The graduation included recent business leaders who had successfully passed their Certificate and Diploma in Company Direction exams, which constitute part of the IoD’s gold standard Chartered Director Programme. It also recognised members who became accredited chartered directors in 2023.
Caroline Spillane CDir, Chief Executive Officer, IoD Ireland, opened the graduation by welcoming all the members to the event and commending them on their achievements.
President John Reynolds CDir addressed the graduates and noted it was an honour to represent IoD Ireland and commended all the graduates on their achievement. John noted that the Programme takes dedication and commitment to investing in your own professional development. The ceremony included each graduate receiving a scroll of their achievement from IoD Ireland President John Reynolds CDir.
(From L to R: John Reynolds CDir, President, IoD Ireland and Laura Keane, Chief Executive Officer, Resilience Healthcare)
Special recognition was also granted to nine graduates who achieved the highest marks in the Diploma and Certificate exams. All of these graduates were also gifted with a certified native Irish broadleaf tree from the IoD, each of which will be planted and certified in the graduates’ names by Wolfgang Reforest. Each graduate was presented with a certificate including the coordinates of where the tree is planted in Co. Wicklow. Wolfgang Reforest is a not-for-profit social enterprise, whose mission is to start a movement of citizens and companies planting trees, thereby reforesting Ireland acre by acre.
The nine graduates were:
- Jenny Branigan, Managing Director, Total Physio & Healthcare Limited
- Nicola Curry, Head of Legal, BNP Paribas
- Susan Downey, Director and Company Secretary, Ashcroft Solutions Limited
- Laura Keane, Chief Executive Officer, Resilience Healthcare
- Gerard Keohane, Managing Director, StudioForty9
- Catherine Moroney, Independent Non-Executive Director, PTSB Bank
- Paul Mulvin, General Manager, FFH Management Services
- Alice Murphy, Partner, Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
- Alan Stewart, Chief Legal Officer, National Asset Management Agency
(From L to R: Susan Downey, Director and Company Secretary, Ashcroft Solutions Limited; Jenny Branigan, Managing Director, Total Physio & Healthcare Limited; Nicola Curry, Head of Legal, BNP Paribas; Gerard Keohane, Managing Director, StudioForty9; Eileen Gleeson, Programme Director, Chartered Director Programme in Ireland; Catherine Moroney, Independent Non-Executive Director, PTSB Bank; Alice Murphy, Partner, Mason Hayes & Curran LLP; Alan Stewart, Chief Legal Officer, National Asset Management Agency; and Paul Mulvin, General Manager, FFH Management Services)
The graduation also took the opportunity to mark and commend members who had become accredited chartered directors in 2023. We were delighted to welcome some of these graduates to the ceremony.
(From L to R: Fergal Doyle CDir; Damian Wallace CDir; Anne Nallen CDir; Mary Harrison CDir; John Reynolds CDir, President, IoD Ireland; Mary Ryan CDir; Joe Morley CDir; Deirdre Ann-Barr CDir; Brian Donohoe CDir; Cathy McGennis CDir; Laurence Gordon CDir; and Brian Power CDir)
