TII Board

Gareth Llewellyn was appointed as Chairperson of TII in November 2021 following his retirement as Chief Executive of DVSA, a UK government trading fund providing services to over over 40 million customers. Prior to this, he held global executive positions with National Grid plc and Anglo American plc and was also served as Executive Director at Network Rail, responsible for safety, technical, and engineering issues. As a non-executive director Gareth floated the waste management company Biffa plc and establishing the DfT’s Renewable Fuels Agency. Gareth retired as a non-executive director at Harwich Haven Authority in December 2021, which provides pilots for the world’s largest container ships arriving and departing from Felixstowe He is also a non-executive director at Sage Housing, which backed by Blackstone, is the largest provider of high-quality affordable and social housing in the UK. Gareth is a Fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and in 2005 was asked to address the UN General Assembly on human rights and business.

Peter Walsh is a Chartered Civil engineer with more than 40 years' experience. He has worked for a building contractor and a consultant engineer, but mainly for Local Authorities in road construction, prior to joining the NRA in 2000. With the NRA, he worked on the delivery of the motorway network until 2015, when the NRA was merged with the RPA to form TII. In the newly formed TII, he took up the position of Director of Capital Programme Management. In that position he was involved with light Rail and Metro capital projects along with national road projects. Peter Walsh was appointed TII's CEO on 1st October 2020.

Ms. Mary O’Donovan is a Chartered Director with Board experience in the public, private, and charitable sectors. She is currently a Board member of the Residential Tenancies Board and a Board Member of An Post. She has broad experience at a senior level in operations, systems and general management and has held senior roles including Customer Services Director, Chief Information Officer, Chief Operations Officer and General Manager in the Telecommunications and BPO sectors

Mr. Aebhric Mc Gibney( M.Litt (Econ), MBA, CDir) is the Public & International Affairs Director with Dublin Chamber of Commerce. He is a Chartered Director and has previously served on the Board of Córas Iompair Éireann, chairing its Finance and Property Committee. Previously, he has worked as a lecturer with Trinity College Dublin, an economic consultant with Fitzpatrick Associates and as Senior Economist with IBEC.

Des Kenny has over 35 years' experience working in the disability sector in Ireland, both professionally and on a voluntary basis campaigning for the rights and the inclusion of disabled people into mainstream life and services, He served as Chief Executive officer of the National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) to his retirement, Des has contributed to policy formation in the sector and served on a number of statuory boards including two four-year terms on the national Disability Authority. He is a holder of an MBA and an MSC-Econ in Health Care Management.

Aidan Skelly is a former Chief Financial Officer of EirGrid plc. Prior to joining EirGrid he held a number of senior financial and commercial positions in Ireland and the UK. He is a Chartered Accountant with a B. Comm from UCD and an MBS in Corporate Leadership from DCU. He is also a director of AirNav Ireland and of Respond, an Approved Housing Body.

Damian Ó Tuama is a mobilities researcher with over 20 years experience in the private sector. He completed his doctoral research exploring transitions in mobility systems in 2015 (Trinity College Dublin) and is currently an Evaluator and Steering Committee Member for research projects under the EPA Research Programme Annual Call under the pillars of Climate and Sustainability. He holds the post of National Cycling Coordinator for Cyclists.ie - The Irish Cycling Advocacy Network and An Taisce. He was a board member of the European cyclists' Federation from 2016 to 2021.

Patricia O'Shea is a corporate lawyer, qualified to practice in England and Wales with over 30 years experience gained largely in the IT and aviation sectors. She worked for a number of years with IBM, holding General Counsel, Company Secretary and Director roles. She is Group Head of Legal & Secretariat at daa plc encompassing it's national and international operations. She has served on the Executive Board of the National Maternity Hospital for a long number of years. she is a member of the Advisory Board of Asia Matters.

Colette Byrne is a former Chief Executive with Kilkenny County Council, having previously served as Chief Executive of Offaly County Council, Colette has 40 years' service in the Public Sector, with over 20 years at Senior Management level and holds an MA in Public Sector Management. Colette Byrne joined the Board of TII in January 2021.

Michael Wall is a barrister specialising in planning, environmental and construction law. He is a board member of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) and a former member of the boards of An Bord Pleanala and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). He has worked as an architect in private practice and in project management, is a fellow of the royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and a member of the Irish Planning Institute. Mr Wall has an MBA from University College Dublin as well as degrees in architecture , planning and law. He is Chairman of the Irish Georgian Society and a board member of the Abbey Theatre and Simpsons Hospital.

AnnMarie Farrelly is Chief Executive of Fingal Council. Originally from Corduff, Co Monaghan, she previously worked for Dublin County Council before joining Fingal County Council on its establishment in 1994. She was Fingal County Council’s Director of Housing and Community from 2011 to 2015 before serving as Director of Planning and Strategic Infrastructure from 2015 to 2019 prior to her appointment as Chief Executive.

Sadhbh O Neill is the senior climate advisor to Friends of the Earth Ireland and is a leading Irish climate policy analyst and environmentalist. She holds an MA in Philosophy and Public Affairs (UCD), and a BA in English literature and Philosophy (TCD) and is a PhD candidate at UCD School of Politics and International Relations researching climate ethics and carbon trading. In addition to working part-time for Friends of the Earth, she works as a part-time lecturer at DCU and TU Dublin in climate politics and law and contributes regularly to the Irish Times science and opinion pages. In the 1990s she served 5 years as a member of Dublin city council.