7th Annual Great Place to Work® Institute Conference 2009
DCU Business School, Tuesday 26th May 2009

Detailed list of speakers

Professor Patrick Flood

Michele Ryan

Emmet Wrafter

Paul Rellis

Dr. Aoife McDermott

Gary Keegan

Lucy Fallon Byrne

Bob Lee

Cathal Divilly

Mary Geoghegan

Rachel Farrell

Yann Ricourt

Tracy O'Brien

Katherine Dalton

Cathal Quigley

Dr John Loughran

Michele Ryan

McDonald's Restaurants of Ireland

HR Director

Michele Ryan

Michele Ryan, BBS, MBS, Chartered FCIPD, is HR Director for McDonald's Restaurants of Ireland. Prior to joining McDonald's in 2004, Michele was a senior manager with EBS with responsibility for strategic HR. With her HR team, Michele has achieved several prestigious awards and accolades for McDonald's including; Top 50 Companies in Ireland for the last 5 years, O2 Ability Award, Diversity Award, CIPD HR Excellence Award for Innovation and has won a number of McDonald's Global awards for best practice in HR. Michele is a member of the management board of the CIPD as well as a member of the board of the Ronald McDonald House Charity.