Lucy McCaffrey, Chairperson

In a career spanning thirty years, Lucy McCaffrey has worked with public and private sector organisations in Ireland and leading multinationals in Europe, the United States and Africa as a business consultant in the financial services, manufacturing and service sectors. She founded Latitude, a consultancy specialising in supporting strategic organisational change in 1992 following a number of years with Boston-based innovation consultancy Synectics Inc. and is currently the company’s principal.

Previously Lucy was a Director of Dublin Port Company between 1997 and 2002 and served on the Board of the Project Arts Centre for a five year term (1988-1993). She was appointed Chairperson of Dublin Port Company by the Minister for Transport in December 2009 and is a Director of Eastlink Limited and Renore Limited, a Joint Venture with One51 plc which owns Greenore Port.

Lucy is a graduate of University College Dublin and a fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants and Advisors.

Tom Hussey, Director

Tom Hussey is a former public representative and was TD for the Galway East constituency between 1969 and 1981. He served as Minister of State for Agriculture, Health and Social Welfare from 1977 to 1981 and was subsequently elected as a Senator and sat on the Agricultural Panel for twelve years until 1992. Tom was Chairman of Galway County Council in the mid 1970s and also chaired the Western Health Board.

A graduate from NUI Galway, Tom previously served as a member of the County Galway Vocational Educational Committee and is a Director of Aontas, the National Adult Education Board.

Brian W. Kerr, Director

Brian W. Kerr is a Chartered Ship Broker who founded the Dublin-based shipping and transport company, Brian Kerr Shipping in 1987 which became part of the Hamilton Shipping Group in 1999. He is a former Managing Director of a George Bell Shipping Group subsidiary from 1976 until 1987 having previously worked for Clyde Shipping.

A former President and Board member of the European Community Shipowners’ Association he has been involved in the development of European shipping policy since Ireland joined the European Community in 1973. He also served as Director for the Irish Chamber of Shipping which represents Irish ship owners and operators and is currently a committee member of the Irish Branch of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.

Brian is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics and served as President of both organisations.

Brian was first appointed Director of the Dublin Port and Docks Board in 1991 and served as Chairman on the Board from 1995 to 1997. Upon corporatisation in 1997 he was appointed to the newly constituted Dublin Port Company and was reappointed for further five year terms in 2002 and 2007. He is also a Director of Adria Ferries Limited and is Chairman of the Rehab Group.

Jerry Kiersey, Director

Jerry Kiersey has over forty years’ experience in the marine and logistics sectors in Ireland and is currently Manager Director of road transport company Green Tiger Express Limited, a company he founded in 1999. A former Chief Executive of the Irish International Freight Association he has also served a two year term as President of the Irish Road Haulage Association in the 1980s.

He was appointed to the Board of Dublin Port Company in 2002 by the Minister for Transport and also serves as a Director of Saint Ultan’s Educational Trust and the Interim Independent Prison Board. Jerry has served as a council member of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce and founding President of the West Dublin Chamber. He was admitted as a Fellow to the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in 2001 and is a member of the Maritime Institute of Ireland.

Pat Magner, Director

Pat Magner joined the Board of Dublin Port Company in July 2007 following his appointment by the Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey TD. Pat is a former Senator having been nominated by An Taoiseach Garrett FitzGerald TD to the 15th and 17th sessions of Seanad Eireann. He was also the nominee of Taoiseach Albert Reynolds TD to the 20th session of the Senate between 1993 and 1997. A former member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party, Pat has worked as the party’s National Organiser for a number of years and is currently a Public Affairs Consultant. He has also served as a Council Member of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

Charles Rochfort, Director

Charles Rochfort joined the then Dublin Port & Docks Board in 1978 and has served in a number of roles in the company’s Maintenance and Services Department. He qualified as a fitter in 1982 and currently serves as a Maintenance Technician in the Maintenance and Services Department. He serves as a shop steward for the Technical Engineering & Electrical Union (TEEU) and was elected as a worker representative to the Board of Dublin Port Company in 2007.

John Moore, Director

John Moore joined the Dublin Port and Docks Board in 1977 and has served in a number of senior roles in the organisation including Head of Procurement and Head of Internal Audit. He currently manages the Company’s involvement in the United Nations’ training programme for managers in ports in developing countries. He is also involved in several European Union funded R&D projects and as part of Dublin Port Company’s Research for Development team he is involved in opportunities to develop port related businesses abroad. He joined the Board in 2007 following his election as a worker representative to the Board.

John holds a Masters in Economic Policy Studies from Trinity College, a B.A in Management from the I.M.I. and is a Graduate Member of the Marketing Institute of Ireland. He is also a qualified Internal Auditor.

John is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (U.K. and Ireland), the Institute of Directors in Ireland and SIPTU and currently serves as Honorary Secretary of the National Worker Directors Group in Ireland.

Enda Connellan, Acting Chief Executive

Enda Connellan joined the company in 1977 as Assistant Harbour Master following a career in the merchant navy where he captained ocean-going ships and was appointed Harbour Master of the Port in 1988. In 1994 he was chosen as Chief Executive of what was then the Dublin Port & Docks Board and continued to serve as Chief Executive of the newly constituted Dublin Port Company following the enactment of the 1996 Harbours Act, which led to the corporatisation of Irish Ports. In December 2009 he announced his intention to retire as Chief Executive and remains in that role pending the appointment of his successor.

Enda is a graduate of University College Dublin, where he obtained a BA in Economics, and an MBA. He holds a diploma in Arbitration and is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration and a Fellow of the Nautical Institute. He is a former Chairman of the Sub Transport Committee of Irish Business & Employers Association (IBEC).

Michael Sheary
Company Secretary & Chief Financial Officer

Michael Sheary joined the Company in 1982 and served in a number of senior roles including Assistant Financial Controller until his appointment as Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer in 2001. Since then Michael has overseen the financial, legal and administrative functions of the Company and also has responsibility for the Estate and Facilities Management operations. Michael qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 1988 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 1996. Michael is a Director of East Link Limited, Company Secretary for Renore Limited and acts as a Trustee of Dublin Port Company’s Defined Benefit pension scheme.