Email: admin@muinemorfarm.com

Grinne Dwyer is a dairy farmer working in partnership with her husband, Jim, and their son, Jonathan, managing a 500-cow herd in Borris in Ossory, Co. Laois. Alongside farming, she has built a successful career in the agricultural sector, with extensive experience in communications and event management through her work with the Irish Grassland Association, Nore Conference Services, and Animal Health Ireland. In 1999, Grinne became the first female recipient of a Nuffield Ireland Scholarship. Her study, Women: Access to Agriculture, examined the role and recognition of women in the sector. Although agriculture was not her original career choice, involvement in the family dairy enterprise highlighted the lack of visibility afforded to women despite their vital contributions. The scholarship enabled her to compare the experiences of women in agriculture internationally, insights that continue to shape her work. Grinne is a strong advocate for inclusion and recognition and joined the Board of Nuffield Ireland in 2023.

Email: mike@bradygroup.ie

Mike Brady is a well-established agricultural consultant and land agent advising landowners on farm business and property matters across the country. He qualified from UCD in 1987 with a BAgrSc(hons) and commenced his career as a Dairy Husbandry Advisor with the then Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food in the UK. He returned to Ireland in 1989 to work as an Agricultural Consultant in a private firm and left in 1995 to establish Brady Group. He is a career agricultural advisor/consultant having worked in two countries and in both the public and private sectors. He completed a Nuffield Scholarship in 2004, where he studied advisory services in France, Australia and New Zealand. This provided Mike with an exposure to global agriculture. He became a board member in 2020. Mike is a past National President of the Agricultural Consultants Association of Ireland (ACA) and he also writes a column in the Farming Independent and is a regular commentator on agricultural matters. He joined the Board of Nuffield Ireland in January 2020 as the nominee of 'Other scholarship sponsors'.

Email: exec@nuffield.ie

Catherine Lascurettes was born, raised and educated in the Hautes Pyrnes, South West France, and did an international trade and business master's degree through German and English in the Universit Toulouse Le Mirail (Toulouse II). After moving to Ireland, Catherine did a Marketing Graduadeship in the Marketing Institute of Ireland. She worked for Hibernia Meats, Airmotive Ireland and finally the Confederation of Irish Industry (which became IBEC), before joining the Irish Farmers' Association. After 26 years as the IFA's Dairy Executive, she left in September 2020 to set up her own agri-policy consultancy practice, Cl Dara Consultancy, based in Kildare Town. Catherine's Nuffield Scholarship travels and research were carried out in 2000/2001. Catherine's Nuffield topic was "Farmers' Unions - The Challenges of Representation" and she travelled to Australia, New Zealand, the US, France and the UK to meet with farmers' unions in all of these countries. She explored how the increasing rural to urban shift affects their ability to influence political agendas and how reduced numbers of members and consequent reduced unions' incomes can be overcome to ensure members' interests can fully and efficiently continue to be represented.