National Council

Gabrielle White
2025 President, Irish Exporters Association & Executive Director – Head of Supply Chain & Logistics,
PTC Therapeutics
Gabrielle has 25+ yearsâ experience in Supply Chain encompassing various global leadership roles focused on product launches, distribution network optimization, imports, exports, transportation & warehousing across the pharmaceutical & FMCG , while also involved and leading all aspects of supply chain & logistics.
Gabrielle joined PTC Therapeutics in 2023 as Head of Supply Chain & Logistics and prior to that worked with Alexion Pharmaceuticals for 10 years as part of the Global Supply Chain Leadership team, responsible for their Global Logistics and Distribution network.
Gabrielle is a graduate of UCD Smurfit Business School with an MSc in Business Leadership & Management Practice.

Colin Dunne
Past President 2024 & Joint Managing Director
International Warehousing and Transport (IWT)
Colin has over 20 yearsâ experience in the world of shipping and transport. He has worked for three years in the Netherlands in Rotterdam Port and founded IWT Rotterdam â the objective to forming IWT in the Netherlands in the 90âs was to get closer to his customers.
Colin has worked in Commercial Operational and General Management roles for many years and has a large reach having travelled extensively in his business life.
Colin was part of the team that lead the successful Management buyout of the IWT Group in 2003 which incorporates 5 companies involved in all modes of transport logistics and supply chain solutions.

Liam Hyland
Director of Export & International Trade, Musgrave
Liam Hyland is the Director of Export and International Trade at Musgrave, a leading food retailer and wholesaler in Ireland. With a robust background in international trade, Liam has played a pivotal role in expanding Musgraveâs presence in global markets, driving initiatives that enhance the company’s export capabilities and strategic partnerships.Â
As a board member of the Irish Exporters Association, Liam is committed to supporting and promoting Irish exports. He leverages his expertise to advocate for policies that benefit exporters and shares insights on best practices within the industry. Â
Prior to joining Musgrave Liam held senior positions in international trade with Glanbia plc and Green Isle Foods, under Liam’s leadership Musgrave has successfully introduced a range of high-quality Irish products to markets worldwide, showcasing the best of Irish food Internationally. He is dedicated to fostering relationships with customers and partners, ensuring that Musgrave is a first-choice partner for retailers around the world.Â

Simon McKeever
Chief Executive
Irish Exporters Association
Simon McKeever is the Chief Executive of the Irish Exporters Association (IEA) having held this position since 2013. Simon leads the Associationâs work on several policy areas including COVID-19, Brexit, Market Diversification, Sustainable Trade and Investment and Trade Compliance.
The IEAâs participation on a number of Government stakeholder groups and EU forums is driven by Simon on behalf of the IEAâs broad membership base, which includes companies across the international trade industry. This broad membership base well places the IEA as a key interlocutor in the supply chain.
Prior to Simon taking up his current position as Chief Executive, he spent 3 years as Director of Trade and Investment at the British Embassy in Dublin, which placed him at the forefront of joint trade strategy between Ireland and the UK, where he developed a close working relationship between UK Trade and Investment and Enterprise Ireland. Simon was the driving force behind the creation of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce, and his leadership on the Agri-food agenda created a joint initiative that has kicked off the first Irish British Food Business Innovation Summit in Dublin.

Barry Cullen
Head of Sales, Silver Hill Duck, Chair of Border-Midlands Network Group, Irish Exporters Association
Silver Hill Foods
Barry has over 20 years experience in the FMCG sector, the last 10 of which has been focused in developing Export Markets for the various companies he has worked for.
Barry had previously spent 12 years with the Kerry Group in various Senior commercial roles both nationally and internationally.
During the last 7 years with the Silver Hill Company and during his Tenure, sales have doubled and the number of Export markets has increased from 9 to 30.
Barry is the current President of the IEA. Barry joined the IEA Council in May 2018 and chairs the IEAâs Border-Midlands Network Group in which he brings together exporters in the region to discuss issues of concern to members, particularly Brexit.

Niall Savage
Retail and Manufacturing Lead
KPMG
Niall holds and B.Comm and an M.B.S. in International Business from UCD and is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland. He is a partner in KPMG Ireland with over 20 years of experience across Consumer Markets.
He is the current Irish market lead for Retail and Manufacturing, working with Irish owned and controlled businesses with Global operations. He has worked extensively in the US, the UK, Europe and Asia for Groups with interests in the Automotive, Utility, Engineering, Construction, Media and Food sectors.
Outside of work Niall is a player and supporter of Greystones Rugby Club, where he serves on the Clubâs Executive Committee.

Louise Bannon
Head of Marketing
Dublin Airport
Louise is Head of Marketing at Dublin Airport and a member of the Executive Team. Louise has overall responsibility for consumer and B2B/Partner marketing programmes and digital channels, as well as an extensive customer research and planning function.
Louise has over 20 yearsâ experience in marketing and product management/development roles, focused on driving customer-led strategy development and implementation in complex customer service environments.
Louise joined the DAA in 2006, having previously held senior management roles in two of Irelandâs key utilities; Eircom and ESB. A former president of the Association of Advertisers in Ireland, Louise remains on the Council. Louise is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and Dublin Institute of Technology and holds an MBS from Dublin City University.

Tom Keogh
Managing Director
Tom founded Keoghs Crisps in 2011 in response to declining potato sales from his family potato farm in North Co Dublin.
Since then Keoghs Crisp have been one of the fastest growing food businesses in Ireland and have developed sales in over 18 export markets.
Proudly holding many national and international awards in both quality and business excellence, Tom works tirelessly across all business areas

Dr. Cera Slevin
Founder & Director
Climate Matters Ltd
Cera is an experienced engineer and company director with 25 years across energy; from design, construction, operations & maintenance, trading, project development to establishing joint ventures, new business models and investment management. Cera founded Climate Matters Ltd to deliver Climate Risk Solutions for Business Models and works with clients on Climate Related Financial Disclosures with reporting to TCFD recommendations.
Prior to this Cera was involved in establishing and developing a number of Innovative Solar PV and battery storage businesses and has worked in Africa, Middle East, Australia and Europe.
Cera holds a BEng and PhD in Mechanical Engineering and is a Chartered Engineer (CEng). Â She also has Postgraduate Diplomas in Coastal Zone Management, Leadership & Management as well as Business Coaching.

Hugh Hennessey
Divisional Director, Indecon & IEA Honorary Economist
Hugh Hennessy is an experienced professional economist with over 15 yearsâ experience working in a variety of roles. He is currently a Divisional Director at Indecon Economic Consultants. Prior to this, he was part of the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) Â and held a number of senior roles in the Department of Justice. He started his career as a researcher in the Economic and Social Research Institute. He is the Honorary Economist for the IEA.

Eoghan Doyle
Partner, Philip Lee LLP
Eoghan is a partner specialising in corporate, commercial and technology matters. Eoghanâs key practice areas include corporate transactions, corporate re-structuring, corporate advisory, commercial contracts and data protection. Eoghan advises Irish and international clients on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance matters.
Eoghan has extensive experience advising on a range of corporate transactions, Â including mergers and acquisitions, project finance, private equity and venture capital transactions, corporate re-organisations and management buy-outs. He also works with companies setting up in Ireland as part of our foreign direct investment offering.

Dr. Kisito Futonge Nzembayie
Assistant Professor, Trinity Business School
Kisito is Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Director of the MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Trinity Business School, TCD. His research, teaching, and publication interests lie in the nexus between digital technology, business, and entrepreneurship. As a serial digital entrepreneur turned academic, Kisito is what some would describe as a PracAcademic. Having worked and traded across three continents, he has a fluent command of multiple languages, including Mandarin Chinese. Currently, he is actively involved in groundbreaking research exploring emerging themes such as platform-dependent digital entrepreneurship and Digital Darwinism (on platforms), generative AI affordances, entrepreneurship as design, crises as external enablers of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education in an era of AI.