Past Judges
All submissions to the Irish Accountancy 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.
Nano Brennan
Past President, CPA Ireland
Peter Brophy
Managing Director, Floirin Corporate Finance
Mary Rose Burke
Chief Executive Officer, Dublin Chamber of Commerce
Cathy Byrne
Principal, KPMG Ireland
Barry Cahir
Partner, Head of Insolvency & Restructuring, Beauchamps
Andrea Crean
Lecturer in Accounting and Programme Director MSc International Accounting and Analytics, National University of Ireland, Galway
Evelyn Cregan
Director of Corporate Affairs, Institute of Banking
Michael Cronin
Managing Partner, Cronin & Co.
Joan Curry
Board Member, International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) / Council Member, Chartered Accountants Ireland / Head of Finance, Department of Transport
Alan Daly
Managing Director, BRÚ Brewery
Richard Day
Partner - Data Analytics & Risk Assurance, PwC
Anthony Doherty
Chief Investment Officer, NTR plc
John Doris
Principal, Meridian Business Advisors Limited
David Endersen
Managing Partner, White Bear Studios
Johnny Fortune
Director, Pegasus Capital
Emer Gilvarry
Chairperson, Mason Hayes & Curran
Róisín Grant
Founder, Grant Marketing & Communications
Catherine Guy
Lawyer & Chartered Director
Pauline Haughey
Project Manager, Queen’s University Belfast
Karen Hennessy
CEO at Design & Crafts Council of Ireland
Dan Holland
Partner Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton
Michael J. Walls
Founder & CEO, Dappr
Francis Kehoe
Head of Finance and Procurement of The Rotunda Hospital
Anne Keogh
CFO & COO, Pharmapod
Oriel Lawton
Partner, O’Connor Pyne & Co. Limited
Jack Massey
Lecturer, UCD Michael Smurfit Postgraduate Business School
Paul McClatchie
Director & Founder, Engage People
Megan McClurkin-Kane
Managing Director, M J Kane Recovery Ltd
JP McGrath
Business Consultant
Tom Murray
Partner, Friel Stafford
Colm Nagle
Principal, Colna Consulting
Orlagh Nevin
Cerese
Sarah Newman
Founder, Anascena Ltd
Kieran O'Brien
Partner, KPMG Ireland
Seán O’Reilly
Assistant Head of School of Accounting and Finance, TU Dublin
Denis O'Sullivan
Group Financial & Treasury Controller, Keywords Studios PLC
Ronnie Patton
Senior Lecturer in Professional Accounting Practice, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Ulster University
Geoffrey Perrin
Former Head of Human Resources, KPMG
Sean Quigley
Non-Executive Director and Executive Coach
John Reynolds
Chairman, Cairn Homes plc
Dr Damien Roche
Head of School of Business and Humanities & Director TU Implementation
Lorraine Sweeney
Change Management Consultant
Victor Timon
Head of Commercial Technology Group, Maples and Calder