UCD Business Impact

Her Sport take over for International Women’s Day To mark International Women’s Day Niamh Tallon, Her Sport has taken over the UCD Business Impact Podcast to celebrate female athletes in the UCD Quinn School community and how they are changing the game in sport and business. Her Sport’s mission is to use sport to empower, educate and inspire so that girls and women can achieve their full potential...

From reducing food waste to proactive health, MBA alumna and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Kerry Group, Catherine Keogh discusses how innovation and sustainability are driving one of Ireland’s most well-known brands to remain a global leader while staying connected to its local roots. 

MBA alumna Kerry McLaverty, winner of this year’s UCD Alumni Award for the College of Business and CEO of LauraLynn, Ireland's only children's hospice discusses engaging the public in an era of permacrisis, staying visible and having a job with purpose. 

Dr Emma McDaid dives into her research on Uber revealing the downsides of working for disruptor firms and the darker aspects of the gig economy. 

Looking back at the biggest business stories of 2023. In conversation with Business Journalists Linda Daly and Donal O'Donovan. 

UCD Smurfit School alumna and Head of Social Policy at IBEC, Dr Kara McGannon shares how the workplace reflects society’s issues and how we can all work to build better organisations. 

Double UCD Business alumnus in BComm and MBA Joe Barrett discusses building the Applegreen retail empire and charting the journey from one to over 600 service stations. 

Assistant Professor Rebecca Maughan and Assistant Professor Seán O'Reilly talk about the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRSs) along with the EU's Green Deal and Taxonomy.  They give an overview of the new regulations and standards and discuss the challenges and benefits for businesses, stakeholders and the accounti...

New Director of UCD Smurfit Executive Development Professor Tim Wray discusses trends in executive education from bite chunk to virtual learning and designing accessible ways of learning for busy executives to refresh their skills and stay relevant in a diverse, global workforce.

Academic Director for the MSc in Management Consultancy Kathy O’Reilly is a leader in work-integrated learning that brings students and companies together for real-world based projects. She discusses the key benefits of hiring management consultants including the value of a fresh set of eyes to bring about new ideas and efficiencies. 

Founding Director of the UCD Natural Computing Research and Applications Group Professor Mike O’Neill looks inside the machine and subjects generative AI to a reality check to determine if it is a useful business tool or a job killer. 

Fernando Vicario leads Bank of America Europe as CEO and is also the Country Executive for Ireland. He discusses Ireland’s bustling banking hub, as well as key priorities for the organisation including ESG and diversity and inclusion.

Joanne Hession, UCD Quinn and Smurfit School alumna, is the founder of Entrepreneurs Academy and more recently LIFT (Leading Ireland’s Future Together) which is the country's first and most inclusive social enterprise focused on elevating the standard of leadership. She discusses her work in the organisation and a national campaign to grow better leaders.

UCD Careers Network Manager Michael McDonnell discusses navigating today’s stormy jobs market, finding opportunities and how employers and graduates can find appeal to each other. 

Associate Professor Paul Ryan discusses Ireland’s fatal attraction to property and his current research that psychoanalyses the country's relationship with land ownership and development. 

Season 3 Episode 10 - Global food price hikes: Who’s to blame? Professor Don Bredin | Finance and Globalisation  Vice Principal for Internationalization and Global Engagement Professor Don Bredin discusses global price wars and who is stoking global food prices.

Assistant Professor Annunziata Esposito Amideo, Management Information Systems, UCD Quinn School of Business explains how using operational research and mathematical modelling can result in better outcomes in real-world scenarios, including business decisions, global challenges and reacting to natural disasters. 

17th January 2023. Focusing on the lived experience of entrepreneurship, Dr Orla Byrne discusses why entrepreneurship is good for society and how Ireland's hospitality sector can survive tough times. She also discusses her new initiative, AtThePass.ie , which is designed to support the current needs of hospitality, food and drink-related business owners.

Elaine Burke and Donal O'Donovan | Business Journalists 20th December 2022. Elaine Burke, editor of Silicon Republic, and Donal O’Donovan, Business Editor at the Irish Independent and Chairman of the Business Journalists Association of Ireland, look back over the leading business stories in 2022.

Anna Scally | International Tax Partner, Head of Technology and Media, and FinTech Lead, KPMG Ireland 13th December 2022. KPMG Partner and UCD Quinn School alumna Anna Scally discusses whether Ireland can remain an FDI leader and the future of Ireland's tech cluster. 

15th November 2022. Deloitte Ireland CEO Harry Goddard explains how firms, including his own, are changing to meet an anxious age and reveals how to navigate a world in a state of “permacrisis”.

8th November 2022. Julie Ennis discusses how her UCD Smurfit School MBA helped in her leadership leap from Bank of Ireland to Sodexo and how staying client-focused amid surging prices is presenting new opportunities for cost mitigation and sustainability. She also discusses the company’s dedication to its people and diversity in leadership positions. 

25th October 2022. UCD Business Alumni Award winner for 2022 Mary Quaney talks about Mainstream’s tremendous international growth in emerging markets and how enhancing grid transmission infrastructure may see Ireland become a powerhouse in wind energy.

With a background in mathematical and statistical modelling of energy markets, Assistant Professor Mel Devine reveals how renewables may solve this winter’s looming energy crisis and how new energy forms could hold the key to our future.