THE SHANNON AIRPORT GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Leader
- Member of the Board of Directors
Aisling is an organisational leader with over 20 years' experience in telecommunications and technology sectors including Global, Regional, and Irish market roles. Aisling was previously Commercial Director; Global Partner Solutions Director and her current role is Director of Strategy and Sustainability with Microsoft.
Aisling has held non-executive roles in UK, Netherlands, South Africa and more recently sat on the National Maternity Hospital Board and held an advisory role on the IMI Council. She recently completed the Insead Data and AI School and Cambridge University Sustainability Leadership in 2021-2022 along with both the Microsoft and Vodafone Leadership Development programmes. Aisling is an active member in the 30% Club Technology Steering group. She has been an IMI Mentor and a Business Mentor (Start-up/scale up) programme with Enterprise Ireland and Local Enterprise 2018/9.
Job Titles:
- Employee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Representative
Alan Donohoe was appointed to the Board of Shannon Group plc in January 2023 as an Employee Representative.
Alan has over 26 years' experience in the Airport Police and Fire service, joining Dublin Airport in 1996 and moving to Shannon Airport in 2004 where he now hold the position of Sergeant/Station Officer.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Ambrose Loughlin was appointed to the Board in May 2019. Ambrose was a partner for 22 years with McCann FitzGerald, one of Ireland's leading law firms where in addition to client advisory work on financial services, he served in several senior management roles involving finance and risk.
He is a Board member of the National Museum of Ireland since 2016 and chairs its Audit and Risk Committee. He is a member of the Finance HR and Asset Management Committee of the University of Limerick. From 2013 to 2019, he chaired the Audit Committee of the Department of Finance. He has particular expertise in the areas of risk management and corporate governance.
Job Titles:
- Employee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Representative
Audrey Costelloe was appointed to the Board of Shannon Group plc in January 2023 as an Employee Representative.
Audrey has worked in Shannon Airport for 37 years and currently works in the retail department and is also a trustee of the company pension scheme. She was a member of the team that established the Duty Free in Moscow.
Job Titles:
- HR Director
- Member of the Management Team
Chris joined the company in March 2014 as Human Resources Director with responsibility for people related matters across the Group. Chris is a graduate of University College Dublin and UCD's Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development. Prior to joining the company Chris held various roles in Ibec and private sector manufacturing companies.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Founder and Chair of Fibrus
Conal Henry was appointed as Chairperson in March 2022. Conal is the founder and Chair of Fibrus. Before co-founding Fibrus Conal was CEO of Enet taking it from start up to its £200m acquisition by the Irish Infrastructure Fund in 2017, as CEO of Enet, Conal also lead what is now known as NBI to become the winning bidder for the 2bn Irish National Broadband Plan. Prior to Enet Conal was Commercial Director at Ryanair having been Head of Finance for Non-Food and George Clothing at Asda in the UK.
Conal graduated in Law from QUB in 1991 and is a Chartered Management Accountant.
Job Titles:
- Aviation Development Manager
Job Titles:
- Head of Aviation Development
Job Titles:
- Group Property Director
- Member of the Management Team
- Chartered Civil Engineer
Gerry is a Chartered Civil Engineer, joined the Shannon Group in early 2014 as Operations and Development Director for Commercial Property and was appointed as Managing Director of Shannon Commercial Properties( previously known as Shannon Development) in 2019 . Gerry now holds the role of Shannon Group Property Director and is responsible for all Commercial Property investment for the group. Prior to this, Gerry worked across a range of sectors including Local Authority ,Civil Engineering infrastructure projects and large mixed use residential and commercial developments including healthcare and hotel projects in Ireland, Africa, Asia and the USA. Gerry resides in Barna and in his spare time enjoys participating in water sports and cross country adventure racing.
Job Titles:
- B2B Manager - Aviation Development
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- CEO and Founder of RHH International
John Moran is CEO and founder of RHH International a thought leadership and social entrepreneurship venture based in Limerick. He is perhaps best known for his role as Secretary General at the Department of Finance helping guiding Ireland to a post crisis recovery and is well recognised as a champion of both SME's and more balanced regional and sustainable development in Ireland.
In his consulting work, he plays leading roles in a number of private sector and not-for-profit organisations such as Chair of Grid Finance, Luna Connect, Takumi Precision Engineering, The Urban Resilient Fund (TURF), Mannok, the Limerick Tunnel PPP, Liveable Limerick and the Limerick Economic Forum.
He was previously the Chair of the Land Development Agency and has also worked in various roles such as Board Member of the European Investment Bank, Commission member of the Central Bank, aviation lawyer at GPA Group plc and McCann FitzGerald and CEO of Zurich Bank and Zurich Capital Markets. He also served for eight years as Chair of the Hunt Museum.
Job Titles:
- Operations & Services Administration
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Management Team
- President of the Ibec Midwest Regional Committee
Mary is the Chief Executive Officer of Shannon Group. Mary was formerly Deputy CEO and CFO/Company Secretary. In her previous role as Airport Director she led the successful separation of Shannon Airport from daa leading to Shannon Airport becoming independent in 2012 and the formation of Shannon Group in late 2014. Mary is a qualified accountant and she has extensive experience in the areas of aviation, commercial and finance having previously held a number of senior roles within the Company.
Mary is President of the Ibec Midwest Regional Committee and sits on IBEC's national council. Mary currently is on the Fáilte Ireland Wild Atlantic Way Tourism Co-ordination steering group and is a member of the Governing Authority of Mary Immaculate College. Mary is a former director and past President of Shannon Chamber of Commerce.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- Airport Director
Niall joined as Airport Director in 2022. He previously worked as Chief Commercial Officer with Eirtech Aviation Services - a leading global aircraft service provider based in Shannon. In that role he worked with Airlines and Aircraft Leasing companies globally to develop engineering and asset management solutions for aircraft. He has a Degree in Information Technology & Communications, Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship Management and a Masters Degree in International Management. Niall is responsible for all Operational and Commercial activity in Shannon Airport and is also the Accountable Manager for the Airport.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Management Team
Paul was appointed Chief Financial Officer in June 2019. He joined the company in August 2014 and held a number of senior finance roles including Head of Finance. Paul has overall responsibility for the Group's fiscal activity and the Group's IT function.
Prior to joining the Shannon Group, Paul held both credit and commercial roles with a property focused asset manager. Before this, Paul worked with a Big 4 accountancy firm in its transaction services practice. Paul holds a Bachelor of Business Studies from the University of Limerick, a Master of Accounting from University College Dublin and is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland.
Rachael Leahy - Chief Legal Officer, Secretary
Job Titles:
- Company Secretary
- Head of Legal
- Member of the Management Team
Rachael joined the company in November 2014 as the Head of Legal and is also responsible for the Group's procurement function. In her role as Shannon Group Company Secretary, Rachael is responsible for the efficient administration of the Group ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. Rachael is a practising solicitor and prior to joining the company, she trained and worked with one of the top five law firms in Ireland and was a partner with a firm of solicitors in the Mid-West. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, an LLB degree and a Professional Certificate in Governance.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Management Team
Ray was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2019. He joined the Group in April 2014 as Managing Director of Shannon Commercial Properties. Prior to this, Ray had worked in the role of Finance and IT Director of Barry Group since 2004 and before this as Finance Director of Eurologic Systems Ltd. Ray qualified as a Certified Public Accountant and holds an MBA Degree from the University of Westminster, London.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Founder of KOBN Cybersecurity
Stephen Rae was appointed to the Board in May 2019. Stephen is the founder of KOBN Cybersecurity, Climate and Compliance Advisory. He is chair of AML Intelligence, the global Anti-Financial Crime and Compliance publication. He is a co-founder of Callaway Climate Insights, the climate and ESG business intelligence site. Stephen serves on the Supervisory Board of the World Association of News Publishers, WAN-IFRA. He has served as a member of the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on Online Disinformation and on the Board of the World Editors Forum.
He was the first Group Editor-in-Chief at Independent News & Media, Ireland's largest media group, where he oversaw the group's online operations and four national newspapers. Previously, he was the editor of two national newspapers and Independent.ie. Stephen is a qualified barrister and holds the Award in Business & Leadership from the Directors Course at Cranfield University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Audit and Risk
Tom Kelly was appointed to the Board in October 2017. He chairs the Audit and Risk Committee.
Tom has a substantial aircraft leasing and financial services background. He was the Chief Executive Officer of AerCap Ireland from 2010 to 2021, having previously served as its Chief Financial Officer.
Previously, Tom spent ten years with GECAS with roles as Chief Financial Officer and Director of GECAS Limited, GECAS's Irish operation. He also served as global controller for GECAS in his role as Senior Vice President & Controller. Prior to joining GECAS, he spent over eight years with KPMG in London, where his last role was Senior Manager in their financial services practice.
Tom is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin.