Last evening, Thursday, 28th September 2023, the Institute of Directors (IoD) in Ireland hosted its graduations ceremony for business leaders who successfully passed its Certificate and Diploma in Company Direction exams, which constitute part of the IoD’s gold standard Chartered Director Programme.
From L to R: Luke Hanlon, IoD Member, and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Musgrave, being awarded the Tom Byrne Award by Caroline Spillane CDir, Chief Executive Officer, IoD Ireland, at the Graduation event.
Special recognition was given to IoD member Luke Hanlon, who was awarded the Tom Byrne Award, which recognises excellence in academic achievement as well as individual participation in, contribution to and engagement with the Chartered Director Programme. Tom Byrne was President of IoD Ireland from 2011-2013, and sadly passed away in 2021.
In addition, special recognition was also granted to seven 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 seven graduates were:
- Leonie Clarke, Chief Executive, Irish Medicines Verificiation Organisation
- Gerry Cross, Director Financial Regulation - Policy & Risk, Central Bank of Ireland
- Gary Doyle, Managing Director, Johnston Retail Services
- Luke Hanlon, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Musgrave
- Colin Kelly, Head of Corporate Governance and Secretariat, Ulster Bank
- Caroline Littleton, HR Director
- Lisa O'Mahony, Head of Advisory & Inspections, Central Bank of Ireland
From L to R: Gerry Cross, Director Financial Regulation - Policy & Risk, Central Bank of Ireland; Lisa O'Mahony, Head of Advisory & Inspections, Central Bank of Ireland; Garry Doyle, Managing Director, Johnston Retail Services; Colin Kelly, Head of Corporate Governance and Secretariat, Ulster Bank; Eileen Gleeson, Programme Director, Chartered Director Programme in Ireland; Leonie Clarke, Chief Executive, Irish Medicines Verificiation Organisation; Caroline Littleton, HR Director; and Luke Hanlon, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Musgrave.
