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Jenny has a strong track record in leadership roles within the organisation, and she is passionate about helping Irish companies to innovate and grow, and supporting Ireland’s entrepreneurs to achieve their ambition.

Prior to taking up the role of CEO in July 2025, Jenny was Chief Client Officer and Executive Director with responsibility for Food & Sustainability, Technology & Services and Industrial & Life Sciences.

Jenny is the Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Ireland, the Irish government’s enterprise development agency. Jenny joined the agency 29 years ago, and worked in the Research and Innovation Division as a commercialisation specialist and managed Enterprise Ireland’s national research and technology programmes between industry and third-level research institutes. She has since held a number of senior roles within the organisation across a variety of sectors, led the High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) team and was Divisional Manager for Technology and Services before moving to her current role. She is a member of Enterprise Ireland’s Executive Committee and Investment Committee. She graduated from UCD with a BSc and PhD in Chemistry.

As Founder and Director of Beachhut PR, Ireland’s leading tech PR company, Paul drives innovative communications strategy for a wide variety of tech companies in multiple verticals and geographies. He is known as one of the best connectors in the Irish tech ecosystem and has mentored over 150 startups through the NDRC Launchpad, DCU Ryan Academy, and Dogpatch Labs.

Paul is an accomplished host of many tech-related events both in Ireland and around the world, from the Irish Internet Awards and the Data Science Awards in Dublin to Vizions in Berlin and Ireland Week in Los Angeles. He has also delivered innovative marketing strategies at international trade shows such as the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Albane Bruyas is the COO of Scaleway, driving its record-breaking growth as Europe’s leading AI cloud provider. Managing global operations, supply chain, and customer care, she ensures seamless and sustainable scalability for all Scaleway servers and hardware, across 12 global data centers. Under her leadership, Scaleway has deployed one of the European cloud’s largest AI infrastructures, with 5,000 GPUs already active. With a background at L’Oréal and LVMH, Albane blends precision, rigor, innovation, and business impact.

Elaine Brennan is the Executive Director, Global Strategic Partnerships at Northwell Health where she has responsibility for developing collaborative and strategic relationships and has created innovative new programs at Northwell. Ms. Brennan originally joined Northwell Health to create the Pharma Ventures group and led the innovative approach to managing and developing collaborative and strategic relationships with the pharmaceutical/ biotech and device industry to establish Northwell as a premier destination for clinical research, health outcomes and digital innovation.

Stuart Brydson is a seasoned technology executive with more than 35 years of experience at some of the world’s most influential enterprise software companies, including Siebel Systems, Oracle, and most recently, ServiceNow.

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