Our board play an essential role in the governance of our organisation. They comprise an experienced, diverse and exceptional team.
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Alan Cox
Chairperson

Alan Cox
Chairperson
Alan Cox is Chief Executive of Core, Ireland’s largest marketing communications company. He has 35 years’ experience working in advertising and communications. Alan was named ‘Most Trusted leader in Ireland’ by the Great Place to Work Institute in 2013. In 2017, he co-authored Marketing Multiplied with Jim Power and Chris Johns. It is a study into the impact of marketing communications from a macro-economic and micro-economic basis.
Alan is a Chartered Director and a fellow of the Marketing Institute. He has served on various industry committees, including the Joint National Listenership & Outdoor Research bodies. He was also Chairman of TAM Ireland, the company that manages the Television Viewing Research contract for a two-year term from 2012 -2014.

Kevin McLoughlin
Board Member

Kevin McLoughlin
Board Member
Kevin is a 19-year-old student with Asperger Syndrome from Country Clare and is studying and living most of the time in Galway. He is an AsIAm Ambassador, having previously been a part of the AsIAm Youth Leadership Team for two years before graduating to become a part of the Ambassador Team.
In his time as an Ambassador, he has delivered talks to parents about puberty, sexuality, large changes and mental health, all from an autistic perspective. Kevin speaks about his own experiences in the hope it will give people a greater understanding.

Sheena Horgan
Board Member

Sheena Horgan
Board Member
With over 20 years’ experience in media, Sheena has worked in Ireland and London where she founded, ran and then sold a top 100 PR agency. Working across many sectors and stakeholder groups, her client list includes leading global and Irish organisations such as 3 Mobile, O2, Aldi, Kellogg’s, Ulster Bank, RTÉ, News International, and Royal Mail.
A passionate proponent of integrity in business, Sheena specialises in CSR and projects that relate to brands and organisations taking an active responsibility towards society and children/families in particular.
She was an invited member of the Children’s Taskforce (UK), a credited contributor to the Bailey Review, and co-produced two radio documentaries “Is Childhood Shrinking?” (Newstalk, 2014) and “Meet The Grandparents” (RTÉ Junior, 2013). She’s published an ebook “Candy Coated Marketing” and is a long-standing columnist in Irish Marketing Journal. She is also a regular contributor on national radio – the Hard Shoulder and The Last Word in particular.
Sheena is part of the BAI’s Media Literacy Group and is a voluntary board member of The Wheel since 2014. She also sits on several committees in Kilmacud Crokes and has been coaching the 2002 camogie team since 2007.
The proud mother of four girls, Sheena is wholeheartedly committed to the ambition and vision of AsIAm to educate, empower and advocate for the autistic community.

Shaun Murphy
Board Member

Shaun Murphy
Board Member
Shaun Murphy was appointed Chief Operating Officer and Director of Ardagh Group in 2019. He is Chairman of the Sustainability Committee. Prior to joining Ardagh, he was a partner at KPMG for almost 20 years and completed a six-year term as Managing Partner of KPMG in Ireland in 2019.
Mr. Murphy also served as the Lead Director on KPMG’s Global Board from 2015 until 2019. He holds a business degree from University College Dublin and is a Chartered Accountant.

Una Herlihy
Board Member

Una Herlihy
Board Member
With 30 years’ experience gained in advertising and marketing for creative agencies and as a self-employed marketing consultant, Una’s passion lies in creating the conditions for high performing teams to deliver real business outcomes.
Having worked for some of the world’s biggest brands, she co-founded The Indie List in July 2020 to help find sustainable work for freelance marketing talent. She holds qualifications from UCD and the Dublin Institute of Technology and lives in Kilkenny with her husband and children.

Emer Ring
Board Member

Emer Ring
Board Member
Emer Ring is Head of the Department of Reflective Pedagogy and Early Childhood Studies at Mary Immaculate College (MIC), Limerick. She previously worked as a mainstream primary class teacher, a learning support teacher, a resource teacher and a senior inspector with the Department of Education and Skills.
In her work with the Inspectorate, in addition to school inspection and probationary work with teachers, Emer was involved in a wide range of research projects related to inclusion. Emer is co-editor of the recent publication Autism from the Inside Out: A Handbook for Parents, Early Childhood, Primary, Post-Primary and Special School Settings.
Emer’s research interests include education policy and practice; the teacher education continuum; child voice; inclusion; early childhood education and autism.

Eileen Jackson
Board Member

Eileen Jackson
Board Member
Eileen has worked to achieve equality of access and advantage in education over her 37-year career as a Teacher and Principal in the state and private sector. Her management roles have involved leadership of strategic planning, policy development, and liaison with Government departments and public agencies. She has initiated a number of local, national and international educational and cultural initiatives, and has been a member of various advisory groups within the Department of Education and Skills (DES). She has also held a number of non-executive governance roles.
Having received primary and master’s degrees from Trinity College Dublin, Eileen completed a diploma in corporate governance at UCD’s Smurfit Graduate Business School in 2019. She works as a consultant in education-related governance and data protection, and is currently pursuing doctoral studies in governance with the IPA.

Brian Irwin
Board Member

Brian Irwin
Board Member
Brian

Stuart Neilson
Board Member

Stuart Neilson
Board Member
Stuart

Orla O'Connor
Board Member

Orla O'Connor
Board Member
Orla Bio

Marie O'Riordan
Board Member

Marie O'Riordan
Board Member
Marie Bio

Lucinda Murrihy
Board Member

Lucinda Murrihy
Board Member
Lucinda Bio