GERALDINE RUANE

 

Geraldine Ruane joined the RDS as Chief Executive in February 2021. She has led the return of the Dublin Horse Show to a full attendance and will oversee continued major development of the Arena, the home of Leinster Rugby.

She was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Trinity College for eight years where she had responsibility for the overall strategic leadership, management and organisation of the university’s professional service functions.

A former CEO of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, transitioning it from a Government-funded organisation to a self-financing business, she has also worked in the pharma sector including as General Manager at Chanelle Pharmaceuticals.

She has a vibrant energy when entering a room and looks destined to play a major role in one of Ireland’s most iconic and important sporting and cultural venues.

 

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This is the tenth edition of our Sport for Business listing of 50 Women of Influence in Irish Sport.

Read more about the list and nominate who you think should be a part of it in 2022.

We are proud to do so again this year with AIG, an organisation that has pledged its commitment to equality in its partnerships with Gaelic Games, Tennis, Golf and more, for whom “Effort is Equal” and with whom we have ambitious plans to extend the reach of this annual celebration of the Women who are making a difference.

This year’s list will be drawn as before from the worlds of leadership, partnership, storytelling and performance.

We began this journey in 2013 when challenged that we would never be able to produce a list of twenty Influential Women in Irish Sport. The 20 stretched to 30, then 40 and 50 and it still does not do justice to the talent that is out there.

This year once more, to keep things fresh we will introduce at least 30 per cent of fresh names from last year. That will be the hardest part to have some names replaced but if it was too easy it would be of less value.

The list we will build over the coming weeks is a snapshot of those women who are making a mark on how sport is played, consumed, grown and delivered.

They are part of making the role of women in sport unexceptional by being exceptional in what they do.