Past Judges
Below you will meet some of our judges from the Event Industry Awards
David Adler
CEO & Founder, BizBash Media, USA
Yvette Audrain
Board of Directors, Premier Special Events, USA
Hiten Bajaj
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Mosaic Live, UAE
Alan Bannon
Founder, Cannonball
Karen Brosnahan
General Manager, Shannon Region Conference and Sports Bureau
Maeve Buckley
Director, Line Up - Sports Media Entertainment
Tony Campbell
Lecturer, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, DIT
Anthony Campbell
Chef Lecturer, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology at Dublin Institute of Technology
John Carty
Lecturer and Researcher in the Galway International Hotel School, ATU
Ruth Craggs
Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin
Colm Croffy
Executive Director, Association of Irish Festivals and Events (AOIFE)
Terri Cullinane
Director, Cape Clear Consulting
Claire Dumbrell
Commercial Manager, EventInsure.ie
Lorraine Dunne
Lecturer & Programme Director, Dundalk Institute
Paul Ephremsen
CEO, iD Experiential, UK
Rose Finn
General Manager, Galway Convention Bureau
Alan Fitzgerald
Marketing Manager, ERC Rugby
Maria Roddy Freyne
Lecturer, Dundalk Institute of Technology
Alex Gibson
Senior Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, DIT
Sophie Gorman
Day and Night Magazine Editor & Arts Editor, The Irish Independent
David Grant
CEO, David Grant pty ltd, Australia
Daniel Halpin
Head of Marketing, Cogs & Marvel
Dr. Elling Hamso
Managing Partner, Event ROI Institute
Becky Hargrove
Manager, Kerry Convention Bureau
Lucy Horan
Former Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management & Tourism, DIT
Sam Johnston
Manager, Dublin Convention Bureau
Norma Kelly
Lecturer, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, DIT
Miriam Kennedy
Manager of Dublin Convention Bureau
Eleanor Kenyon
, Independent Colleges
Ken Kristofferson
President & Chief Creative Officer, Pop Kollaborative Inc, Canada
Andrew Langford
Lecturer in Food and Beverage Studies, Shannon College of Hotel Management a School of NUI Galway
Paula Lenihan
Editor, RSVP Magazine
Lynn Lester
Managing Director of Events, The Drum, UK
Dr. Kelly Maguire
Lecturer in Tourism and Events Management, Technological University of the Shannon: Athlone Campus
Anna May McHugh
MD, National Ploughing Association
Declan Maxwell
Restaurant Manager, Luna Restaurant
Niamh McCrystal
Event Sales & Marketing Manager, Seasons , Guinness Storehouse
Emmet McLoughlin
Programme Director for Tourism Studies, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
Andrea Michaels
President, Extraordinary Events, USA
Nick Mulcahy
Publisher and Editor, Business Plus
Martin Murphy
Stadium Director, Aviva Stadium
Rachelle O'Brien
Assistant Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin
Oonagh O’Mahony
Editor, IFP Media
Mary O’Rawe
Lecturer in Management and Innovation, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin
Evelyn O'Sullivan
Manager, Cork Convention Bureau
Rui Ochoa
Director, Event Point, Portugal
Áine O'Mahony
Event Management & Marketing Consultant
Gerard O'Neill
Chairman, Amárach
Gary Pagano
Vice President, Viacom Special Events, USA
David Pegler
Managing Director, ExCel London
Daragh Persse
Founder, The Brand Fans
Dr. Bernadette Quinn
Programme Chair, MSc Event Management, College of Arts & Tourism, TU Dublin
Yetti Redmond
Director, Yetti's Projects
Dr. Theresa Ryan
Lecturer & Researcher, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin
James Sheridan
Assistant Lecturer, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, TU Dublin
John Trainor
Founder & Managing Director, Onside Sponsorship
Mary Weir
Co-Founder, Event Industry Association of Ireland
Dr. Julie Whitfield
Senior Lecturer Events and Conference Management, Bournemouth University
Nancy Wilder
Owner, Picture your Events
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