BiOrbic Committees
Guided by Excellence
Our governance structure and associated committees support and advise our leadership team ensuring optimal performance and oversight of activities and development.
Governance Committee
To provide oversight of BiOrbic’s strategic vision and measure performance against this vision.
Prof Luuk Van Der Wielen (Chair)
Technische Universiteit Delft
Netherlands
Prof Sarah McLaren
University of New Zealand
New Zealand
Prof Diana Sousa
Wageningen University and Research
Netherlands
Prof Pat Dillon
Director of Research, Teagasc
Prof John Cryan
Vice President for Research and Innovation, University College Cork
Dr Fiona Grant
Head of International Programmes, Marine Institute
Rory Caren
Director Business Development, Meicnic Teoranta
Industry Advisory Committee
Advise the Centre Director, Industry Spokes Committee, and Centre Governance Committee of BiOrbic as to prevailing industry trends and needs.
Michael Scannell (Chair)
Retired, European Commission
Prof Kevin O’Connor
Director of BiOrbic
Prof Kate Robson Brown
Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact, University College Dublin
Prof Sinead Ryan
Dean of Research, Trinity College Dublin
Prof Michael Lee
Harper Adams University
United Kingdom
Prof Frank Convery
EnvEcon
Ireland
Scientific Advisory Committee
Provide the Centre with independent and impartial advice on recent scientific trends and developments worldwide, to ensure that the Centre is at the forefront of international state-of-the-art.
Dirk Carrez
Executive Director, Bio-based Industries Consortium (Europe)
Alex Ward
Director of Public and Institutional Partnerships, Origin Materials (Ontario, Canada)
Colette Shirley
Director of Sustainability for its Corporate & Markets Division, Bank of Ireland
Karen Boyd
Director of Product Sustainability, World Energy (Colorado, USA)
Sean Boyle
CEO and Co-founder, UnitMode (Ireland)