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 ULC

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

Dr Patricia Ennis

Lecturer (Retired), TU Dublin

Shane Fitzgerald

President, PMI​

Eoin Fleming

Lecturer in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Cork Ireland

Adrienne Fleming

Senior Lecturer, TU Dublin

Catherine Giblin

Leadership Coach & Mentor, CGiblin Leadership Coaching & Mentoring

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

Anne Greene

Head of Part-Time Education in the School of Chemical and BioPharmaceutical Sciences, 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

Helena Kelly

Professor Drug Delivery, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Deirdre Kelly

Country Manager Consilient Health, Ireland, GCC and Malta

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

Dr.Michael Kilkelly

Senior Executive EHS, Biopharmachem Ireland (Ibec)

Sandra Lenihan

Senior Lecturer, Munster Technological University

Prof. Mike Lyons

Head of School of Chemistry, TCD

Anita Maguire

Professor, University College Cork

Eoin McAtamney

President, Pharmaceutical Managers' Institute

Ann McGee

Managing Director & Principal Consultant, Quality and Compliance, PharmaLex

Jai Prakash Mehta

Lecturer, SETU

John Milne

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

Una Moore

Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Matt Moran

Director, BioPharmaChem Ireland

Dr. Janice Murtagh

Associate Director Medical Affairs, MSD

Bernard Naughton

Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Susan Neenan

Snr Director Supplier & Material Risk Qualitylity, Alexion Pharmaceuticals RDU AZ

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

Lorraine O'Driscoll

Professor of Pharmacology & Biomedicine, Trinity College Dublin

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

Joseph O’Shea

Lecturer in Pharmaceutics and director of the MSc in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Systems in the School of Pharmacy, University College Cork

Dr. Joey O’Shea

Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University College Cork

Lorcan O'Toole

Senior Director, NPI and Alliance Management, Aerie Pharmaceuticals Ireland Ltd

Micheal Quealy

Director. Technology Partnership, MSD Dundalk, MSD

Dr. Zeibun Ramtoola

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

Sweta Rani

Lecturer, South East Technological University

Aisling Reast

Director and National Coordinator, APPEL

Alice Redmond

CRQO, CAI

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

Dr. Bernadette Whelan

Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Science, South East Technological University Waterford

Dr. Tim Yeomans

Centre Manager, Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre