The 2018 Finalists
We are delighted to announce the 2018 finalists for the WMB Awards. As always the standard was incredibly high and the judges were humbled to read such inspiring submissions. Congratulations to the shortlist and thank you to everyone who participated this year. The winner of each Award Category will be announced at our upcoming annual Conference & Awards which takes place on October 8th. This occasion promises to deliver a day of conversation, networking and celebration.
Matheson WMB Female Entrepreneur Award 2018
Karen Clince
Founder & CEO, Tigers Childcare – tigerschildcare.com
Andrea Doolan
Co-Founder & CEO, Atlantia Food Clinical Trials – www.atlantiafoodclinicaltrials.com
Siobhan Lawless
Founder & CEO, The Foods of Athenry – www.foodsofathenry.ie
Mairead Mackle
Co-Founder & CEO, Homecare Independent Living Ltd – www.hcil.com
Deirdre McGlone
Managing Director, Harvey’s Point Ltd – harveyspoint.com
Claire McHugh
Co-Founder & CEO, Axonista – www.axonista.com
Sara Mitchell
Co-Founder, Poulet Bonne Femme – www.pouletbonnefemme.com
Newstalk WMB Female Social Entrepreneur Award 2018 Finalists
Lisa Marie Clinton
Founder & CEO, avail Support Limited – www.availsupport.com
Noelle O’Connell
Executive Director, European Movement Ireland – www.europeanmovement.ie
Talita Holzer Saad
Co-Founder & CEO, waytoB – waytob.com
Deborah Somorin
Founder, Empower the Family – www.deborahsomorin.com
Liz Waters
CEO, An Cosán – www.ancosan.ie
WMB Woman in Technology Award 2018 Finalists
Sheena Bailey & Louella Morton
Co-Founders, TestReach – www.testreach.com
Gráinne Barry
Co-Founder – SportsTech Ireland / EMEA Operations Director – STATS – sportstechireland.com
Aisling Curtis
Commercial Director, Microsoft Ireland – www.microsoft.com
Amanda Darmody
Site Lead, Eventbrite Cork – www.eventbrite.ie
Joanne Kearney
Founder & MD, GlowMetrics – www.glowmetrics.com
Fidelma McGuirk
CEO & Founder, Payslip – payslip.com
Ríona Ní Ghriallais
Co-Founder & Chief Technical Officer, ProVerum Medical – proverummedical.com
Boots WMB Empowering Women Award 2018 Finalists
Christine Barrett
Inside Sales Director UK, Microsoft Ireland – www.microsoft.com
Niamh Cray
HR Director, Sodexo Ireland – ie.sodexo.com
Rebecca Harrison
Chair Advisory Council & Branch Liaison, Network Ireland – www.networkireland.ie
Alison Treacy
LaunchBox programme manager, Trinity College Dublin- www.tcd.ie
Eileen O’Mara
SVP EMEA Marketing, Salesforce – www.salesforce.com
Sodexo WMB Female Newcomer Award 2018 Finalists
Jakki Cooney
Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Cala Medical – www.calamedical.com
Gillian Doyle
Co-Founder & CEO, Cerebreon Technologies- www.cerebreon.com
Fiona Edwards Murphy
Founder & CEO, ApisProtect – www.apisprotect.com
Susan Keating
Founder & CEO, Seagreen Bio Ltd (T/A NEUÚ Seaweed Skincare) – neuu.com
Rosanne Longmore
Co-Founder & CEO, Coroflo – www.coroflo.com
Vanessa Tierney
Co-Founder, Abodoo Ltd – www.abodoo.com
WMB Businesswoman Award 2018 Finalists
Sinéad Bryan
Chief Financial Officer, Vodafone Ireland – www.vodafone.ie
Maeve Dorman
VP Global Merchant Services, PayPal – www.paypal.com
Rosemary Garth
Director of Comms. & Corporate Affairs Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard – www.irishdistillers.ie
Aisling Keegan
Vice-President & General Manager, Dell EMC Ireland – www.dell.ie
Marguerite Sayers
Executive Director Customer Solutions, ESB – www.esb.ie
Imelda Shine
Managing Director, Intertrust Management Ireland – www.intertrustgroup.com
