Governance

Executive Management Group

A large part of the APC’s success is due to the frequent meetings of the Executive Management Group (EMG), the Centre’s decision-making authority, which meets every Friday morning.  This frequency, and the presence of senior management from both UCC and Teagasc, ensures that APC management can respond quickly to any opportunities or issues and facilitates rapid decision-making.  The current composition of the EMG is:

• Prof Paul Ross – Chair (Director)
• Prof Subrata Ghosh - Deputy Director
• Prof Paul Cotter – PI
• Prof Catherine Stanton – PI
• Prof John Cryan – PI
• Prof Ruth Massey – PI
• Prof Colin Hill – PI
• Prof Ines Thiele - PI
• Prof Paul O’Toole – PI
• Prof Douwe van Sinderen– PI
• Dr Brendan Curran – Chief Operations Officer

Other senior PIs as well as senior members of the Operations team (e.g. Operations Manager, Finance Manager) also attend these weekly meetings. EMG meetings are formalised through meeting agendas and minutes, with decisions taken by vote in the absence of consensus.

Governance Committee

The role of the Governance Committee is to provide oversight and advice to the APC leadership in order to inform the strategic and operational action plans to ensure delivery of the APC’s strategic objectives and achievement of KPI targets. 

Members

• Chair: Dr Pamela Byrne
• Prof Helen Whelton (UCC representative)
• Prof Pat Dillon (Teagasc representative)
• Mr Dermot Breen
• Ms Liz Dooley
• Prof Brian MacCraith
• Prof Ian Sanderson
• Prof Orla Feely

Scientific Advisory Board

The APC Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is comprised of distinguished researchers who are leaders in their fields, selected to represent the full spectrum of research themes in the APC.

The SAB meets annually to:

• critically review APC research programmes
• advise on strategic direction of APC research
• provide independent scientific advice to the Director on specific scientific issues
• support and champion APC and its research
• advise on commercial possibilities of IP generated from the research in APC.

Members

• Chair: Prof Emmanuelle Maguin - INRA
• Prof Emeran Mayer - UCLA
• Prof Susan Lynch - Microbiome Centre UCSF
• Prof Nicola Segata - University of Trento
• Prof Karen Scott - The Rowett Institute