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
Thomas Allard
MD, InterFly Consulting (& former CEO of LFV - Swedish Civil and Military Air Navigation Services)
Patrick Blaney
Chairman Aircraft Leasing, Finance & Law Programme, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Noel Browne
Non-Executive Director, Aviation Securitization
Lorraine Burke
Principal Solicitor, Houlihan Burke Solicitors (& former member of the IAA Board of Directors)
Margie Burns
Managing Director, Aviation Selection Consultants
P.J. Byrne
Associate Professor in Management, DCU
Patrick Edmond
Founder & Managing Director, Altair Advisory
Gerry Eiffe
Technical, Safety & Regulatory Consultant, Aer Assist Aviation Consultants
Gareth Governey
Director, Corporate & Structured Banking, HSBC Bank
Philip Greene
Head of Aircraft Leasing Coverage, HSBC Ireland
Major General Ralph James
Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Defence Forces Ireland
Rudy Kellar
Executive Vice President Service Delivery, NAV CANADA
Nicholas Mc Donald
Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Mark McAuley
Director, Federation of Aerospace Enterprises in Ireland
John McMahon
Managing Director, M.J. McMahon & Company
Simon McNamara
Director General, European Regions Airline Association
Hemant Mistry
Director Airports & Fuel, IATA
Dr. Ronan O’Higgins
Course Director, School of Engineering, University of Limerick
Kieran O'Brien
Partner, KPMG Ireland
Aoife O'Sullivan
Partner, The Air Law Firm LLP
John Quigley
Senior Lecturer, Limerick Institute of Technology
Michael Treacy
Manager Aviation Unit, Enterprise Ireland