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Imelda Hurley, CEO<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Imelda Hurley was appointed as CEO in November 2019. She has a wide range of experience across a number of sectors, both nationally and internationally and has over twenty years' experience in leadership and finance roles across a variety of sectors including food & agriculture, technology related supply chain management and professional services.\u00a0 She has worked extensively in Ireland, the UK, Eastern Europe and Asia-Pacific.<\/p>\n

Imelda qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen Ireland and has also worked with Andersen in Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from the University of Limerick and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dominic Reilly, CFO\u00a0<\/h3>\n

Dominic was appointed Chief Financial Officer in June 2021. He has over 10 years\u2019 experience across a number of senior finance roles within the Coillte Group. Dominic is a Chartered Accountant by profession and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting & Finance from Dublin City University. Prior to joining Coillte, he worked with PwC for eight years.<\/p>\n

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Mark Carlin, MD Forestry<\/h3>\n

Mark was recently appointed as Managing Director of Coillte Forest in January 2019 having joined Coillte in 1998.\u00a0 Mark has worked in a variety of positions within the\u00a0Forestry Division\u00a0including Director of Forest Operations,\u00a0 General Manager,\u00a0 Supply-Chain Logistics,\u00a0Harvesting and Resource Planning.<\/p>\n

He is responsible for the commercial performance of the Group's forestry businesses which have a turnover of over \u20ac100 million.\u00a0 The provision of social and environmental values from the estate is also a key responsibility.<\/p>\n

Mark has an honours degree in Agricultural Science (Forestry) from University College Dublin and has recently completed an Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Neil Foot, CEO Medite Smartply<\/h3>\n

Neil has 25 years\u2019 experience of the wood panel industry in a variety of senior management roles including procurement, logistics, sales and marketing and operations, first with Willamette and then Louisiana-Pacific, which was taken over in Ireland by Coillte in 2002. Most recently he has held the positions of Chief Operating Officer, CPP and Managing Director, SmartPly. Neil holds a degree in Forestry, a Diploma in Accounting and Finance and is APICS qualified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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David Feeney, MD Land Solutions & Venturing<\/h3>\n

Prior to\u00a0taking on his current role as Managing Director of Land Solutions & Venturing in September 2019,\u00a0 David held a number of leadership roles\u00a0in sales & supply chain, resource planning, procurement, treasury and finance.\u00a0David is a Chartered accountant and has a masters in accounting from UCD and a post graduate degree in IT from DCU.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Aoife Donohoe, Group Communications Director<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Aoife Donohoe joined Coillte in December 2021 and was appointed Group Communications Director in May 2022. With over two decades of experience in strategic communications, Aoife has built a distinguished career shaping and protecting the reputations of some of Ireland\u2019s leading organisations across sectors including retail, energy, aviation and telecommunications.<\/p>\n

Before joining Coillte, she served as Head of PR and Corporate Affairs at Tesco Ireland for nearly eight years. Her career spans both agency and in-house roles, covering public relations, corporate and consumer communications and public affairs. Aoife holds a Master\u2019s Degree in Public Relations from the Dublin Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts from University College Cork.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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