Board Profiles

The Honourable Mrs Justice Catherine McGuinness (Chair) 

  • former President, Law Reform Commission and retired Judge of the Supreme Court
  • Appointed jointly by Irish Universities Association (IUA) and Higher Education Authority (HEA)
  • 2nd Term of Office: 1/2/2009 - 31/1/2013

Mr Tom Boland

  • Chief Executive; Higher Education Authority
  • co-opted member from the HEA Executive
  • 2nd Term of Office: 1/2/2012 - 31/1/2015

Dr James Browne

  • President; National University of Ireland, Galway
  • IUA Nominee
  • 2nd Term of Office: 1/2/2010 - 31/1/2013

Ms Marion Coy

  • former President; Galway Mayo Institue of Technology
  • HEA Nominee
  • 2nd Term of Office: 1/2/2012 - 31/1/2015

Dr Judith Eaton

  • President; Council for Higher Education Accreditation
  • Nominee of North American university system 
  • 2nd Term of Office: 1/2/2012 - 31/1/2015

Dr. David Redmond

  • Registrar; National University of Ireland, Maynooth
  • IUA Nominee
  • 2nd Term of Office: 1/2/2011 - 31/1/2014

Vacancy 

  • IUA Nominee

Mr Bill Kearney

  • Director; Dublin Software Laboratory, IBM

  • IBEC Nominee

  • 2nd Term of Office: 1/2/2010 - 31/1/2013

Prof. Paul McCutcheon

  • Vice-President Academic and Registrar; University of Limerick

  • IUA Nominee

  • 2nd Term of Office: 1/5/2011 - 30/4/2014

Prof. Jim Ward

  • former Registrar and Deputy President, National Univeristy of Ireland, Galway
  • IUA Nominee 
  • 1st Term of Office: 1/5/2011 - 30/4/2014

Dr Michael Murphy

  • President; University College Cork
  • IUA Nominee 
  • 2nd Term of Office: 1/2/2012 - 31/1/2015

Vacancy

  • Nominee; National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI)

Dr. Martin Lyes

  • Divisional Manager - Research and Innovation, Enterprise Ireland
  • Nominee of HEA
  • 1st Term of Office: 1/5/2011 - 30/4/2014 

Mr Gary Redmond

  • President; Union of Students in Ireland
  • Nominee of Student Representative Body
  • 2nd Term of Office: 1/7/2011 - 30/6/2012

Mr John Carr

  • former General Secretary, Irish National Teachers' Organisation
  • Nominee of ICTU
  • 1st Term of Office: 1/5/2011 - 30/4/2014

Vacancy

  • Nominee of European University Association (EUA)

Prof. Ferdinand von Prondzynski

  • Principal and Vice Chancellor; Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland and former President, Dublin City University
  • IUA Nominee
  • 2nd Term of Office: 1/2/2010 - 31/1/2013

Dr Anthony Walsh

  • Chief Executive; Institute of Bankers in Ireland
  • HEA Nominee
  • 2nd Term of Office: 1/5/2011 - 30/4/2014