CORU currently regulates 23,000 professionals from 12 professions, including social workers, physiotherapists and optometrists and are working with 5 other professions towards regulation including social worker, counsellors, and psychotherapists. Ginny previously worked in health and social care services, acute hospital, community, and mental health with her last role as Head of Clinical Services in Beaumount Hospital, Dublin. She previously worked as an Occupational Therapist in Ireland, UK, and Australia. She is a past president of CLEAR – Council for Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation for international professional regulators. She holds Masters in Executive Leadership (UU) and in Community Health (TCD).

He was a nominee and bronze award winner for Speech Broadcaster of the Year in the 2016 PPI radio awards (now IMRO radio awards).

He is also a regulator contributor to both the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent. He was previously Political Editor and Business Editor of the Sunday Tribune. He is the author of four best selling books on Irish politics, including ‘Bertie Ahern and the Drumcondra Mafia’ and ‘Scandal Nation’.

He has held various positions within the Oireachtas including Vice-Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee, Member of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Law Reform, Leader of Fianna Fáil in the Seanad and Opposition Frontbench Spokesperson on Dublin, Foreign Affairs and Housing.

Alan received his Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University in 1994 and joined the ESRI that year. He was seconded to the Department of Finance from 2001 to 2003 and to Trinity College Dublin from 2011 to 2013.

He was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2019 and is also an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland. He is a member of the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council and is also a member of the recently established Energy Security Emergency Group in the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. He was a member of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council from 2011 to 2015 and a member of the Climate Change Advisory Council from 2015 to 2021. He has chaired each National Economic Dialogue from 2015 to 2022. He is a Research Fellow with the Institute for Labour Economics (IZA) in Germany.

He is a frequent contributor to radio and television discussions on economic matters and has been quoted in newspapers such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Economist.

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Dr Byrne holds a PhD in Environmental Toxicology from University College, Cork (UCC); an MSc in Aquatic Resource Management from Kings College, University of London; a BSc in Zoology from UCC and a Higher Diploma in Environmental Law from the University of Aberystwyth in Wales.

Prior to taking up the position of CEO at the FSAI in March 2015, Dr Byrne held the role of Director of Regulatory Policy and Intelligence with Abbott Nutrition. Having previously held senior positions in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), she has extensive experience of the food regulatory environment, as well as expertise in risk assessment and food safety management at both national and international levels.

During her time at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Dr Byrne gained a deep knowledge of the food sector as an environmental toxicologist and risk assessor and was instrumental in developing Ireland’s research and innovation policy programmes in relation to food and the bio-economy. Dr Byrne also worked in the Cabinet of the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation – Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn.

Dr Byrne was the Chair of the Management Board of the Member State led joint research programming initiative “A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life” from 2013 – 2018. She is also the Chair of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Institute of Food

and Health at University College Dublin, Ireland and in 2021, she was appointed Adjunct Professor with the Institute of Food and Health in University College Dublin. She is a member of the Board of the Institute of Public Administration since 2019. She currently chairs the Board of the Association of Chief Executives of State Agencies in Ireland; and the Governing Committee of the Science Foundation Ireland Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre in University College Cork.

and Health at University College Dublin, Ireland and in 2021, she was appointed Adjunct Professor with the Institute of Food and Health in University College Dublin. She is a member of the Board of the Institute of Public Administration since 2019. She currently chairs the Board of the Association of Chief Executives of State Agencies in Ireland; and the Governing Committee of the Science Foundation Ireland Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre in University College Cork.

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He is Chief Economics Writer for The Currency.news, and was for 4 years a columnist with the Sunday Business Post. Stephen has written for the Guardian, the New York Times, and the Irish Independent and has twice won Economic Commentator of the Year for his columns.

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Deirdre has been CEO of ONE Foundation, held senior roles in fundraising & communications in Oxfam and Barnardos, and held multiple Board directorships. Uniting all this is Deirdre’s passion for social change, both globally and locally in Ireland, and the power both of philanthropy and the ordinary citizen to change things – often faster than we think.  Deirdre is a member of the Public Services Innovation Advisory Board.

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He was a nominee and bronze award winner for Speech Broadcaster of the Year in the 2016 PPI radio awards (now IMRO radio awards).

He is also a regulator contributor to both the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent. He was previously Political Editor and Business Editor of the Sunday Tribune. He is the author of four best selling books on Irish politics, including ‘Bertie Ahern and the Drumcondra Mafia’ and ‘Scandal Nation’.

Victor firmly believes the use of real-time data and technology are the most powerful ways to improve quality of life and reduce suffering.
Victor was a member of the original Crisis Cabinet which led the NSW response to Covid-19 and now sits on the Covid-19 and Economic Recovery Committee.

His particular focus has been on delivering digital solutions such as the Service NSW QR code check-in feature and the real-time data analysis which has informed the state’s decision making.
Victor has been the driving force behind the roll out of the Digital Driver Licence, the establishment of the $2.1b Digital Restart Fund and the rapid expansion of the Service NSW app to include QR code check-ins, the voucher programs, such as Dine and Discover, Covid-19 test alert notifications and the registration of positive rapid antigen tests.

In addition to digital, technology and customer experience, Victor is also obsessed with Batman.

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In 2014 she obtained the PhD in public administration, the topic was also devoted to building up in Ukraine the institutional, legal and motivation mechanisms of public administration of the European integration process.

After that she continued to implement her ideas and experience into practice, working in the Government Office for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration as a team leader.

From 2018 she focused her efforts on digital transformation and integration of Ukraine into the EU Digital Single Market, what was acknowledged as the most promising and beneficial both for Ukraine and the EU.

In 2021 Pobal distributes €814,498,010 to local and national community-based organisations annually, Pobal manages and administers programmes on behalf of,

• Department of Rural and Community Development
• Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
• Department of Social Protection
• Department of Health
• Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
• Department of Transport
• EU Special Programme Body

Anna has 35 years’ experience comprising frontline, clinical, policy making, senior management and executive positions within the community, voluntary, and statutory mental health and social care services in Ireland and the UK and in government.

Anna currently serves as a voluntary Board member on both Statutory and Voluntary Boards. She is a currently is progressing towards becoming a Chartered Director.

Anna, has lived in County Louth for more than 30 years and is married with four adult children.

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His work with the OECD’s Working Party of Senior Digital Government Officials (E-Leaders) has also covered the impact of digital government on citizen well-being and the data-driven public sector. He has carried out Digital Government Reviews and capacity building work in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa.

Prior to the OECD, Benjamin spent several years at the UK Government Digital Service as a product manager, initially joining to work on the development and launch of GOV.UK. Benjamin holds an MSc in Public Administration from the University of Birmingham; and an MA in Post-War Recovery Studies and a BA in History from the University of York.

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Garrett was previously a member of the Commission at the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) from February 2010 and Chairperson from February 2014 to February 2017. In 2017, he was elected the Chair of the ACER Board of Regulators (Agency for the Co-operation of Energy Regulators) and also the President of the Council of the European Energy Regulators (CEER).

Prior to becoming a Regulator, Garrett had over 20 years of experience working in the energy industry. He was previously Strategic Development Director for Viridian Power and Energy; Commercial Director for Huntstown Power, Ireland’s first independent power producer; and Asian regional director for ESB International.

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Tom has held positions at Irish, European and international level. Within Ireland, he was chair of the 2030 Agri-Food Strategy Committee; the All-Island Civic Dialogue on Brexit; the Irish Constitutional Convention; the Irish Times Trust and Board member and was a member of the Irish Hunger Task Force. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and a Lifetime Member of the RDS. For the EU Commission, he chaired the Task Force on Rural Africa and the High Level Expert Group for Food Systems Science. At international level, he was Chair of the OECD Committee of Agriculture; a member of the UN Food Systems Summit Champions Network; and the UN Millennium Project Hunger Task Force.

His primary degree is in agricultural economics from University College Dublin (UCD) and he has Master’s degrees from the Catholic University of Leuven and Trinity College, Dublin. He has Honorary Doctorates from the National University of Ireland (NUI) and UCD and has served as Adjunct Professor in DCU, UCC and UCD.

Anne has previously worked for the Authority as Director of Public Transport Services responsible for the regulation and provision of public transport services nationally. She was also responsible for the integration of public transport through the provision of Real Time Passenger Information signs and the Leap Card and integrated transport information available on our Transport for Ireland website and apps.

Prior to joining the NTA, she worked in the Dublin local authorities as a chartered civil engineer in the drainage, roads and traffic divisions; as a Project Manager on the redevelopment of Dublin’s O’Connell Street area and as an Area Manager in the South West area of the city bringing services closer to local communities.

Anne Graham was awarded a Masters in Engineering Science (Transportation) from UCD as well as a Masters in Business Administration from DCU. She is a Fellow of Engineers Ireland and the Irish Academy of Engineering.

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Before his appointment as Chief Executive in 2021, Paddy headed up two of ESB’s main operating divisions as Executive Director of ESB’s Generation & Wholesale Markets business and then as Managing Director of ESB Networks.

Paddy is a Chartered Engineer and is a board member of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). He previously worked with British Steel before moving to the energy sector in 1999, to lead the Synergen joint venture between ESB and Statoil.

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Aisling is an EU Climate Pact Ambassador with the European Commission, ad Climate Ambassador with An Taisce, and a Youth Advisory Panel Member with Plan International

A Law & Politics Student at University College Student, Aisling is a native of Roscrea and a graduate of Presentation Secondary School in Thurles, Co Tipperary.

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Elaine has led the development and growth of ECO-UNESCO and its range of education, training and youth programmes. These have included ‘Youth for Sustainable Development’ – a peer education and youth leadership programme for 15-18 year olds, ‘ECO-choices’ – an environmental health and well-being programme; ‘Green Pathways’ – an accredited green youth employment programme; the ‘Young Environmentalist Awards’ which recognises and rewards young peoples’(10-18) work in environmental protection through action projects and ‘Learning2Change’ – a programme of workshops, teacher training, Student Council training promoting ESD in secondary schools. Elaine has led ECO-UNESCO’s partnership with UNESCO as a Key Partner of UNESCO’s Global Action Programme (GAP) in ESD and its current international framework ESD for 2030. She is a Ministerial Appointee to the 8th EPA Advisory Committee, served as a member of the 7th EPA Advisory Committee and was a Ministerial Appointee to the 6th EPA Advisory Committee.

Elaine has also written a range of education resources and has advocated for environmental education and education for sustainable development as a critical component to achieving sustainability. Elaine is a member of the Department of Education and Skills Advisory Committee for the Irish National Strategy on ESD.

Laura is the Chair of the European Environment Agency (EEA) Management Board. Prior to joining the EPA, she worked in the private sector. Laura is a graduate chemical engineer of University College Dublin (UCD), holds an MSc from Trinity College, Dublin, is a Fellow and is a Vice-President of Engineers Ireland and is a Chartered Director. In 2016 Laura was awarded the UCD Engineering Graduates Association (EGA) Distinguished Graduate Award.

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She became a member of staff in DCU for 24 years as a senior lecturer in The School of Communications. She initiated a professional arts programme at DCU culminating in the launch of The Helix in 2002.

She was appointed to the Board of the National Concert Hall for 2 terms.

She has lectured extensively in Ireland, Europe and the USA in Education, Irish Drama, Irish Culture and Language. She is a noted after dinner speaker.

Marie Louise has presented programmes on television and radio and is a regular reviewer and media contributor. She worked weekly as a colour radio writer and reporter on RTE’s Today with Pat Kenny and Today with Sean O’Rourke shows.

In May 2011 she was appointed to Seanad Éireann by the then Taoiseach Enda Kenny. She was re-appointed to the Seanad by the Taoiseach in 2016.

In 2019 she published her first book  Irish Working Lives.

In 2022 she was appointed as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Latvia.

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Over the course of her career to date, she was Senior Solicitor at the Immigrant Council of Ireland – Independent Law Centre, for over 10 years, Regional Legal Advisor and consultant with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), solicitor in private practice and Legal Officer with the Irish Refugee Council.

Hilkka is a member of the board of ACESA. She is an experienced public speaker, lectures at the Law Society of Ireland and acts regularly as a judicial trainer for the EU Asylum Agency (EUAA). She is an active member of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges (IARMJ), a Fellow of McLaughlin College at York University, Toronto and a member of the Justice and Home Affairs Group and of the Germany Group of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA).

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She joined the Civil Service in 2012 and has held a number of senior roles including her appointment as CEO of the Public Appointments Service in 2018.  Her work as CEO in PAS has given her a good understanding of the challenges across the public sector and she has successfully built a strong stakeholder network.

She has recently been appointed as Head of the Public Service Workforce Division in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.   This is a new and important role which will drive the delivery of targets and actions under the Workforce, Workplace and Organisation of the Future. As an advocate of modernisation of public services she is passionate about enabling change on an engaged and collaborative basis.

Shirley holds a degree in Human Resources Management, Professional Diploma’s in Corporate Governance, Strategy, Innovation and Change from UCD Smurfit School and is a qualified Organisation and Workplace Mediator.

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In 2020 Marien started at the Ministry of the Interior and became program manager in 2021. The program initiates and directs organisational policy and implementation on hybrid work for over 140.000 civil servants in the Dutch national government.

Between 1998 and 2017 Marien was an active local politician for the Christian Democrats. He became a city councillor and alderman In the town of Oegstgeest, where he lives with his wife and two children. He is now chair to the local branch of the Christian Democrats. He has held several governing positions as chairman of the local church council and treasurer of the school of his children.

Marien is passionate about governing societal change and public service and became Certified Public Manager in 2020. To him the hybrid workplace enables public servants to support political leaders, citizens and organisations in daily business and achieving societal change.

When not at work, Marien enjoys reading, music (both listening and playing), hiking and nature photography.

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Prior to his current role, Michael was the first ever Innovator-in-Residence at the Harvard Business School. The position was created as part of the Digital Initiative at HBS, an effort that brings together leading scholars and practitioners to explore the re-invention of business in a digital, networked, and media-rich environment. Michael’s exploration and research investigates why innovation fails or thrives in business cultures.

He is on the Board of Trustees for the Newseum in Washington D.C. and a former member of the Advisory Board for IDEO, one of the world’s leading design companies and the Media Advisory Board for the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City.

Hilary has wide ranging industry and semi-state experience defining and delivering broad-ranging strategic transformation initiatives in the areas of finance and HR. She has extensive experience in implementing shared services in finance, payroll and HR. A passionate and energetic leader for data-driven, digital and technological innovation, with a strong focus on governance, risk management and control, Hilary has a track record of over 25 years leading complex structural, technological innovation in a variety of industry sectors, across Europe, Middle East, South Africa, India, China and the Philippines.

Previous roles include Director, EMEA HR & M&A for Oracle (EMEA); International HR Director (Europe and Asia) for APC Corporation; Associate Director, Deloitte, Dublin.

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Ms Carroll’s experience as a senior executive has included positions at the Housing Agency as Head of Regulation and Head of Housing Services, as well as roles in the Department of the Environment and Dublin City Council, covering housing, regulation, and programme management. An ACESA Board members for a number of years, she currently serves as Vice-Chair.

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Patricia has considerable previous experience in the non-profit sector, having worked in various support and education settings with the Traveller Community and as the Director of Services for the Society of St Vincent de Paul for 13 years. She is on the Boards of Caranua, the state’s redress scheme for survivors of institutional abuse, and BelongTo, the national organisation supporting LGBTI+ young people in Ireland. She holds a BA and H Dip from NUI Maynooth and postgraduate qualifications from the Irish Management Institute and the Institute of Public Administration.

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More latterly, John was Sales and Marketing Director with Liberty Insurance following the acquisition of the Quinn Insurance business and the establishment of the Liberty Insurance brand in Ireland. Throughout his long career John has also consulted across multiple sectors.

Waterways Ireland is a cross-border body accountable to the North South Ministerial Council under the 1998 British-Irish Agreement. The organisation is headquartered in Enniskillen and has satellite offices in Dublin, Carrick-on-Shannon, and Scarriff. Its 350 staff are deployed across 1,200 kms of inland navigable waterways. The waterways estate comprises Grand Canal; Royal Canal; Barrow; Shannon, Shannon-Erne; Erne; Lower Bann navigations and the soon-to-be Ulster Canal.

Waterways Ireland create economic, social, and environmental wellbeing value of €600 million annually for the public good in Ireland and Northern Ireland. John is responsible for the formulation and execution of the long-term strategy ‘to re-imagine our waterways sustainably for the public good’.

John is an English & History graduate from UCD, and he holds a Masters Degree in Finance.

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She is currently responsible for the European Union’s PEACE IV and INTERREG VA funding programmes, totalling in excess of €0.5 billion, which provides support to a wide range of sectors including peace building; children and young people; infrastructure; community projects; research and innovation; environmental protection; and healthcare. The PEACE Programme represents a unique investment by the European Union in support of the peace process, and both Programmes support the development of a more sustainable and prosperous cross-border region, across Northern Ireland, the border counties of Ireland and Western Scotland (INTERREG only).

Gina is currently leading the organisation in preparing for the implementation of a new €1.1bn funding programme called PEACEPLUS for 2021-2027; designed to build Peace and Prosperity, which has enormous potential to boost economic growth and stimulate social regeneration and will be funded by the European Union, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Government of Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

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Prior to that she was Director General at the EU Division in the Department of Foreign Affairs since June 2017.

Aingeal O’Donoghue served as Ireland’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea from summer 2013 to summer 2017, following an assignment to Ireland’s Permanent Representation to the EU from 2008 to 2013.

Her earlier career in the Department of Foreign Affairs included periods working on various aspects of the Northern Ireland peace process, on EU matters and a range of other postings including Madrid, New Delhi,  and Washington DC.

He was Permanent Secretary in the Department of Finance from July 2014 until June 2017 when he was promoted to Head of the NICS, a role from which he retired on 31 August 2020.  The devolved institutions were in suspension from the time of his appointment until early January 2020.  His main challenges during this time were maintaining public services in the absence of ministers, preparing for Brexit, facilitating the resumption of the Executive in January 2020 and dealing with the first wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

He is currently the Chair of Northern Ireland Screen and the Chief Executives’ Forum in Northern Ireland.  He is also an EY Associate and a board member of Ulster Wildlife, the Cancer Fund for Children, the Centre for Cross Border Studies and Women in Business NI.

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Prior to becoming Chief Executive of the Mental Health Commission, John was the first CEO of Ireland’s Charities Regulator, and was deputy Chief Inspector of Social Services in the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).

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The OPW manages an estate of over 2000 public buildings including Government offices, Garda stations, public offices, and cultural institutions. It provides workplace accommodation to the Civil Service and is tasked with implementing related policy initiatives such as Decentralisation and the Intreo programme. Currently the OPW is chairing an Accommodation Officers sub-group of the Covid-19 Senior Officials Group and working with DPER on defining future accommodation needs for the public service. The OPW is a leading player in project Ireland 2040 with large scale capital investment programmes improving Ireland’s Flood Risk Management Defences, our Heritage Estate, Cultural Institution buildings, and modern building infrastructure. 

He was previously Managing Director of a specialist printing company with plants in Ireland, Germany and the United Kingdom, and a Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Munich, Germany. Mr Buckley is a Chartered Director and a Chartered Engineer, with Masters Degrees in Engineering (University College Dublin) and Business Administration MBA (INSEAD, France). 

He is incoming President of Engineers Ireland and a board member of the National Gallery of Ireland. 

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Ruth is also the lead illustrator with collaborative content creators, Visual Newsdesk, with whom she creates captivating, vibrant animated graphics and videos. She is also a seasoned paper graphic harvester and can often be seen drawing on large boards at live events

Skilled in both digital and pen and paper drawing, Ruth has produced large scale paper illustrations for events and feedback sessions across the country. Ruth will create a ‘visual note’ of the ACESA Conference.

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The development will provide student accommodation to disadvantaged students attending university in North Dublin, with a particular focus on supporting single parents with onsite childcare and state care leavers between 18-23.

Deborah’s work in this area earned her a spot on the prestigious 2020 Forbes 30 under 30 list alongside activists like Greta Thunberg. ETF was the only female-led organisation in Ireland to make the list in 2020.

Deborah is also an author and has written two books to be published in September 2022. Believing in Me is a biography that explores her experience growing up in care in Ireland. I Believe in You, is a children’s picture book which teaches young children about building resilience.

She completed a degree in Accounting and Finance at DCU in 2014. She then went on to complete a Masters in Accounting in DCU in 2015 which helped earn her a place at a Big 4 firm. She received two scholarships while at university to enable her to complete her studies.

In her spare time, Deborah enjoys playing video games with her son Liam, reading books and writing articles on Diversity and Social Entrepreneurship.

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Dr Byrne holds a PhD in Environmental Toxicology from University College, Cork (UCC); an MSc in Aquatic Resource Management from Kings College, University of London; a BSc in Zoology from UCC and a Higher Diploma in Environmental Law from the University of Aberystwyth in Wales.

Prior to taking up the position of CEO at the FSAI in March 2015, Dr Byrne held the role of Director of Regulatory Policy and Intelligence with Abbott Nutrition. Having previously held senior positions in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), she has extensive experience of the food regulatory environment, as well as expertise in risk assessment and food safety management at both national and international levels.

During her time at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Dr Byrne gained a deep knowledge of the food sector as an environmental toxicologist and risk assessor and was instrumental in developing Ireland’s research and innovation policy programmes in relation to food and the bio-economy. Dr Byrne also worked in the Cabinet of the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation – Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn.

Dr Byrne was the Chair of the Management Board of the Member State led joint research programming initiative “A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life” from 2013 – 2018. She is also the Chair of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Institute of Food

and Health at University College Dublin, Ireland and in 2021, she was appointed Adjunct Professor with the Institute of Food and Health in University College Dublin. She is a member of the Board of the Institute of Public Administration since 2019. She currently chairs the Board of the Association of Chief Executives of State Agencies in Ireland; and the Governing Committee of the Science Foundation Ireland Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre in University College Cork.

and Health at University College Dublin, Ireland and in 2021, she was appointed Adjunct Professor with the Institute of Food and Health in University College Dublin. She is a member of the Board of the Institute of Public Administration since 2019. She currently chairs the Board of the Association of Chief Executives of State Agencies in Ireland; and the Governing Committee of the Science Foundation Ireland Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre in University College Cork.

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