Board Profiles

The Honourable Mrs Justice Catherine McGuinness (Chair) 

  • President, Law Reform Commission and retired Judge of the Supreme Court
  • Appointed jointly by Irish Universities Association (IUA) and Higher Education Authority (HEA)
  • Term of Office: 1/2/2009 - 31/1/2011

Mr Tom Boland

  • Chief Executive; Higher Education Authority
  • co-opted member of the HEA Executive
  • Term of Office: 1/2/2009 - 31/1/2011

Dr James Browne

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

Ms Marion Coy

  • President; Galway Mayo Institue of Technology
  • HEA Nominee
  • Term of Office: 1/2/2009 - 31/1/2011

Dr Judith Eaton

  • President; Council for Higher Education Accreditation
  • Nominee of North American university system 
  • Term of Office: 1/2/2009 - 31/1/2011

Prof. John Hughes

  • President; National University of Ireland, Maynooth
  • IUA Nominee
  • Term of Office: 1/2/2009 - 31/1/2011

Dr Caroline Hussey

  • former Registrar, Deputy-President and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, University College Dublin
  • IUA Nominee
  • Term of Office: 1/5/2008 - 30/4/2011

Mr Bill Kearney

  • Director, Dublin Software Laboratory, IBM

  • IBEC Nominee

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

Prof. Paul McCutcheon

  • Vice-President Academic and Registrar, University of Limerick

  • IUA Nominee

  • Term of Office: 1/5/2008 - 30/4/2011

Prof. Aidan Moran

  • former Registrar and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, University College Cork
  • IUA Nominee 
  • Term of Office: 1/5/2008 - 30/4/2011

Dr Michael Murphy

  • President, University College Cork
  • IUA Nominee 
  • Term of Office: 1/2/2009 - 31/1/2011

Vacancy

  • Nominee, National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI)

Ms Dipti Pandya

  • Director, Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)
  • Nominee of HEA
  • Term of Office: 1/2/2010 - 20/3/2011

Mr Gary Redmond

  • President, Union of Students in Ireland
  • Nominee of Student Representative Body
  • Term of Office: 1/7/2010 - 30/6/2011

Mr Peter Rigney

  • Union Services Officer - Education and Training, Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
  • Nominee of ICTU
  • Term of Office: 1/5/2008 - 30/4/2011

Prof. Henrik Toft Jensen

  • former Rector, Roskilde University, Denmark
  • Nominee of European University Association (EUA)
  • Term of Office: 1/2/2009 - 31/1/2011

Prof. Ferdinand von Prondzynski

  • former President, Dublin City University
  • IUA Nominee
  • Term of Office: 1/2/2010 - 31/1/2013

Dr Anthony Walsh

  • Chief Executive, Institute of Bankers in Ireland
  • HEA Nominee
  • Term of Office: 1/5/2008 - 30/4/2011