John Ryan (BSc PhD Dip IOD M Inst D). John is a member of the People Resource Committee. He is a business advisor to both private sector and public-sector clients in areas such as business development, strategy and governance.
As a sustainability expert, he has knowledge and experience of various business excellence methods, management of change, policy and legislation and has international experience across multiple industries, organisational types and cultures.
He is also an experienced non-executive director (NED) and Chairman, both in the commercial and not for profit sectors. He served on the board of the business representative group, ISME, for over 10 years during which time he was Chairman of the Board and its Remuneration Committee. He currently sits on the Board of a number of private companies.
John has represented the Irish business community in key policy areas with the Irish Government such as job creation, and championed business strategy and governance. A Ministerial appointment to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation’s inaugural Small Business Forum (2011) he participated in the development of the Irish Government’s first Action Plan for Jobs (published 2012).
John Ryan
Chairperson