Past Judges
All submissions to the HR Leadership & Management Awards are judged by an independent panel of recognised and distinguished judges, drawn from academia, business and broader related sectors.
Judge us by who judges you: view a sample list of our past judges below.
Michelle Abbey
HRD Corporate & Business Services/Global HR Transformation Director, Glanbia Plc
Andrew Blair
Head of HR, HSBC Ireland
Dr. Sinéad Brennan
Chief People Officer, NTMA
Paul Aherne
Principal Consultant, ASCEND
Stephen Boyle
Lecturer and Programme Director, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Ronan Carbery
Senior Lecturer Management, University College Cork
Brian Cawley
Leadership Specialist
Mark Christal
Manager, Client Management Development & Skills, Enterprise Ireland
Shay Clancy
Managing Director and Founder, ASCEND
Dermot Clynes
Head of Organisation Development, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Dr. Mary Collins
Senior Executive Development Specialist, RCSI Institute of Leadership
Eamon Collins
Head of Talent, European Operations, Mylan Pharmaceuticals
Shirley Comerford
CEO, Public Appointments Service
Prof. Edel Conway
Professor in HRM & Organisational Psychology, DCU Business School
Jonny Cooper
People and Change Manager, KPMG Ireland
Colette Darcy
Dean, School of Business, National College of Ireland
Brenda Dooley
Shannon Consulting
Michelle Flannelly
HR Consultant and Lecturer in HR, Dublin Business School
Steve Foster
Business Consultancy Director, NGA Human Resources
Na Fu
Associate Professor in Human Resource Management, Trinity College Dublin
Kenneth D. Glynn
Senior Director for Europe, Beacon HRM Group
Libby Gribben
HR Director EMEA, Xilinx
Jennifer Grogan
Organisational Psychologist, Health, Safety & Environment, ESB
Aidan Harney
Leadership, Talent & OD manager (Greater Europe Region), Intel Corporation
Dr. Brian Harney
Senior Lecturer in Strategic HRM, Dublin City University
Dr. Caitriona Hughes
Lecturer in HRM & Programme Director Masters in HRM, National College of Ireland
Alan Jordan
Partner, The Business Troubleshooters
Prof. Anne Keegan
Professor of Human Resource Management, College of Business, UCD
Rosarii Mannion
HR Leader & Practitioner
Garry McCabe
Commercial Director, Kuehne + Nagel
Prof. Alma McCarthy
Head of the Management Discipline & Professor of Public Sector Management, J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, NUI Galway
Anthony McDonnell
Professor of Human Resource Management, Cork University Business School, UCC
Niamh McGarty
Senior Talent & Development Manager, Vodafone
Dr. Sharon McGreevy
Lecturer in Strategic HRM & Programme Chair, MA Business in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, IADT
Barry McKimm
HR Director, Mater Private Hospital
Dr. Ciara Nolan
Lecturer in Management, Technological University Dublin
Oisín Ó’Gógáin
HR Director, Aon Ireland
Claire O’Reilly
Head of Strategic, HR Strategy Unit, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Dr. Maeve O’Sullivan
MSc HRM Programme Director, University College Cork
Yvonne O’Sullivan
HR Director, Ardmac Ltd
Roslyn O’Shaughnessy
Head of HR and Talent, IMI
Breda O’Toole
Head of Talent Transformation & Innovation, IDA Ireland
Hugh O'Brien
Head of Human Resources, Applegreen Ireland
Mary Patterson
Operations Director, Momentum Support
Hilary Scarlett
Director, Scarlett & Grey
Prof. Amanda Shantz
Associate Professor in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour, Trinity College Dublin
Brenton Ward
Pensions Consultant, Mount Street Group, COO & Co-Founder, WIZE Mentoring
Joyce Walsh
Head of Leadership & Talent, Ulster Bank