NovaUCD 2009 CCDP Awards - Guest Speakers
Dr Hugh Brady, President, UCD
Dr Hugh Brady was appointed President of UCD in January 2004. He was educated at UCD where he was awarded degrees in Medicine (1982) and Science (1984). He was subsequently awarded PhD and MD degrees for research in renal physiology and molecular medicine.
Prior to returning to UCD in 1996 as Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics, he spent nine years at Harvard University, most recently as Associate Professor of Medicine. In parallel with his academic career at Harvard, he served as Director of the Renal Division of the Brockton/West Roxbury VA Medical Center and Consultant Physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston.
A nephrologist by training, Dr Brady’s research interests include the molecular basis for inflammatory disease and the complications of diabetes. He has been the recipient of extensive research grant support internationally and has published over 150 clinical and research articles, reviews and book chapters in leading texts.
Since taking up his position as President, Hugh Brady has overseen and implemented a multi-pronged institutional change programme which included major curriculum reform at undergraduate and graduate levels, a reorganisation of academic structures, a significant increase in research income and outputs, and a striking jump in UCD’s position in the THES university rankings. Most recently Dr Brady and Dr John Hegarty, Provost of Trinity College Dublin (TCD), spearheaded the formation of a major Innovation Alliance between UCD and TCD with the explicit goal of maximizing the contribution of Ireland’s two leading universities to job creation.
Deirdre Somers, Chief Executive, Irish Stock Exchange
Appointed Chief Executive in June 2007, one of Deirdre’s first initiatives was to undertake a strategic review of the ISE with its stakeholders. The adopted strategy has re-focused the ISE’s business and resulted in a decision to separate the regulatory and commercial activities undertaken by the ISE. With the Exchange since 1995, in previous roles Deirdre acted as Director of Listing, where she was instrumental in establishing the ISE as a leader in the listing of international investment funds and specialist debt instruments. She also oversaw the establishment of IEX - the market for Irish growth companies.
A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered accountants in Ireland, prior to joining the ISE she specialised in international tax with KPMG. Deirdre represents the ISE on the Management Committees of the Federation of European Exchanges and the World Federation of Exchanges.
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