Women occupy key leadership roles in some of Ireland’s tech, media and telecos (TMT). Some lead major corporations , while others are the main driving force behind revenue and innovation. A number of them have a major influence on what the Irish public reads, sees or hears, while at least one is responsible for protecting our personal data.
They are rarely seen faces on TV or in print but each of them, in their own way, has a major influence on the shape of the technology, media and telecoms that each of us use daily. So here, in alphabetical order, is MediaCom Ireland’s list of the 20 most powerful women in Ireland’s multi-billion TMT sector, as released by the agency’s CEO Peter McPartlin:
| Elaine Carey, chief commercial officer, Three Ireland |
| Susan Daly, editor, The Journal.ie |
| Helen Dixon, Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner |
| Moya Doherty, chair, RTÉ |
| Maeve Dorman, country manager, PayPal |
| Dee Forbes, director-general, RTÉ |
| Lucy Gaffney, chair, Communicorp |
| Joanne Grant (above), managing director, JCDecaux Ireland |
| Cathriona Hallahan, managing director, Microsoft Ireland |
| Cathy Kearney, CEO, Apple Ireland |
| Aisling Keegan, Dell EMC Ireland VP and General Manager |
| Siobhan Lennon, Managing Director, Sunday Business Post |
| Carolan Lennon, CEO, eir |
| Ann-Marie MacKay, director of products and customer growth, Sky Ireland |
| Sharon McCooey, country manager, Linkedin Ireland |
| Sinéad McSweeney, managing director, Twitter Ireland |
| Fionnuala Meehan, country manager, Google Ireland |
| Anne O’Leary, CEO, Vodafone Ireland |
| Geraldine O’Leary, Commercial Director, RTÉ |
| Karen Preston, group advertising director, Independent News & Media |
