Shortlist Announced For IMAGE Businesswoman Of The Year Awards 2017

By IMAGE
13th Oct 2017

Shortlist Announced For IMAGE Businesswoman Of The Year Awards 2017

The shortlist has been announced for the IMAGE Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2017!

Entrepreneurship

Ellen Kavanagh Jones, CEO and Co-founder,Waxperts
Linda Green-Kiely, Co-founder and Director, Voxpro
Mary Grant, Founder and Director, Flowers Made Easy
Deirdre McGlone, Managing Director,Harvey’s Point Hotel
Niamh Sherwin and Aoife Lawler, Founders and Directors,The Irish Fairy Door Company
Ann Rudden, Owner and Founder, Aine Hand Made Chocolate
Milena Jaksic Byrne, Managing Director, Platinum Pilates
Niamh Sterling, Director, Interact and Interact UAE
Gillian Moore, Managing Director, Fuschia Make-up
Sonia Deasy, Co-founder and CEO, Pestle & Mortar
Chupi Sweetman, Creative Director, Chupi

Management Professional

Lorraine Peters, Head of Personal Banking, Permanent TSB
Maya Nikolaeva, General Manager, Belleek Castle
Alma O’Brien, Partner/Head of Tax, Finance Partner for 2017, Baker Tilly Hughes Blake
Rosemary Steen, Executive Director Customer, Regulations & External Affairs, EirGrid Group
Marie Hunt, Executive Director, Head of Research & Consultancy, CBRE Ireland
Emma Walls, Commercial & Marketing Director, Glenisk Ltd
Aedamar Howlett, Marketing Director, the Coca-Cola Company (Britain and Ireland)
Noelle Burke, Human Resource Director, RSA Insurance Ireland
Dara Deering, Executive Director Retail Banking, KBC Bank Ireland Limited
AnnMarie Phillips, Director on Trade, Diageo Ireland
Caoimhe Haughey, Principal, CM Haughey Solicitors

Start-Up

Cairenn Foy, Designer and Brand Owner, Cairenn Foy Childrenswear
Gina Cassidy, Creative Director, Purcell & Woodcock
Larissa Feeney, CEO, accountantonline.ie
Kathryn Thomas, Founder and Director, Pure Results Bootcamp
Drs Lisa and Vanessa Creaven, Managing Directors, Spotlight Whitening
Julie McLoughlin, Co-founder and Designer, Jando
Irene Queally, Managing Director, Pip & Pear Chilled Baby Foods
Alison Stroh, Director, Dr Coy’s
Aim?e Madden, Founder and CEO, CliniShift
Fidelma McGuirk, Owner and CEO, Payslip

Creative Industry

Suzie Mc Adam, Founder and Lead Designer, Suzie Mc Adam Design Studio
Ella de Guzman, CEO, Siopaella
Sadie Chowen, Founder and Creative Director, The Burren Perfumery
Roisin Lafferty, Creative Director,Kingston Lafferty Design
Emma Manley, Creative Director, Manley
Jenny McCarthy, Director, Photosbyjen
Louise Stokes, Owner, Loulerie
Denise O’Connor, CEO, Optimise Design
Joeanna Caffrey, Owner and Creative Director, Joeanna Caffrey Flowers
Fiona Heaney, Creative Director, Fee G
Nicki Hoyne, CEO, My Shining Armour

Social Entrepreneurship

Terry Ring, Co-founder, Cliona’s Foundation
Paula McLoughlin and Susan Quirke, Acting CEO/Chair and Co-founder/Editor, A Lust For Life
Susan O’Dwyer, Chief Executive, Make-A-Wish Ireland
Caroline O’Driscoll, Gillian Keating, Ruth Buckley, Directors, I Wish
Aoibheann O’Brien and Iseult Ward, Co-founders and CEOs, Food Cloud
Mary Doherty, President, Down Syndrome Ireland
Suzanne Roche, CEO, Gateway to Education Limerick
Denise Fitzgerald, CEO, Temple Street Foundation
Louise Lovett, CEO, Longford Women’s Link

Young Businesswoman

Jane Swarbrigg, Director, Inglot
Jennifer Rock, CEO, The Skin Nerd and Cleanse Off Mitt
Ruth Deasy, Director, Bear Market Coffee
Ceira Lambert, Director/Owner, Ceira Lambert Hair Consultancy
Catherine Buggy, Owner, Boutique Bake
Pippa O’Connor, Director, Ronnoco Style Ltd
Zoe Rocha, Managing Director, LittleRock Pictures
Chloe Harris, CEO, Chloe Harris Ltd
Jenny Connolly, Director, The Lo-Cal Kitchen and The Lo-Cal Juicing Company
Anita Murray, Managing Director, Pink Beauty Group
Kate Verling, Managing Director, Mink Hand & Foot Spa

Overseas

Jackie McDonagh, General Manager, ARI
Tanya Clarke, General Manager, Diageo
Suzanne Lynch, Vice President of Emerging Business, IDA Ireland
Natalie Geday, Lead Publicist, NMG Relations
Zoe Jordan, Founder, Zoe Jordan
Margaret Molloy, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Siegel+Gale

Digital, Science and Technology

Louise Grubb, Founder and CEO, Q1 Scientific
Sharon McCooey, Head of LinkedIn Ireland and Senior Director of International Operations, LinkedIn
Marieke Flament, Managing Director Europe, Circle
Aisling Curtis, Commercial Director, Microsoft Ireland
Jackie Glynn, Head of Portfolio Management Office, Three Ireland
Jules Mahon, Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, TheTaste.ie
Claire McHugh, CEO, Axonista
Dr Sinead McCluskey, Director Commercial Innovations, PEI Surgical
Jenny Taaffe, CEO, iZest Marketing

CEO

Mouna Prenty, CEO, Seetec Ireland
Julie Strang, Country Manager, Benefit Cosmetics
Niamh McCarthy, Managing Director, Excursions Ireland
Monica Matellano, Managing Director, Eirespan Distribution Limited
Clodagh Cavanagh, Managing Director, Abbey Machinery
Georgina Quigley, CEO, ACB Group Design and Construct
Nicola McGrane, CEO, Event Partners Ireland and Conference Partners International
Anne Butterly, CEO, Easydry
Alex Murphy, General Manager, BFree Foods

Now in its eleventh year, the IMAGE Businesswoman of the Year Awards aims to recognise and celebrate inspirational women across all areas of the Irish business world. The overall IMAGE Businesswoman of the Year award is not open for nominations but will be chosen from nominations to the other categories or on the judges’ own recommendations.

Says Clodagh Edwards, CEO, Image Publications, “Compiling the shortlist this year was a huge challenge. With over 443 individual entries, our largest number ever, competition proved stronger than ever for places. It took a lot of deliberation, and the women who made this shortlist are truly inspirational.?”

Meet the ultimate winners at the IMAGE Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2017, sponsored by Samsung, Kuehne + Nagel, Grant Thornton, The Loop and No 7 and proudly supported by Newstalk, Independent.ie, Enterprise Ireland and Marks & Spencer. Winners will be announced at a gala dinner, on Monday, November 20, at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin 4.