Caroline is a highly experienced business leader with extensive global knowledge in the technology sector, specifically electronic, technical and logistic services. Caroline was, until her retirement in 2019, the Business Group President of Flex, an industry leading Fortune 500 company with operations in 50 countries.

In this role she led a $10 billion group of businesses including Telecommunications, Enterprise Compute, Networking & Cloud Data Centre and was also responsible for managing the Global Services Division, supporting complex supply chains and the NOVO supply chain groups.

Caroline is currently a non executive director at DCC PLC, IMI PLC and CRH PLC and board advisor at software company OMNICS. Caroline also volunteers on the board of UNICEF Ireland & with Tyndall, the Irish National Research Institute.

Fiach Mac Conghail is CEO and board member of the Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA). The Digital Hub is located in the Liberties area of Dublin City and is Ireland’s largest cluster of digital and technology companies.

Fiach graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Politics and Economics (1988). He was Director and CEO of the Abbey Theatre (2005-2016) and was an Independent Senator (2011 -2016). He was awarded a M.A. in Public Policy from UCD (2018).

Fiach was Chair of We the Citizens (2011) which was an independent national initiative funded by Atlantic Philanthropies to test the benefits to citizens of deliberative democracy.

He was awarded the Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government (2013) and is also an Eisenhower Fellow. Fiach is board member and Vice-Chair of European Movement Ireland. He is also a member of Foundation Irlandaise which manages the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris.

She holds a BE degree from University College Dublin and MS and PhD degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, where her PhD thesis won the DJ Sakrison Memorial Prize for outstanding and innovative research. While at UC Berkeley, she also won the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award. Her research is in the area of nonlinear circuits and systems, and she has been awarded research grants and prizes from a number of national, international and industry sources. She served as Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact at UCD from 2014 to 2023.

Professor Feely is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and a Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Engineers Ireland and the Irish Academy of Engineering.

She is President of CESAER (the Conference of European Schools of Advanced Engineering Education and Research), and has previously served as President of Engineers Ireland, as Chair of the Irish Research Council, the EU Advisory Group on Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions and the IEEE Technical Committee on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, and as Board Member and Deputy Chair of the Higher Education Authority in Ireland. She is a member of the Board of Ibec and a member of the judging panels for the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition and the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.

Pendo is Google’s Director of Sales for the Middle East & Africa. Based in Dublin, she leads a team driving growth for Google Ads advertisers across the region. With over 22 years of experience, Pendo began her career in Zimbabwe supporting a children’s non-profit. At Google, she’s worked with UK sales teams before embracing the challenge of developing nascent markets.

A passionate advocate for Diversity and Inclusion, Pendo founded Google Ireland’s Black Googler Network chapter (an Employee Resource Group) in 2014. She is also Google’s representative on the Dublin Chamber of Commerce’s Policy Council.

John Healy serves as the National Director of Youth at Irish Red Cross, John first joined the Irish Red Cross in 2014 as a youth member and has volunteered in a number of different roles within the Irish Red Cross.

John is a trainee solicitor at the global law firm DLA Piper. John graduated from the University of Limerick with a degree in Law and Accounting (2021). He was awarded a LLM in Public International Law from the University of Amsterdam with special mention (2022).

John has a varied interests and has volunteered previously with Enactus Ireland and has completed pro bono work with Asylum Aid (London), UNHCR and on some environmental matters. John was an inaugural Iveagh Fellow of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs in partnership with Saothar (2019).

Ruby OKelly is an eighteen year old singer-songwriter from County Cavan, who is trained in classical and musical theatre. Ruby has a passion for songwriting, having wrote her own song at the age of 12 which gained media attention. As of recently, Ruby has released a new single entitled ‘The Final Time’, which reached Number 2 on the Irish Pop Charts.

Ruby has received various awards, such as ‘Young Humanitarian of the Year’ from the Irish Red Cross, ‘Cavan Cathaoirleach Award,’ the ‘Mace Unsung Hero Award,’ and the ‘Inspirational Hero Award’ from Virgin Media due to her efforts to combat bullying, supporting those in need, and her passion for songwriting.

Ruby has performed in various venues such as the Olympia Theatre, City Hall, The National Concert Hall, The Helix, The RDS and The National Convention Centre with the Pendulum Summit. Ruby will also have the honour of performing for the 1916 Commemoration for her fourth year in a row this March.

Mike Dockery has been a resident of Ireland for the past 28 years and has witnessed Ireland’s growth and change over this long duration.

Before moving to Ireland Mike was a Social worker in the UK, working with Children with learning difficulties.

Upon arriving in Ireland he transitioned into IT related sales where he has worked for various multinational organisations in multiple leadership roles since 1996.

Mike set up a Muay Thai Boxing Club in 2002, This club still exists today along with 3 others set up by his former students.

Following his desire to improve perspectives and prospects for his kids and others, he co-founded the Black Leadership Council Ireland. In doing so, Mike focused on his youngest daughter and a desire to ensure positive role models in the work place who look like her. Mike also works to actively support organisations to broaden their understanding of cultural and social diversity in Ireland.

Mike is a proud father of 5 children of ages 30,20,18 and his youngest 2 are foster children aged 12 and 20 months.

Nina joined Volunteer Ireland in November 2014. Her background is in the environmental non-profit sector where she focused on social inclusion, engaging new audiences and volunteering; as well as fundraising, campaigning and strategic development.

Nina is responsible for the overall strategic direction of Volunteer Ireland, and ensuring that we deliver our mission to promote, support and advocate for excellent, accessible and inclusive volunteering in Ireland. She works to secure diverse funding, implement good governance practices and ensure that Volunteer Ireland is an effective and efficient organisation.

Nina also represents Volunteer Ireland externally to raise the profile of volunteering, works with the public sector to emphasise the importance of volunteering in delivering the government’s strategic priorities, develops partnerships and explores new opportunities for growth and innovation in order to maximise our impact.