Governance

Christine Barrett is a globally experienced sales and business leader with a proven track
record in building and scaling high-performing digital sales organisations. As the global head
of Enterprise Digital Sales for Microsoft Security, she leads a team of over 100 Digital
Specialists serving 2300 customers worldwide, focused on driving growth, acquisition, and
customer transformation across Microsoft’s comprehensive Security portfolio.

Christine brings deep expertise in digital sales strategy, go-to-market execution, and
cross-solution selling across Security, Modern Work, and Azure. She has led transformative
initiatives that deliver measurable customer value at scale, while fostering diverse,
collaborative, and high-performing teams.

Cathriona, who retired as Managing Director of Microsoft Ireland in September 2021, is a member of a number of boards including Keelings, Dalata Hotel Group, Beats Medical, UCD’s advisory board, and Trinity Business School. In 2018, she was awarded the inaugural Women of Concern award, an award set up to recognise leaders who promote gender equality. Cathriona brings a wealth of experience notably in strategic policy development and delivery, corporate affairs and communications.

Lisa is an experienced executive leader with a background in driving growth and transformation across private equity-backed firms and Fortune 500 companies. Most recently, she was Chief Administrative and Transformation Officer at Sovos Brands, where she played a key role in scaling the company from a startup to a high-growth public business. She has extensive expertise in mergers and acquisitions, governance, and corporate strategy. Lisa serves on the board of Solvotrin Therapeutics and is actively involved in nonprofit work, including Educate Girls, and was previously engaged with Child Family Health International.

Jack worked at senior level in the not-for-profit sector for 40 years and was an innovator in community development initiatives. He is a founding member and current Chairman of Community Action Network (CAN) and director of St. Andrew’s Resource Centre. He set up Crosscare Foodbank and served on the Board of the European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) for 15 years. He is a founding director of FoodCloud Hubs.

Eoin MacCuirc  is a senior civil servant with the Central Statistics Office. He is Chairman of Cork Simon Community and is a founding director of FoodCloud Hubs and FoodCloud.

Colman O’Keeffe is a retired Chartered Accountant, qualifying with PWC. Colman joined Flogas plc as Group Finance Director. He then became Deputy Managing Director of DCC Energy.

Ann Keenan has held senior executive level roles for 40 + years in HR and strategic development in IBM and DCC plc during sustained periods of fast growth in both companies. Ann is a board member of Dublin Zoo and Fota Wildlife Park, Cork and is a three-time awardee in Women’s Executive Network‘s “Ireland’s Most Powerful Women: Top 25” awards.

Joe Hogan is the founder and CTO of Openet, one of Ireland’s largest indigenous technology company and global leader in telecoms business solutions. Joe brings a wealth of experience in technology, entrepreneurship and international markets.

Dr. Colum Gibson is an environmental consultant and researcher with the Clean Technology Centre (CTC) at Cork Institute of Technology. Colum works on a number of national programmes funded under the EPA’s National Waste Prevention Programme including Stop Food Waste.

Ciaran Foley is the CEO of Re-Turn . Ciaran has over 25 years experience in the logistics industry in Ireland and in the UK, previously holding the position of Managing Director for DHL and Supply Chain Director for Tesco Ireland. In his role in retail, Ciaran was an early supporter of FoodCloud.