Past Judges

Below you will meet some of our judges from the Event Industry Awards

David Adler

CEO & Founder, BizBash Media, USA

Yvette Audrain

Board of Directors, Premier Special Events, USA

Hiten Bajaj

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Mosaic Live, UAE

Alan Bannon

Founder, Cannonball

Maeve Buckley

Director, Line Up - Sports Media Entertainment

Tony Campbell

Lecturer, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, DIT

Anthony Campbell

Chef Lecturer, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology at Dublin Institute of Technology

John Carty

Lecturer, GMIT

Ruth Craggs

Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin

Colm Croffy

Executive Director, Association of Irish Festivals and Events (AOIFE)

Terri Cullinane

Director, Cape Clear Consulting

Claire Dumbrell

Commercial Manager, EventInsure.ie

Paul Ephremsen

CEO, iD Experiential, UK

Alan Fitzgerald

Marketing Manager, ERC Rugby

Alex Gibson

Senior Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, DIT

Sophie Gorman

Day and Night Magazine Editor & Arts Editor, The Irish Independent

David Grant

CEO, David Grant pty ltd, Australia

Daniel Halpin

Head of Marketing, Cogs & Marvel

Dr. Elling Hamso

Managing Partner, Event ROI Institute

Lucy Horan

Former Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management & Tourism, DIT

Sam Johnston

Manager, Dublin Convention Bureau

Norma Kelly

Lecturer, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, DIT

Miriam Kennedy

Manager of Dublin Convention Bureau

Eleanor Kenyon

, Independent Colleges

Ken Kristofferson

President & Chief Creative Officer, Pop Kollaborative Inc, Canada

Andrew Langford

Lecturer in Food and Beverage Studies, Shannon College of Hotel Management a School of NUI Galway

Paula Lenihan

Editor, RSVP Magazine

Lynn Lester

Managing Director of Events, The Drum, UK

Anna May McHugh

MD, National Ploughing Association

Declan Maxwell

Restaurant Manager, Luna Restaurant

Andrea Michaels

President, Extraordinary Events, USA

Nick Mulcahy

Publisher and Editor, Business Plus

Martin Murphy

Stadium Director, Aviva Stadium

Oonagh O’Mahony

Editor, IFP Media

Mary O’Rawe

Lecturer in Management and Innovation, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin

Rachelle O'Brien

Assistant Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin

Rui Ochoa

Director, Event Point, Portugal

Áine O'Mahony

Event Management & Marketing Consultant

Gerard O'Neill

Chairman, Amárach Group

Gary Pagano

Vice President, Viacom Special Events, USA

David Pegler

Managing Director, ExCel London

Daragh Persse

Founder, The Brand Fans

Dr. Bernadette Quinn

Programme Chair, MSc Event Management, College of Arts & Tourism, TU Dublin

Yetti Redmond

Director, Yetti's Projects

Dr. Theresa Ryan

Lecturer & Researcher, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin

James Sheridan

Assistant Lecturer, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, TU Dublin

John Trainor

Founder & Managing Director, Onside Sponsorship

Mary Weir

Co-Founder, Event Industry Association of Ireland

Dr. Julie Whitfield

Senior Lecturer Events and Conference Management, Bournemouth University

Nancy Wilder

Owner, Picture your Events