2026 NDIA Finalists

NDIA 2026 FINALISTS

All of these high-calibre finalists have impressed the judging panel with their outstanding work on Diversity and Inclusion progress

Diversity & Inclusion Leader / Emerging Leader Award

Proudly Sponsored By

AIB
  • Linda Allen – Bus Éireann
  • Danny Pio Murphy – DBFL Consulting Engineers
  • Angela Mojekwu – Gentle Hands
  • Soraya Power – ICE Group
  • Prof Lorraine McIlrath – Mary Immaculate College
  • Jeanne McDonagh – Open Doors Initiative
  • Roisin Shanahan – South East Technological University (SETU)
  • Anna Marie O’Connor – Tayto Snacks
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Advancing Disability Equality Award

Proudly Sponsored By

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  • Access Earth
  • Allianz
  • Central Bank of Ireland
  • ESB
  • National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)
  • Sun Life
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Advancing Gender Equality Award

Proudly Sponsored By

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  • Bus Éireann
  • Core
  • Glenveagh
  • Mary Immaculate College
  • Vhi Healthcare
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Advancing Race/Ethnicity Equality Award

Proudly Sponsored By

GT
  • Bank of Ireland
  • Broadlake
  • Eirgrid
  • ESB
  • RDJ LLP
  • Vhi Healthcare
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Company of the Year Award

Proudly Sponsored By

GT
  • Broadlake
  • Glenveagh
  • Greenhoue
  • Hostelworld
  • Intact Insurance Ireland
  • MUFG Investor Services
  • PTSB
  • Uisce Éireann
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Outstanding Employee Resource Group Award

Proudly Sponsored By

GT
  • Dornan Engineering
  • Greenhouse Software
  • Health information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
  • Health Service Executive (HSE)
  • Sisk
  • US Bank
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Outstanding Diversity Initiative Award

Proudly Sponsored By

GT
  • Allianz
  • Department of Public Expenditure Infrastructure Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
  • PTSB
  • Public Services Collaboration Group
  • Sample Studios
  • Sun Life
  • TG4
  • The Home Share
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Advancing LGBTQ+ Inclusion Award

Proudly Sponsored By

GT
  • A&L Goodbody
  • Central Bank of Ireland
  • Eirgrid
  • Mason Hayes & Curran LLP (MHC)
  • National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)
  • Sisk
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Advancing Social Inclusion Award

Proudly Sponsored By

GT
  • A&L Goodbody
  • Coolmine Therapeutic Community
  • FFH Management
  • Intact Insurance Ireland
  • Mason Hayes & Curran LLP (MHC)
  • Turas Nua
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Employee of the Year Award

Proudly Sponsored By

GT
  • Shaon Rothwell – Bidvest Noonan
  • Mitchell Okeke – Medtronic
  • Mariangela Esposito – Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI)
  • James Kilmartin – SAP
  • Sarah Sartori – South East Technological University (SETU)
  • Trevor O’Clochartaigh – TG4
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Advancing Allyship and By-Stander Engagement Award

Proudly Sponsored By

GT
  • Bord Gais Energy
  • FFH Management
  • Glenveagh
  • Hostelworld
  • Mary Immaculate College
  • Sisk
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Public Sector Organisation of the Year Award

Proudly Sponsored By

GT
  • An Post
  • Bus Éireann
  • National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)
  • Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)
  • South Dublin County Council
  • University College Cork (UCC)
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NDIA 2026 Finalist Announcement Event

Minerva Suite, RDS Dublin | Tuesday 18 November 2025

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