With less than two weeks left, we're excited to announce the renowned judges on this year's awards panel. sp BWOTY23 business event awards
Before taking up her position as MBA programmes senior manager at UCD Smurfit School, Edel O’Leary had a decades long career in various marketing and communications roles. She sees this switch from industry to education as something that helps her in her day-to-day interactions with the MBA students.
As an advertising professional, Stha has delivered award-winning campaigns with local and international brands, helping them connect with their customers using digital platforms. In her previous role, she headed all of paid social activity for Core . During her time in that role she doubled her team; developed processes and best practice frameworks; and drove strong revenue growth for that part of the business.
Bobby is passionate about small business. He sat on the board of Microfinance Ireland for three years, a not-for-profit lender that provides loans to small businesses, and is a member of the Small Business Advice Programme – a targeted programme set up to provide free advice and support to SMEs. Recently, he joined the board of healthy food delivery business DropChef, which is a rapidly growing meal distribution business across Ireland.
She is a board member of the Ireland Funds and is passionate about media and the consumer marketplace. She has also been responsible for the inception of the IMAGE Businesswoman of the Year Awards and has been a judge at the awards each year.