Industry Advisory Board

DCU Business School Industry Advisory Board 2024-25

Margaret Sweeney – Board Chair/Director and former Chief Executive Officer iRes Reit

Dermot Daly – Audit Partner and Ireland Centre for Board Matters Co-Chair at EY

Matt Foley – Audit Partner at Deloitte Ireland

Trayc Keevans – Global Foreign Direct Investment Director & Head of Research, Morgan McKinley

Ryan Shanks – Head of Innovation EMEA, Accenture

Liavan Mallin – Serial Entrepreneur

John Brennan – Head of SME – Retail Banking at AIB Group

Ellen Drumm – Communications & Stakeholder Engagement Manager, SME Market Engagement, AIB

Pat Leahy – Co-founder and Director at One Team Risk Management

Joe O’Mara – Head of Aviation Finance | Tax Partner | KPMG Ireland

Ross Keogh – Keogh’s Farm and Keogh’s Crisps Founder & Owner

Mike Glennon – Joint Managing Director at Glennon Brothers

Bernadette White – EVP Learning & Development at CITCO

Louise Mullen – Senior Manager, Learning & Capability at Bristol Myers Squibb

Orla Farrell – Head of Talent, Learning & Development at Musgrave

Siobhan Fay – Managing Director at St. James’s Place International

Shona McManus – Owner CEO at Osborne

The Industry Advisory Board meets twice per year and may break into ad hoc committees and working parties as required from time to time. Board members may be invited to participate in one or more of the following activities:

Participating in curriculum review panels that provide advice on enhancing the business relevance of DCU Business School programmes;

Serving on a task force or working party to examine a specific issue;

Recruitment of future students or executive education clients;

Developing and hosting events such as symposia, fora, conferences, alumni networking and professional development events; and

Participating in fundraising and sponsorship activities