Liam Herlihy has been reappointed as chairperson of the Teagasc Authority for a second five-year term, by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue.
His appointment is for the five-year term effective from September 17, 2023. Herlihy is a farmer from Co. Waterford. He is also the chair of FBD since May 2017.
Previously, he was chair of Glanbia Plc., for over seven years, and served as a director of both the Irish Dairy Board (now Ornua) and the Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society (ICOS).
Liam Herlihy completed the Institute of Directors Development Programme and holds a certificate of merit in Corporate Governance from University College Dublin (UCD).
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Prof. Thia Hennessy, Dean of Cork University Business School (CUBS) at University College Cork (UCC) has also been reappointed for a second five-year term to the Teagasc Authority by Minister McConalogue.
Prof. Hennessy has a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in economics and finance from the National University of Ireland (NUI) Maynooth, a Master’s in business studies from the Smurfit Business School at UCD, a PhD from the University of Reading in the UK and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Agri-business Programme.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Irish Management Institute, Cork Chamber and a former director of Animal Health Ireland.
Prof. Hennessy is also professor and chair of Agri-Food Economics in UCC.
The 11-member authority is appointed by the minister and has representatives from farming organisations, the food industry, universities, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Teagasc staff.