Judging Panel
An independent panel of recognised and expert judges, drawn from academia, business and broader related sectors will determine the winners of The National Procurement Awards.
Our focus is to deliver a balanced judging assessment from industry leaders who will bring their extensive knowledge, enthusiasm and expertise to the judging process ensuring that the winning entries are truly outstanding and worthy of receiving a trophy.
The panel is carefully selected to ensure the Awards judging process is fair and objective. The judges are bound by a strict confidentiality agreement and are required to declare any conflict of interest in entries over which they deliberate, in which case that entry will be reallocated. The integrity of this process lies at the very heart of all that we do.
A comprehensive judging process has been put together to decide the worthy winners of The National Procurement Awards.
Judging Co-ordinator
Francis Kehoe
Associate Director, KPMG
Francis graduated from the cadet school as a second lieutenant in 1999. During his service he completed overseas missions in West Africa, Kosovo and Liberia and was promoted to Commandant in 2013.
2021 Judging Panel
Michael Burnett
Expert Adviser, European Public Sector Awards 2021, European Institute of Public Administration
Michael Burnett BA FCA MCIPS MCIPD European Public Procurement Expert and European Public Sector Award Scheme Expert (EPSA) 2009 to 2021
Ingrid De Doncker
CEO, IDDEA
Ingrid De Doncker is CEO of IDDEA. IDDEA is in the business of procurement to help customers buy better through strategy design, governance frameworks, tender management and people development.
Dr. Colum Foley
Assistant Professor of Management, DCU Business School
Colum Foley has over twenty-five year’s industrial management experience in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Customer Service and Managing Change.
Dominic Kelly
Global Manager, Data Center Operations Procurement & Supplier Management at Amazon Web Services
Dominic has spent 18 years in middle and senior leadership roles in procurement, supply chain and operations as well as other business disciplines.
Paul Maguire
Manager Public Procurement & Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Ireland, Enterprise Ireland
Paul manages The Public Procurement and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) team which consists of assisting client’s access both domestic & International public tenders.
Louise Masterson
Head of Procurement, An Post
Louise Masterson is the Head of Procurement at An Post. Louise is a professionally qualified, highly motivated and enthusiastic Procurement leader who is responsible for setting a transformative procurement strategy and leading a core team across a wide spectrum of categories.
Eavan O Halloran
Director, Dunnes Stores
Eavan O Halloran has over 20 years of Procurement experience having held senior global leadership roles from the high tech to Irish semi state to global retail industry.
Michael O'Callaghan
Director, IPICS The Supply Chain Management Institute
Michael is a Supply Chain Training Consultant and Instructor, and also works as a contract SAP Applications Consultant and SAP Trainer.
Dr. Muiris O’Ceidigh
CEO, National Milk Agency
Dr. Muiris O’Ceidigh is the CEO of the National Milk Agency which regulates the supply of Fresh Milk to consumers in Ireland. Muiris has over 30 years’ experience in supply and procurement and is a leading expert in Procurement Business Policy and Strategy.
Seán O’Dwyer
Procurement Manager, An Post
Seán is a Procurement professional with over 20 years’ experience working mainly on indirect procurement and procurement process development and technology implementation
Anne Stewart
Head of Procurement Category Strategy, Ervia
With a career spanning 25+ years, Anne has led the setting up of new Procurement teams, re-structuring existing teams both insourced and outsourced.