Past Judges
All submissions to the Aviation Industry Awards are judged by an independent panel of recognised and distinguished judges, drawn from academia, business and broader related sectors.
View a sample list of our past judges below and judge us by who judges you.
Aoife O'Sullivan
Head of Aircraft Finance, Kennedys
Brian Pearce
Chief Economist, International Air Transport Association
Carolina Ramírez-Taborda
Global Director Aviation Security and Facilitation, International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Donie Mooney
Chairman of the Judging Panel 2014, 2015
Dr. Eoin Reeves
Senior Lecturer, University of Limerick
Dr. Ronan O'Higgins
Course Director, BE Aeronautical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Limerick
Gareth Governey
Director, Corporate & Structured Banking, HSBC Bank
Hemant Mistry
Director Airports & Fuel, IATA
John Quigley
Senior Lecturer, Limerick Institute of Technology
Lorraine Burke
Principal Solicitor, Houlihan Burke Solicitors (& former member of the IAA Board of Directors)
Major General Ralph James
Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Defence Forces Ireland
Mark McAuley
Director, Federation of Aerospace Enterprises in Ireland
Michael Treacy
Manager Aviation Unit, Enterprise Ireland
Nicholas Mc Donald
Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Noel Browne
Non-Executive Director, Aviation Securitization
P.J. Byrne
Associate Professor in Management, DCU
Patrick Blaney
Chairman Aircraft Leasing, Finance & Law Programme, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Rudy Kellar
Executive Vice President Service Delivery, NAV CANADA
Simon McNamara
Director General, European Regions Airline Association
Thomas Allard
MD, InterFly Consulting (& former CEO of LFV - Swedish Civil and Military Air Navigation Services)