In a career spanning thirty years, Lucy McCaffrey has worked as a business consultant with public and private sector organisations in Ireland and leading multinationals in Europe, the United States and Africa. In 1992, following a number of years with Boston-based innovation consultancy Synectics Inc. she founded Latitude, a consultancy that specialises in supporting strategic organisational change. Latitude’s private sector assignments have spanned the financial services, manufacturing, professional and service sectors. Public sector work has included the facilitation of significant change programmes within a wide range of organisations and initiatives to foster inter-organisation effectiveness and collaboration.

Lucy was first appointed Chairperson of Dublin Port Company by the Minister for Transport in December 2009 and was re-appointed in 2014. She serves as a Director of The Dublin Docklands Development Authority, was a Director of Dublin Port Company between 1997 and 2002 and served on the board of the Project Arts Centre for a five year term (1988-1993).

Eamonn O’Reilly was appointed Chief Executive of Dublin Port Company in August 2010 having previously held the position of Chief Executive at Portroe Stevedores, the Dublin Port based cargo handling business, since 2005. Eamonn also held the role of group development manager of Portroe’s parent Company, Doyle Shipping Group, during that time.

Prior to joining the Doyle Shipping Group, Eamonn was Project Manager for Securicor Ireland and has also worked as a management consultant with KPMG. He served as Chief Executive of Marine Terminals Limited between 1992 and 1996.

Eamonn is a chartered engineer having graduated from University College Dublin and holds an MBA from Trinity College Dublin. Eamonn is a member of Engineers Ireland.

Paul was appointed to the Board in September 2013 by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. In a Civil Service career spanning 44 years, Paul served in a range of Government Departments, including 18 years on the Tourism portfolio and 4 years as Commercial Counsellor at the Irish Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels. Before retiring in March, 2013, Paul served as Assistant Secretary General and Head of the Tourism Division in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.

Paul’s experience includes strategic policy development and analysis, programme design and management, effecting the restructuring of State agencies, governance of State bodies and drafting legislation.

Paul studied economics at UCD and has completed the Assistant Secretary Leadership Challenge Programme at Harvard University.

He previously was appointed by the Government as a member of the Irish Film Board, as a Director of the Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited and as a Director of Overseas Tourism Marketing Initiative Limited.

Geoff was appointed to the Board by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in July 2014. A shipping consultant and investor in ships, Geoff has more than 40 years’ experience within the shipping industry, both at sea and ashore.

Geoff is an advisor to and a founding member of a privately held investment group in the shipping industry. The Company co-invests in or builds ships in various shipping market segments.

As a consultant he advises various clients on commercial and operational aspects within the shipping industry.

Previously (1992 to 2005) Geoff was a founding shareholder/director of an independent reefer ship chartering and operations Company serving various ship owning and investor clients. The Company developed into one of the foremost Specialised Reefer Operators and Pool Managers. As a Chief Operations Officer and Director he was involved in all aspects of the Company’s activities. He has a great deal of experience working with ports worldwide as a customer.

His experience ashore (1989 to 1992) also includes periods as Operations Manager for a ship owner, and a Container Planner (1985) for a consortium of shipping lines.

Geoff is a qualified Class 1 Master Mariner whose sea experience encompasses more than 15 years (1972 to 1989), in ranks from Cadet to Captain, on a variety of ship types trading worldwide.

Prior to embarking on a career at sea Geoff worked for Bank of Ireland.

Emer Finnan was appointed to the Board of Dublin Port Company in February 2011 by the Minister for Transport. Emer is a finance professional with over 20 year’s experience, and is a Partner and Senior Managing Director of Kildare Partner’s (a private equity fund), since September 2013. Prior to taking up this position, Emer headed up NCB’s financial institutions Group between September 2012 and September 2013. From January to September 2012 Emer worked as an independent consultant. Emer held the role of Finance Director with EBS Building Society from February 2010 to December 2011 and held strategic roles in EBS between 2005 and 2010, in addition to fulfilling the role of Company Secretary during much of that period. Prior to joining EBS, Emer worked as a Director with NCB Corporate Finance Limited and advised on a large number of transactions in the Irish market. Before that Emer worked with ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and Citibank in corporate finance in London. Emer trained as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG.

Emer is a graduate of University College Dublin and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Emer served on the Board of the RTÉ Authority from 2005 to 2010 and is a Director of C&C Group plc and Temple Street Foundation, the charity associated with the Temple St. Children’s Hospital.

John Moore joined the Dublin Port and Docks Board in 1977 and has served in a number of senior roles in the organisation including Head of Procurement and Head of Internal Audit. His current role in the organisation is in the Maintenance and Services Department. He joined the Board in 2007 and was re-appointed in 2012.

He is the focal point for ports in Ireland involved in the United Nations Port Training Programme which is aimed at strengthening training capacities and developing human resources of port communities in developing countries.

John completed the Chartered Director programme of the Institute of Chartered Directors. He holds a B.A. in Management and a Masters in Economic Policy Studies from Trinity College Dublin. He is a Graduate Member of the Marketing Institute of Ireland and a member of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors.

John is a member of SIPTU and currently serves on the executive committee of the National Worker Directors Group in Ireland.

Michael Sheary joined the Company in 1982 and served in a number of senior roles including Assistant Financial Controller until his appointment as Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer in 2001. Since then Michael has overseen the financial, legal and administrative functions of the Company.

Michael qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 1988 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 1996. Michael is a Director of Ringsend Bridge DAC having previously represented Dublin Port Company as a Director of East Link Limited. Michael also acts as a Trustee of Dublin Port Company’s Defined Benefit pension scheme.