Dr. Donal de Buitléir is a member of the Policing Authority and a Board Member of the RCSI Hospital Group. Donal was a member of the Board of the Health Service Executive from 2005 to 2009. Previously he worked in AIB Group and in the Irish public service.  He was a member of a number of Government reviews in the areas of local government reform, integration of tax and welfare, business regulation, health funding and higher education. He is an Eisenhower Fellow.

Aoife Gallen is the Head of Finance of Irelandia Group and is also a Board member of The One Foundation. Aoife is also a qualified chartered account and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, member of the Irish Tax Institute (CTA) and holds a certificate in ESG Investing with CFA.

Laura Burke is the Director General of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), appointed in 2011 and served as a Director within the EPA since 2004. As Director General she has the responsibility to lead and strategically manage the EPA. Laura was the Chair of the European Environment Agency (EEA) Management Board from 2017 to 2023. Laura is a member of the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) and a member of the High Level Implementation Committee of ‘Food Vision 2030’, the Irish Agri-Food Sector Strategy. Prior to joining the EPA, she worked in the private sector. Laura is a graduate chemical engineer of University College Dublin (UCD), holds an MSc from Trinity College, Dublin, is a Fellow and is President of Engineers Ireland and is a Chartered Director. She is a member of the Board of Genio a non-profit European organisation. In 2016 Laura was awarded the UCD Engineering Graduates Association (EGA) Distinguished Graduate Award.

Nick Ashmore, Chair

Nick Ashmore is Director of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) a sovereign development fund with a mandate to invest on a commercial basis to support economic activity and employment in Ireland. Prior to taking up this role he served as Chief Executive of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI). He also served as Project Director during the setup of the SBCI. He joined the NTMA as part of the team managing the National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) in 2006, where he served as Head of Private Equity and Infrastructure before becoming Deputy Director in 2011. Before joining the NTMA Nick was an Investment Manager with Greenaap Consultants Limited, a private family office. He trained as a Chartered Accountant with Grant Thornton in Glasgow and Edinburgh and is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen in Accountancy and UCC with an MSc in Management Practice and is also a member of the Scottish Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is Chair of Genio.

Jane Feighery is the Director of Client Services at Beachhut PR, a boutique PR agency specialising in supporting tech scale-ups to bring their stories and impact of their technology to the world.

Prior to entering the realm of tech PR & Communications, Jane provided consultancy and coaching services to entrepreneurs in the development of business strategies suited to their own unique ambitions, life goals, and values. She brings a blend of purpose and profit–driven expertise to her work, drawing on her experience with a diverse array of companies, sectors and markets during her time working with LinkedIn, Social Entrepreneurs Ireland, Books at One, and Bord Bia.

A graduate of Smurfit Executive Business School’s Diploma in Corporate Governance, Jane also holds a BA in Modern Languages and a Post-graduate Diploma in International Business Development from The University of Manchester and DIT respectively. She is a certified Story Coach, and holds an Advanced Practitioner Diploma in Coaching with Neuroscience.

Thanks to having a younger brother with Down Syndrome, Jane takes a keen interest in the value to society of those of different abilities, and in November 2021 self-published ‘A Special Sibling- Life Lessons from my brother with Down Syndrome’.