Judging Panel
An independent panel of recognised and expert judges, representing Ireland's logistics and transportation industry, will determine the winners of The Irish Logistics & Transport Awards.
Judging will be chaired by Declan Allen, Assistant Head, School of Management, College of Business, TU Dublin.
Our focus is to deliver a balanced judging assessment from industry leaders who will bring their extensive knowledge, enthusiasm and expertise to the judging process ensuring that the winning entries are truly outstanding and worthy of receiving an Irish Logistics & Transport Award.
The panel is carefully selected to ensure the Awards judging process is fair and objective. The judges are bound by a strict confidentiality agreement and are required to declare any conflict of interest in entries over which they deliberate, in which case that entry will be reallocated. The integrity of this process lies at the very heart of all that we do.
A comprehensive judging process has been put together to decide the worthy winners of The Irish Logistics & Transport Awards.
Judging Co-ordinator
Declan Allen
Assistant Head, School of Management, College of Business, Technological University Dublin
Declan Allen, BA (Hons), MBS, FCILT, received his MBS in Business Logistics and Manufacturing Strategy from The Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School UCD in 1996. He is the former Head of Department of Transport Engineering, Dublin Institute of Technology.
Judging Panel
Derek Dunne
Managing Director, Manifests Ireland
Managing Director of Manifests Ireland offering Customs Consultancy services to clients in general Customs formalities, AEO applications and planning for the post Brexit Customs environment.
Aidan Flynn
General Manager, FTA Ireland
Aidan has worked with FTA Ireland since the formative years of the Association in Ireland in 2011 and was appointed General Manager of the Association in January 2017.
Seamus Kavanagh
Executive Officer, Irish International Freight Association
Since joining the IIFA in 2008, Seamus has developed the FIATA Diploma in Freight Forwarding (a 10-month training course covering the corner stones of the Freight Forwarding industry), from a classroom set-up to a fully online training program.
Helen Noble
Principal, Noble Shipping Law
Helen Noble LLB, LLM, FCILT, is a dual Irish and English practising solicitor with over 25 years’ experience specialising in all areas of maritime and transport law.
Michael O'Callaghan
Director, IPICS The Supply Chain Management Institute
Michael O’Callaghan is a Supply Chain Training Consultant and Instructor, a contract SAP Applications Consultant and SAP Trainer.
Dr. Jane O’Keeffe
Director of Supply Chain, NMCI/MTU
Jane is the Logistics and Supply Chain course Director, and lecturer at the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI)(MTU Munster Technical University) in Supply Management, Logistics, Information Systems, Business Strategy and Human Resource Management for both logistics and maritime sectors.
Maura O’Toole
Facilitator, Trainer, Coach & Lecturer
With 20+ years experience of national & international bespoke training course development and delivery across a wide range of industries, and both a primary degree in Computing and a Graduate Degree in Education and Training Management, Maura has the academic background and breath of knowledge to engage participants at all levels of an organisation.
Efce van Heerden
Cork Institute of Technology
A South African national with 20 years international experience in, transport, distribution, supply chain management and operations for the FMCG, retail, and automotive industries.