang, 2019); (with Eugene O’Brien), Reimagining Irish Studies for the Twenty-First Century (2021), which is the special 100th volume in the Reimagining Ireland series; and (with Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire), New Beginnings: Perspectives from France and Ireland (2023). Eamon is an internationally renowned scholar of the work of John McGahern (1934-2006), on whom he has published two monographs, John McGahern: From the Local to the Universal (Dublin: The Liffey Press, 2003) and ‘The Church and its Spire’: John McGahern and the Catholic Question (Blackrock: Columba Press, 2011), and one collection (with Derek Hand), Essays on John McGahern: Assessing a Literary Legacy (Cork University Press, 2019). He also published one of only two monographs available on the French writer on whom he did his PhD research, Jean Sulivan (1913-1980): La marginalité dans la vie et l’oeuvre (L’Harmattan, 2008). He is currently writing a book in English on Sulivan. Eamon is an Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques, an award bestowed on him by the French Government for his outstanding work in promoting Franco-Irish relations.

Eamon Maher is the Director of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies in TU Dublin. Author of four monographs and 27 edited/co-edited books, he is also the General Editor of two critically acclaimed academic book series with Peter Lang Oxford, Reimagining Ireland and Studies in Franco-Irish Relations. Recent publications include (with Brian Lucey and Eugene O’Brien), Reimagining the Celtic Tiger (Peter Lang, 2019); (with Eugene O’Brien), Reimagining Irish Studies for the Twenty-First Century (2021), which is the special 100th volume in the Reimagining Ireland series; and (with Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire), New Beginnings: Perspectives from France and Ireland (2023). Eamon is an internationally renowned scholar of the work of John McGahern (1934-2006), on whom he has published two monographs, John McGahern: From the Local to the Universal (Dublin: The Liffey Press, 2003) and ‘The Church and its Spire’: John McGahern and the Catholic Question (Blackrock: Columba Press, 2011), and one collection (with Derek Hand), Essays on John McGahern: Assessing a Literary Legacy (Cork University Press, 2019). He also published one of only two monographs available on the French writer on whom he did his PhD research, Jean Sulivan (1913-1980): La marginalité dans la vie et l’oeuvre (L’Harmattan, 2008). He is currently writing a book in English on Sulivan.

Eamon is an Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques, an award bestowed on him by the French Government for his outstanding work in promoting Franco-Irish relations.

Eoin O'Shea

	Eoin O’Shea is a commercial-law barrister and is also a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser. Eoin is chairperson of An Síol, a community development charity working in the north inner city of Dublin and is also a director of QuinnBet. He has formerly served as a member of the audit committee of An Garda Síochána and as Ireland’s member of the European Court of Auditors. Eoin is currently a member of the taxation committee of Chartered Accountants Ireland and was a former council member of that Institute..

Eoin O’Shea is a commercial-law barrister and is also a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser. Eoin is chairperson of An Síol, a community development charity working in the north inner city of Dublin and is also a director of QuinnBet. He has formerly served as a member of the audit committee of An Garda Síochána and as Ireland’s member of the European Court of Auditors. Eoin is currently a member of the taxation committee of Chartered Accountants Ireland and was a former council member of that Institute..

Leslie Shoemaker

	Leslie Shoemaker is a Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (SEEE) formerly in Kevin St., DIT and now in Grangegorman, TU Dublin where she teaches both undergraduates and apprentices. Leslie developed and implemented the award-winning ESTeEM mentoring programme in 2017 for female students, including transwomen and nonbinary students, in Engineering, ICT and Computer Science programmes. In 2019 it was the only initiative selected by Athena Swan as the example of best practice when DIT was given the bronze award. Additionally, Leslie has been a member of the TU Dublin Child Protection Committee since its inception, and she is currently the TUI elected representative on the Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) committee. In 2002 Leslie assisted in developing OCD Ireland to assist individuals who have this disorder as well as their family and friends. For twelve years she served as the volunteer Clinical Manager as well as the national spokesperson for the organisation. Leslie has continued to be a regular contributor on Newstalk and RTE radio as well as on Virgin Media. In 2015, Leslie was the lead professional on the RTE documentary, OCD and Me. Leslie holds a BA (Hons) in Psychology as well as an MSc in Counselling Psychology and is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist.

Leslie Shoemaker is a Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (SEEE) formerly in Kevin St., DIT and now in Grangegorman, TU Dublin where she teaches both undergraduates and apprentices. Leslie developed and implemented the award-winning ESTeEM mentoring programme in 2017 for female students, including transwomen and nonbinary students, in Engineering, ICT and Computer Science programmes. In 2019 it was the only initiative selected by Athena Swan as the example of best practice when DIT was given the bronze award. Additionally, Leslie has been a member of the TU Dublin Child Protection Committee since its inception, and she is currently the TUI elected representative on the Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) committee. In 2002 Leslie assisted in developing OCD Ireland to assist individuals who have this disorder as well as their family and friends. For twelve years she served as the volunteer Clinical Manager as well as the national spokesperson for the organisation. Leslie has continued to be a regular contributor on Newstalk and RTE radio as well as on Virgin Media. In 2015, Leslie was the lead professional on the RTE documentary, OCD and Me. Leslie holds a BA (Hons) in Psychology as well as an MSc in Counselling Psychology and is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist.

Louise Kavanagh

	Louise Kavanagh is one of three Students’ Union representaives on TU Dublin’s Governing Body. Louise graduated from TU Dublin Blanchardstown Campus in 2021, with a BA Hons Creative Digital Media. She is the current Vice President of Communications and Media and Deputy President. This is Louise’s second term in the Students’ Union.

Mary Cooke

	Mary is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and of the Honourable Society of Kings Inns, Dublin. She practiced at the Irish Bar from 1988 to 1996 and from 1996 to 2020 worked in the Office of the Attorney General as Advisory Counsel and in that role had extensive experience in advising on the range of constitutional and other public law matters, directing on litigation involving the State and advising on draft legislation. Mary was a member of the Office’s management committee from 2009 to 2020 and had a particular role in learning and development. She has been a member of various Government interdepartmental and wider committees concerning areas of public policy. Since 2021 Mary has been engaged as an international legal expert in legal and judicial reform projects with the Council of Europe.

Mary is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and of the Honourable Society of Kings Inns, Dublin. She practiced at the Irish Bar from 1988 to 1996 and from 1996 to 2020 worked in the Office of the Attorney General as Advisory Counsel and in that role had extensive experience in advising on the range of constitutional and other public law matters, directing on litigation involving the State and advising on draft legislation. Mary was a member of the Office’s management committee from 2009 to 2020 and had a particular role in learning and development. She has been a member of various Government interdepartmental and wider committees concerning areas of public policy. Since 2021 Mary has been engaged as an international legal expert in legal and judicial reform projects with the Council of Europe.

Michael Carr

	Michael Carr is a lecturer in Mathematics and Statistics in the College of Engineering and Built Environment in TU Dublin. My research interests include the first-year experience of students and development of core mathematical skills in university students, and mathematics education for engineers. I am also interested in Maths education in prisons.

Michael Gately

	Michael Gately is an International Non-Executive director, company founder and a serial investor. He has worked in well over 100 countries, visiting at least 25 countries every year for over 20 years. These countries included Afghanistan, Haiti, Indonesia, Pakistan & Iran. Apart from Ireland, he has been a director of companies in Algeria, Turkey, France, South Africa, Vietnam, China & Australia. Areas of investment interest include organic farming, water treatment, adhesives/paints, early-stage digital technology, chemicals and general manufacturing. He has worked on research projects with The University of North Carolina, the University of Ulster, Montana University, Stanford University and Leeds University. While Michael was MD of Medentech- Aquatabs, it was named by Forbes Magazine as one of the top 100 companies changing the world. Today over 18 million African children receive safe water every day from Aquatabs products, while top USA hospitals such as Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic & Johns Hopkins use products he and his team developed for infection control programs. Michael is the inventor of “ WASH year in a box” which brings all infection control products needed for rural hospitals in developing countries in one box for one year for €1 per day.

Michael Gately is an International Non-Executive director, company founder and a serial investor. He has worked in well over 100 countries, visiting at least 25 countries every year for over 20 years. These countries included Afghanistan, Haiti, Indonesia, Pakistan & Iran.

Apart from Ireland, he has been a director of companies in Algeria, Turkey, France, South Africa, Vietnam, China & Australia. Areas of investment interest include organic farming, water treatment, adhesives/paints, early-stage digital technology, chemicals and general manufacturing.

He has worked on research projects with The University of North Carolina, the University of Ulster, Montana University, Stanford University and Leeds University.

While Michael was MD of Medentech- Aquatabs, it was named by Forbes Magazine as one of the top 100 companies changing the world.

Today over 18 million African children receive safe water every day from Aquatabs products, while top USA hospitals such as Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic & Johns Hopkins use products he and his team developed for infection control programs. Michael is the inventor of “ WASH year in a box” which brings all infection control products needed for rural hospitals in developing countries in one box for one year for €1 per day.

Nekesa Khisa Nancy

	Nekesa is the VP for Welfare & Equality at TU Dublin covering all our Campuses (City, Blanchardstown & Tallaght) She is an international student from Kenya currently pursuing an MA in Public Affairs & Political Communication, during her study she had a chance to spend nine months interning as a Parliamentary Assistant in the Dáil Éireann for TD Ged Nash. Nekesa who is among the 2022/2023 Government of Ireland Scholar holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications & Political Science (Double Major) from the University of Nairobi. She’s also a holder of Diploma in Photojournalism from the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication. Before joining TU Dublin for her master’s program, she worked as a Journalist with Kenya’s leading newspaper, The Standard, Communications/PR Agencies, Corporate sector, NGO and Government. She is also a Charter Member of the Nairobi Upper Hill Rotary Club and a member of the Public Relations Society of Kenya.

Nekesa is the VP for Welfare & Equality at TU Dublin covering all our Campuses (City, Blanchardstown & Tallaght) She is an international student from Kenya currently pursuing an MA in Public Affairs & Political Communication, during her study she had a chance to spend nine months interning as a Parliamentary Assistant in the Dáil Éireann for TD Ged Nash.

Nekesa who is among the 2022/2023 Government of Ireland Scholar holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications & Political Science (Double Major) from the University of Nairobi. She’s also a holder of Diploma in Photojournalism from the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication. Before joining TU Dublin for her master’s program, she worked as a Journalist with Kenya’s leading newspaper, The Standard, Communications/PR Agencies, Corporate sector, NGO and Government. She is also a Charter Member of the Nairobi Upper Hill Rotary Club and a member of the Public Relations Society of Kenya.

Dr. Norah Burns

	Dr Norah Burns is a human rights academic. She holds a Bachelor of Law in Law and European Studies, a Masters of Law in Human Rights in Criminal Justice and a PhD in law. She completed a Masters in Third Level Teaching, Learning and Scholarship in 2020 and has also completed postgraduate studies in human rights in Kings College London. In 2018 Norah was selected from 13,000 young people in Europe and Asia as a future young ethical leader in Europe by the Asia Europe Foundation. Dr Burns is a multiple award winning lecturer, amongst her awards in 2021 she was named as a National Teaching Hero by the Union of Students in Ireland and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. Norah is a board member of the National Women’s Council. In April 2021 she was selected by the Minister for Children and Equality to sit on the Council of Gaisce: The Presidents Award.

Dr Norah Burns is a human rights academic. She holds a Bachelor of Law in Law and European Studies, a Masters of Law in Human Rights in Criminal Justice and a PhD in law. She completed a Masters in Third Level Teaching, Learning and Scholarship in 2020 and has also completed postgraduate studies in human rights in Kings College London. In 2018 Norah was selected from 13,000 young people in Europe and Asia as a future young ethical leader in Europe by the Asia Europe Foundation. Dr Burns is a multiple award winning lecturer, amongst her awards in 2021 she was named as a National Teaching Hero by the Union of Students in Ireland and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. Norah is a board member of the National Women’s Council. In April 2021 she was selected by the Minister for Children and Equality to sit on the Council of Gaisce: The Presidents Award.

Pamela Kelly

	Pamela Kelly has been a Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Humanities, TU Dublin, Blanchardstown Campus since 2005. Pamela was the Academic Staff Member on both the Governing Body, Blanchardstown Campus from 2012–2018, and the Joint Governing Bodies Strategy Steering Group from 2017-2018. Pamela was awarded a National Teaching Hero Award in 2014 and 2021 by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. Pamela is also a member of the Governing Body Nominations and Process Committee.

Pamela Kelly has been a Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Humanities, TU Dublin, Blanchardstown Campus since 2005. Pamela was the Academic Staff Member on both the Governing Body, Blanchardstown Campus from 2012–2018, and the Joint Governing Bodies Strategy Steering Group from 2017-2018. Pamela was awarded a National Teaching Hero Award in 2014 and 2021 by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. Pamela is also a member of the Governing Body Nominations and Process Committee.

Sally Anne Sherry

	Sally Anne Sherry is an experienced Director, Solicitor and Founder with over 20 years of experience in law and business. A first-class honours graduate of the University of Galway, Sally Anne qualified as a solicitor with Matheson in 2007 and later worked with a number of leading real estate companies in Dublin and London. She completed the Chartered Director Programme with the Institute of Directors in Ireland in 2021 and a course in Business Sustainability Management at the University of Cambridge in 2022. She is a Non-Executive Director of CEIST (Catholic Education An Irish Schools’ Trust), the Trustee body for 107 Voluntary Catholic Secondary Schools in Ireland, and a charity called As Darragh Did. She is a Co-Founder of an e-commerce business called Kahm Sustainable Swimwear and a mother of four young children.

Sally Anne Sherry is an experienced Director, Solicitor and Founder with over 20 years of experience in law and business. A first-class honours graduate of the University of Galway, Sally Anne qualified as a solicitor with Matheson in 2007 and later worked with a number of leading real estate companies in Dublin and London. She completed the Chartered Director Programme with the Institute of Directors in Ireland in 2021 and a course in Business Sustainability Management at the University of Cambridge in 2022. She is a Non-Executive Director of CEIST (Catholic Education An Irish Schools’ Trust), the Trustee body for 107 Voluntary Catholic Secondary Schools in Ireland, and a charity called As Darragh Did. She is a Co-Founder of an e-commerce business called Kahm Sustainable Swimwear and a mother of four young children.

William Johnston

	William Johnston is an economics graduate of Trinity College Dublin, a solicitor and consultant with ByrneWallace LLP. He was a partner for 30 years in Arthur Cox LLP where he was head of the Financial Services Department and a member of the management team. William was co-chair of the International Bar Association's Banking Law Division and is currently the external examiner in banking law and lecturer in finance law for the Law Society. He is the author of "Banking and Security Law in Ireland" (2nd edn Bloomsbury Professional, 2020) and editor of international finance law books published by Oxford University Press. William is a member of the Institute of Directors and a member of the Boards and Audit & Risk Committees of Housing Finance Agency plc and of Port of Waterford Company. He is a Governor, Board member and Honorary Secretary of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles street, Dublin

William Johnston is an economics graduate of Trinity College Dublin, a solicitor and consultant with ByrneWallace LLP. He was a partner for 30 years in Arthur Cox LLP where he was head of the Financial Services Department and a member of the management team.

William was co-chair of the International Bar Association's Banking Law Division and is currently the external examiner in banking law and lecturer in finance law for the Law Society. He is the author of "Banking and Security Law in Ireland" (2nd edn Bloomsbury Professional, 2020) and editor of international finance law books published by Oxford University Press.

William is a member of the Institute of Directors and a member of the Boards and Audit & Risk Committees of Housing Finance Agency plc and of Port of Waterford Company. He is a Governor, Board member and Honorary Secretary of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles street, Dublin