Head of Department for Consulting in Livestock Production at the Ministry of Agriculture, over 25 years of work in the civil service.

A university specialist in quality and safety of animal products. During her career, she spent most of the time working in the preparation of legal and by-laws, programs and strategies in the field of animal husbandry and livestock production, but also in other branches of the agricultural production.

I work at COEXPHAL, an advisory center with over 20 years of experience in the fruit and vegetable sector, fostering a local risk-sensitive culture to climate change, with a special focus on soil management and the control of pests and plant diseases and greenhouse climate control with low carbon emission equipment.

I am a passionate research scientist with +25 years of experience in greenhouse technology and greenhouse modeling.

I am the Head of the Climate and Biodiversity Knowledge Transfer department for Teagasc, and am also responsible for the ignpost Programme. This programme’s objective is to lead and support Irish farmers in climate action.

Over my 30 years career with Teagasc, I have held a number of previous roles, including Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, Regional Manager, Dairy Specialist and Environment Adviser. I hold a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (B.Agr.Sc.) degree, and a number of post graduate qualifications.

I work for the ELIANCE in France. Among my activities, I lead several discussion groups among advisors in our network. These groups cover a variety of topics related to cattle herd management (dairy and beef): nutrition, forage production, reproduction, climate, and the environment.