Current Committee Members (2023/2024)
Chairperson: David O'Grady (Sanofi)
Secretary: Damian McDonnell
Having qualified in Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, Damien worked in community pharmacy for several years while also having a keen interest in industry. He has worked as a Responsible Person (RP), and in quality assurance, consulting, sterile manufacturing and batch release. He has also undertaken research projects and obtained additional training in health economics, medical devices, GDP and pharmaceutical auditing.
Treasurer: Blánaid O'Connell (AbbVie)
Membership: Stan O'Neill (The Compliance Group)
Stan O’Neill is the Managing Director of The Compliance Group. After qualifying as a Pharmacist, Stan spent five years working in the pharmaceutical industry in Regulatory Affairs, Marketing and Quality Assurance (QP) and then joined the Irish Medicines Board (IMB), now the Health Products Regulatory Agency (HPRA). He performed GMP inspections throughout the world, represented Ireland at European level for the negotiation of standards of inspection for medicinal products and trained Inspectors at Irish, European and International levels. He consults for companies, governments and non-governmental organisations in areas of GMP, GDP, GVP, GCP and Regulatory Affairs.
Stan is a founding member of PIER and currently manages all membership activities.
EIPG Delegate: Patience Wobuoma (DHL Lifesciences and Healthcare)
Patience Wobuoma is a Pharm D. graduate from the University of Szeged. She began her career as a Pharmaceutical Technology Research Associate in Hungary and later transitioned to work as a community pharmacist in Ireland.
Currently involved in quality assurance roles at an emerging pharmaceutical company, Patience is also a PIER delegate for EIPG programs across Europe. Her dedication extends to training and continuing education for pharmacy technicians in the Republic of Ireland through the APPEL training programs.
Student Representative: Neil Ryan (TCD)
Neil was the President of Trinity’s Pharmaceutical Society during the 2022/23 academic year. He then became President of the Irish Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (IPSA), a role he has held since 2023. In this role, he has represented IPSA on the European stage on several occasions, notably speaking at the European Parliament in Brussels. On a national level, he has advocated for changes to the pharmacy programme in all HEIs in Ireland such as standardised vaccination and first aid training for pharmacy students.
He is the founding President of Trinity’s National Community Oncology Dispensing Association (NCODA) professional student organisation. This organisation aims to host charitable events that benefit cancer treatment and research and to organise Student Educational Talks relating to oncology for the benefit of pharmacy students. Most recently, they organised a blood drive in collaboration with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service with the aim to increase student blood donor numbers.
Maura Kinahan
Maura has spent most of her career to-date in various roles in the pharmaceutical industry (Pharmaceutical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, Commercial Operations, Medical Affairs) with Élan, Bristol-Myers Squibb & Pfizer. In 2014/15, she participated in the BioInnovate Fellowship programme, a specialist medical device innovation training programme based in NUI Galway.
She holds a pharmacy degree from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and Ph.D. from the University of Manchester.
Maura is a founding member of PIER and leads on career and mentorship activities.
Academia Representative: Joseph O'Shea (UCC)
Rosemarie Tully (Avadel Pharmaceuticals)
Rosemarie Tully is a registered pharmacist with more than 20 years of pharma, drug delivery, biotech and medical device industry experience.
She is currently VP and General Manager, Europe at Avadel Pharmaceuticals. Previously she was Chief Operating Officer at Neuromod Devices Limited, held senior roles in corporate development and strategy at Sigmoid Pharma Limited, Elan Corporation plc (now Perrigo Company plc), and was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. She has extensive operational leadership, fundraising, corporate business development and licensing experience.
Rosemarie completed her BSc (Hons) Pharmacy degree at Trinity College Dublin and her master's degree in business administration at INSEAD, France.
She is a founding member of PIER.
