Meet the Team
We are innovators who help organisations ready their people for the future of work. Learn more about the team behind Learnovate, our partners and central steering committee.
Our Centre Steering Committee
Our Centre Steering Committee (CSC) is a group of industry leaders who support the centre with their expertise and experience.
Jonny Parkes
Founder and Partner at Versari Partners and Leaf Investments, Chair
Neil Kerrigan
Head of Industrial Research Programmes, Enterprise Ireland
Melissa O’Connor
Vice President Content, Consumer & Business Services at IDA Ireland
Ann Devitt
Learnovate Academic Director, Trinity College Dublin
Michelle Olmstead
Chief Innovation and Enterprise Officer, Trinity College Dublin
Brendan Noud
CEO, LearnUpon
Fran McKeagney
Head of Digital Learning, Hibernia College
Michelle Thompson
Manager Strategic Partnerships, SkillNet Ireland
Rosie Mansfield
Managing Director, Premier TEFL
Shane Heraty
Managing Director, Scotland & Ireland, Commercial UK at Cisco
Darren McGee
Red Hat Alliance Leader EMEA, Kyndryl
Rory Barrins
Education & Research Lead, Ireland, Amazon Web Services
Sinead Murnane
Global Product Manager, Mastercard Learning Lab
Nessa McEniff
Director, Learnovate
Our partners
We partner with national and international research institutions, schools, not-for-profit organisations and commercial companies including:
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