Chair of The Judging Panel

As Global Head Diversity & Inclusion, Margot is aligning initiatives at ISS and representing the company in forums such as ‘The Valuable 500’ movement which is tabling disability on board agendas.

Formerly Global Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Sodexo Group, Margot started her career as a chef, moving into management and progressing to Sodexo Ireland as CEO and Country President. She has earned numerous accolades, and been recognised in the Financial Times’ Top 100 OUTstanding LGBT Business Leaders for four consecutive years.

A Workplace Pride Council member, Margot co-chaired the Irish NGO involved in the passing of the 2015 Marriage Equality Act in Ireland. She joined ISS World Services in May 2021.

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Louise Crowley is a Professor in the School of Law and Director of the LLM (Children’s Rights and Family Law) at UCC. Her research focuses on the regulation of family formations in a more liberal Irish society, and the adequacy of the State’s responses to the needs of victim/survivors of familial and intimate partner abuse, with reference to Ireland’s international obligations. At UCC, Louise has developed the award-winning Bystander Intervention initiative to educate and empower staff and students to challenge the normalisation of sexual abuse and to recognise their role as active bystanders to effect change and bring about a new normal of safety and respect.

 Most recently, Louise was the recipient of the UCC Consultancy Research Project Award of the Year 2024 and the College of Business and Law Research Impact Award of the Year 2023 for her work with the Irish Defence Forces, the Inspirational Mentor Award at the 2024 Women of Vision Awards, the Special Merit Award at the Irish Law Awards 2023 for the impact of the Bystander Intervention programme, and the UCC President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2020.

Dr. Mamobo Ogoro is a social psychologist and multi award-winning social entrepreneur. She is the Founder and CEO of GORM, an award winning social enterprise bringing about  belonging through Intercultural media and consultancy. Based in Ireland, she hosts “Younified” on Newstalk and has earned several accolades, the most recent being the first Irish person to win the Echoing Green Fellowship for her impactful work.

Sacha is a Learning and Talent Development executive who specialises in creating world-class, equitable learning experiences that unlock potential, promote inclusion, and help organisations retain top talent.

Originally from the Netherlands, Sacha has lived in Geneva and South Africa before making Dublin her home in 2012. She has held senior L&D roles across industries in companies like Shell, LinkedIn, Oracle and HubSpot. As an ICF-certified coach, she has supported over 50 senior executives from Fortune 500 companies on their leadership journeys. In November 2023, she graduated with a first-class honours master’s in Education, Learning, and Development, and in June 2026, she completed an executive MBA at DCU.

In 2015, a surgery that was expected to be routine left Sacha fully paralysed down her left side. Doctors told her she would likely never walk, work, or live independently again, with life in a nursing home the most probable outcome.

Today, Sacha is a celebrated keynote speaker, a guest columnist for the Irish Times, and the founder of I am Phoenix. She has delivered talks for organisations including Musgrave, the Irish Civil Service, L&DI, ITAG, the IDA, and SuperValu. Her speaking topics include resilience and mindset, disability awareness, and social learning in a hybrid environment.

Simplified is a purpose-led organisation dedicated to building strategic, impactful partnerships between public bodies, corporates and social enterprises to drive meaningful social value, justice and innovation.

With a long career at the intersection of social enterprise, justice and community development, Siobhán brings deep expertise in driving systemic change and supporting those furthest from the labour market. Before launching Simplified, she served as Funder Liaison & Business Delivery Manager at Pobal, with a focus on social enterprise and innovation, and played the leading role in developing and implementing Ireland’s Working to Change social enterprise and employment strategy on behalf of the Department of Justice.

Prior to that, Siobhán was the CEO of The Bridge Project, a community-based organisation working with adults exiting the criminal justice system where she championed inclusion and pathways to sustainable employment. Siobhán’s work has been recognised across Europe inlcuding being named amonthe Top 100 Women in Social Enterprise by the Euclid Network for her leadership and commitment to social impact.

Adam Harris is the Founder and CEO of AsIAm, Ireland’s National Autism Charity. Adam Founded the organisation based on his own experiences growing up on the Autism Spectrum.

A Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Awardee, Adam is a frequent contributor to media and conferences in Ireland and overseas. From Greystones in Co Wicklow, Adam was appointed to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in July 2020.

Chris Doyle is Chief Executive of Bauer Media Audio the country’s largest commercial radio group with eight radio stations including the national stations Today FM and Newstalk and regional stations SPIN, Radio , 98FM, Beat and Red FM. Bauer also operates Off The Ball, the listening platform GoLoud for radio, podcasts and music, audioXi, Ireland’s largest digital audio advertising exchange and Media Central. He became CEO of Bauer Media Audio in 2023, having previously held the role of  Group Operations Director. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Independent Broadcasters of Ireland and Chair of IMRO Radio Awards

Jed has at various points, been a minister, an optician, a lecturer, an event organiser, and an activist. He has worked within the LGBTQ+ community for over 20 years and has been the Dublin Pride Festival Director since 2015. He is also Programme Director for Pride at Work, one of Ireland’s largest LGBTQ+ focused DEIB training programmes.

More recently he began a post graduate diploma in design thinking for sustainability in UCD and has a particular interest in the role of activist led NGO’s in responding to climate change as well as its impact on marginalised communities