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A director of Musgrave Group PLC since 2008, Buckley was named in "Ireland’s Most Powerful Women: Top 25 Awards" for 2013. Organised by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) and HSBC Ireland, she was one of ten women that received the HSBC Corporate Executives Award, which" identified ten women who hold the most senior positions in Ireland’s largest companies by annual turnover or Ireland’s largest companies by number of employees".
Helen Noble CMILT
Principal, Noble Shipping Law/Vice President, CILT
Helen Noble, LLB (Hons) and LLM, is a dual Irish and English practising solicitor with over 22 years’ experience specialising in all areas of maritime and transport law. She
holds a Masters in International Commercial Law from Nottingham University and was called to the bar in England and Wales in 1994. Helen is the principal of Noble Shipping Law, Ireland’s only law firm which specialises exclusively in shipping and transport law. She served on the CILT Council in 2010 and was significantly involved in the redrafting of the governance handbook. She was re-elected to the council in 2016 and currently serves as vice president of CILT Ireland. Helen was past president of the Irish Maritime Law Association from 2010 to 2014.
Elisabeth Rodriguez
Country Manager, UPS Ireland
Elisabeth Rodriguez was appointed country manager for UPS in 2016, overseeing operations, business development and human resources in Ireland. UPS has six operating facilities
here, including a delivery fleet of more than 120 vehicles, and a workforce of over 300 employees. Elisabeth began her career at UPS in 2001 as a billing administrator and since then has risen through the ranks. In 2008 she was named billing manager for UPS Ireland CSTC, before going on to become UPS North Europe F&A manager in Brussels in 2010. A year later she took on the role of UPS Europe small package finance manager and then was promoted to finance manager for the Nordics in 2014 where she was based in Stockholm.
Jean Hinfey
Supply Network Operations Leader, Procter & Gamble
Jean Hinfrey is a highly experienced global FMCG supply chain leader with 10 years’ experience in a senior leadership
team role with Procter & Gamble. As supply network operations leader she is responsible for leading the global supply network for oral care products at their Newbridge manufacturing facility. Jean has a Bachelor of Business and Law from UCD as well as a Diploma in IT from DCU and a Certification in Production and Inventory Management. She is currently undertaking a Diploma in Project Management.
Óonagh McArdle
Lead Supply Chain Improvement and Sustainability Specialist,
The Dow Chemical Company
As the lead supply chain improvement
and sustainability specialist at The Dow Chemical Company, Óonagh McArdle is responsible for
leading improvement projects to support productivity development, operational reliability and enhanced customer service performance. In addition, she is the EMEAI sustainability network leader for Dow and the strategy design focal point for Dow’s global packaging sustainability council.
Pamela Quinn
Managing Director, Kuehne + Nagel
Pamela Quinn has served as managing director of Kuehne + Nagel since 2013. She joined the global logistics giant in 2001 in an administrative role before moving into human resources. A senior
manager by the age of 30, she headed up the company’s Dublin branch where she grew turnover and net profitability by almost 100% in a three year period. Pamela went on to oversee further growth when she took full control of Kuehne + Nagel’s all-Ireland operations. In 2013 she solidified her reputation in logistics when she was appointed to the role of managing director for Kuehne + Nagel Ireland. Her extensive achievements were recognised by IMAGE Magazine last year when they presented her with their 2016 Businesswoman of the Year Award.
Janet Kavanagh CMILT
Purchasing and Stock Management, Lily O’Brien’s Chocolates
Beginning her career in 1998 as a sales account manager, Janet Kavanagh has over 15 years’ experience in sales and
marketing, operations excellence and management. Janet is currently responsible for purchasing and stock management with a special interest in supply chain management and CSR. She is a member of both the Lily O’Brien’s Ccorporate and social responsibility and new product development teams. Janet has a Bachelor of Business in Supply Chain and Transport Management from CIT and an MSc in Supply Chain Management from NITL. She also sits on the CILT Council.
Mary O’Toole
Finance Director, O’Toole Transport
Mary O’Toole has helped to establish O’Toole Transport Ltd as one of the leading food logistics companies in Ireland. When
the company started in 1996 they employed just two people, now, 21 years later, O’Toole Transport has grown to become the largest BRC accredited transport company in Ireland. Mary is the finance director of the company which employs in excess of 80 people and operates 50 vehicles from three bases in Ireland. She was the recipient of the Fleet Magazine "Women in Transport Award" in 2014.
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