Our People

Our People

The Advisory Science Council is composed of representatives of academia, enterprise / professional sector and a representative from Forfás.

The Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation normally attend meetings of the Science Council. Other relevant Government Departments may also be invited to attend as observers

Chairman

Dr Tom McCarthy
Chief Executive, Irish Management Institute                                                   

Head of Secretariat

John Dooley
Forfás                                                                    

Members

Dr. Sean Baker
Executive Director, IONA Technologies Plc 
Bernadette Butler
Managing Director, Good 4U Food and Drink Co. Ltd 
Prof. Dolores Cahill
Professor of Translational Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin 
Mary Cryan
Chief Executive, Cryan Associates
Martin D. Shanahan
Chief Executive, Forfás
Prof. Anita R. Maguire
Prof. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, NUI Cork 
Paul McCambridge
Managing Director VP EMEA, Xilinx Ireland 
John McGowan
Managing Director, Michael McNamara & Co 
Prof. Brian MacCraith
Director of the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI) and Professor in Physics at Dublin City University
Marion Coy 
President Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT)
Dr. Reg Shaw
Chair, Health Research Board and former Managing Director, Wyeth Ireland  
Prof. Roger Whatmore
Chief Executive Officer, Tyndall National Insitute