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Aidlink’s Board of Directors
Aidlink’s Board is committed to upholding the highest standards of corporate governance and ensuring Aidlink successfully delivers its mission, sets its strategic direction and upholds its core values through leadership and financial oversight.
Board of Directors at the date of approval of the 2021 Financial Statements were:
John Lynch (Chairperson)
John is CEO at SelfSense Technologies and works as a Non-Executive Director, Business Consultant and mentor. Previously he was CEO at Merrion Pharmaceuticals plc and has worked in the USA, UK and Ireland.
Liam Byrne (Treasurer)
Liam was educated at University College Dublin and qualified as an Accountant with PwC. Prior to co-founding his own firm,
he worked in a number of finance roles in New Zealand, the USA, France, England and Ireland.
Aishling Lennon (Secretary)
Aishling currently works for Dublin City Council as part of the Environment and Transportation Department. She holds
a BA in History, Politics and International Relations from University College Dublin (2010). Aishling is a former Aidlink employee, having worked at the organisation from 2014-2018.
Aidlink’s Members
Eoghan Caffrey (Director)
Eoghan is a Policy Specialist at The Central Bank of Ireland. He holds a Masters in Development Studies and before joining the Central Bank, spent 5 years working in International Development on programmes spanning urban and rural Africa and Asia.
Marion Shaw (Director)
Marion is a qualified Human Resources professional and Business and Executive coach, with extensive leadership and management development experience working in an international organisation in the private sector. She has previously spent some time working in Africa.
Brian Ingarfield (Director)
Brian is an experienced General Manager having previously occupied leadership roles in technology, travel, logistics, retail and franchised businesses in Ireland, the UK, Spain and Italy. Brian holds a Master’s in Business from the Irish Management Institute.
Seán Crowe (Director)
Sean is the Principal at CFS Consulting, completing advisory engagements for financial institutions and corporates in respect of strategy, M&A and treasury activities. Sean has held a number of senior roles in the banking, insurance and asset management industries, including CEO of the Markets Division and Member of the Executive Committee of Bank of Ireland from 2014-2020.
Ciarán Ó Muirthile (Director)
Ciarán is a Senior Manager at Google Ireland, where he is currently heading up the New Customer Onboarding team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He has worked at Google in Ireland and abroad for 14 years in a variety of advertising and marketing roles. He holds a BA International from UCD and a Higher Diploma in Business Enterprise from DCU.
Margaret O’Donoghue (Director)
Margaret has worked in secondary education as both Teacher and Guidance Counsellor for many years. She served as Principal of Loreto High School, Beaufort, until the summer of 2019. She is currently working with iScoil, a specialist educational support service for teenagers who cannot manage mainstream education. She holds a BA (Mod) from Trinity College in History and German, a Higher Diploma in Career Guidance and Counselling from UCD and a Masters in Educational Leadership, awarded by UCD.
Annet Evara (Director)
Annet is a Senior Banking Supervisor at
the Central Bank of Ireland. She previously worked for The European Central Bank, The Bermuda Monetary Authority and Ernst
& Young in Bermuda and Kenya. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a Certified Public Accountant, certified Financial Risk Manager by GARP and also holds B.Com in Accounting.
Eoin Martin (Director)
Eoin is Strategic Planning Director for the Middle East, India and Africa with Kerry Group, based in Dubai, UAE. He has worked in the Irish agri-foods industry across sales, marketing and strategy for over 15 years across Europe and Russia, where he studied and worked for five years. Eoin holds a BA in European Studies from Trinity College Dublin and an MBA from Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, UCD.
Aidlink’s Members protect the organisation’s core ethos and philosophy. They meet once a year at Aidlink’s Annual General Meeting. An Extraordinary General Meeting of Aidlink was held on 19 April 2021 where a new constitution was adopted.
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