Past Judges

All submissions to the Pharma Industry Awards are judged by an independent panel of recognised and distinguished judges, drawn from academia, business and broader related sectors. View a sample list of our past judges below and judge us by who judges you.

David Brayden

Professor of Advanced Drug Delivery, University College Dublin

Michael Brennan

Senior Director Global Engineering Technology, Hollister Inc

Paul Cahill

Full Professor & Chair, School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University

Nuala Calnan

CEO, Biopharm Excel / Founder, The Quality Risk Management Institute (QRMi)

Rachel Carmichael

Executive Director, NSF

Prof. Eoin Casey

Head of Chemical Engineering, UCD

Dr. Abina Crean

Lecturer of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University College Cork

Darren Cunningham

Director, Inflection Biosciences Ltd

Siobhan Dean

Deputy Director BPCI , Ibec

Dr. Maria Donovan

Practice Educator, APPEL & Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, UCC

Margaret Drysdale

Business Unit Head, Rare Metabolic Diseases and Rare Haematology, Takeda

Anita Maguire

Professor, University College Cork

Eoin McAtamney

President, Pharmaceutical Managers' Institute

Ann McGee

Managing Director & Principal Consultant, Quality and Compliance, PharmaLex

John Milne

Director of Training, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT)

Matt Moran

CEO, Matt Moran Consulting

Dr. Janice Murtagh

Associate Director Medical Affairs, MSD

Patricia Ennis

Health & Safety Consultant and Trainer, TU Dublin

Shane Fitzgerald

President, PMI​

Dr. Adrienne Fleming

Senior Lecturer in Science, Technological University Dublin​

Dr. Eoin Fleming

School of Pharmacy and School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork

Michael Gillen

Senior Executive, BioPharmaChem Ireland

Patricia Ennis Gillen

Lecturer (Retired), TU Dublin

Prof. John F. Gilmer

Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin

Dr. Mark Glynn

Head of Teaching Enhancement Unit, Dublin City University

Prof. Anne Greene

Head of Part-Time Education, TU Dublin

Dr. Brendan Griffin

Senior lecturer and Course Director Msc In Pharmaceutical Technology & Quality Systems, School of Pharmacy, University College Cork

Finnian Hanrahan

Research Centres Programme Manager for Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices and Health, Science Foundation Ireland

Joe Harford

Managing Director, Joe Harford & Associates

John Henchion

VP for Europe, CAI

Kevin Hoban

Director, H2 Compliance

Gabriele Iannizzotto

Chief Business Officer, Perigord

Eamon Judge

Retired Executive Director - Global Engineering, Biopharma Consultant; INED (Prof Diploma in Corp Gov), Eli Lilly and Company

Richard Keegan

Manager, Competitiveness Department, Enterprise Ireland & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Business School, Trinity College Dublin

Deirdre Kelly

Country Manager Consilient Health, Ireland, GCC and Malta

Helena Kelly

Professor Drug Delivery, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Damien Keogh

Chief Executive Officer | Director, BluMaiden Biosciences

Dr. Nessan Kerrigan

Assistant Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University

David Keyes

Director, United Drug Distribution & Vice President, The Pharmaceutical Managers Institute

Michael Kilkelly

Senior Executive EHS, Biopharmachem Ireland (Ibec)

Sandra Lenihan

Senior Lecturer, Munster Technological University

Prof. Mike Lyons

Head of School of Chemistry, TCD

Bernard Naughton

Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Dr. Kieran Nolan

Associate Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University

Dr. Fiona O'Brien

Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, RCSI

Alan O'Connell

Partner, Seroba Life Sciences

Killian O'Driscoll

Chief Commercial Officer, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT)

Fiona O’Hara

Commercial Director, IQVIA

Suzanne O'Rourke

Director, Quality, Mainstay Medical Limited & Representative, Biomedical Engineering Division, Engineers Ireland

Dr. Joey O’Shea

Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University College Cork

Joseph O'Shea

Lecturer in Pharmaceutics and director of the MSc , Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Systems in the School of Pharmacy, UCC

Lorcan O’Toole

Sr Director, NPI & Alliance Management, Aerie Pharmaceuticals

Sweta Rani

Lecturer, South East Technological University

Dr. Zeibun Ramtoola

Senior Lecturer, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI., University of Medicine and Health Science, Dublin, Ireland

Aisling Reast

Director and National Coordinator, APPEL

Dr. Anthony Reilly

Assistant Professor in Computational Chemistry, Dublin City University

Dr. Siobhan Roche

Head of Partnerships, Science Foundation Ireland

Padraig Somers, BE Chem, MBA, Dip IOD

Board member, Helsinn Birex Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Patrice Thornton

Vice President, Human Resources , PTC Therapeutics

Prof. Gavin Walker

Bernal Chair of Pharmaceutical Engineering, University of Limerick

Dr Kevin Walsh

Head of Research Centres, Science Foundation Ireland

Bernadette Whelan

Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Science, South East Technological University Waterford

Dr. Tim Yeomans

Centre Manager, Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre