– Alison Ritchie, MD of Polar Ice Ltd, the WMB Female Entrepreneur Award 2016 winner;

– Elaine Cohalan and Jenny Synnott, Co-founders of The Dublin Cookie Company, won the Sodexo WMB Female Newcomer Award 2016;

– Professor Susan McKenna-Lawlor, Founder and MD, Space Technology Ireland Ltd, is the FEXCO WMB Woman in Technology Award 2016 winner;

– Ann O’Dea, CEO and Co-founder Silicon Republic, won the Boots WMB Empowering Women Award 2016;

– Iseult Ward and Aoibheann O’Brien, Co-founders of FoodCloud, are the Newstalk WMB Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award winners; and

– Evelyn O’Toole, Founder and CEO, Complete Laboratory Solutions (CLS), took the overall WMB Businesswoman Award 2016.