Alan Dillon TD – Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise

Alan Dillon TD is Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with special responsibility for Small Businesses and Retail and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications with special responsibility for Circular Economy. He...

Deborah Woods-Malone, Group Growth Director, Beauparc

Deborah Woods-Malone is the Growth Director with Beauparc. Based in the UK she has 25 years’ experience in Change & Transformation, consulting and delivering change across Private and Public Sectors. Deborah has multiple sectors experience including Financial...

Rita Shah – Group President

Rita Shah established Shabra Plastics & Packaging Ltd in 1984 with her business partner, the late Oliver Brady. They started Shabra as a trading company, later moving into LDPE reprocessing and manufacturing of refuse sacks and bags (Shabra Polymex). The company...

Ulrikke Lien, Founder and CEO of Sensorita

Named as one of Norway’s “40 under 40”, Ulrikke Lien is one of the country’s most exciting young entrepreneurs. She holds a Master of Science in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and it was her...

Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Director, Circular Economy

Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea is the Director in charge of Circular Economy in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment since May 2022. Between 2014 and 2022 he worked as a director in charge of enforcement, cohesion and the European Semester in DG...

Claire Downey, Research, Policy & Education Director

Say hello to Claire Downey, Rediscovery Centre’s policy and research director since 2021. Claire is responsible for leading the research team on providing an evidence base for policy development and supporting circular living models within Ireland and...

Ciaran Foley, Chief Executive Officer

Ciaran Foley joined Re-turn as Chief Executive in October 2024, with over 30 years’ industry experience as a senior executive. Since joining Re-turn, Ciaran has launched Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme which will help position Ireland to meet its European recycling...

Zoe Kavanagh, CEO, Repak

A distinguished leader with almost 30 years of experience in domestic & international markets within dairy and FMCG sectors, Zoё joined Repak in March 2024, following 13 years as CEO of the National Dairy Council. Prior to this, she spent 16 years at PepsiCo,...

Tim Walker, President CIWM & CEO of arc21

Tim is currently the Chief Executive of the arc21 local authority partnership in Northern Ireland, a role he has held since 2019. Prior to that, he headed up waste management at Belfast City Council for over two decades. Tim is currently on the Board of Keep Northern...