2026 Winners

Overall Leader Award

WINNER:

West Pharmaceutical Services - Emma Kilgallon

Legacy Award

RECIPIENT:

Jean Casey

Best Female Led Team

WINNER:

Cancer Trials Ireland - Start-Up Team

FINALISTS:

• Acorn Regulatory Consulting Services - Regulatory Affairs Team
• BioPharmaChem Skillnet - Susan's Team
• Cancer Trials Ireland - Start-Up Team
• Navi Group - Axium Sales & Operations Team

Best Female Led Team - Large

WINNER:

AbbVie - Affiliate Leadership Team

FINALISTS:

• AbbVie - Affiliate Leadership Team
• Almac Sciences - Microbiology Department
• Cognizant Technology Solutions Ireland - Liz Porter Team
• McKesson - Logistics Team
• Takeda Ireland - Bray Site Leadership Team
• Uniphar Group - Commercial Department

Excellence in Senior Leadership - Pharma

WINNER:

Takeda Ireland - Deirdre Connaughton

FINALISTS:

• AbbVie - Michelle McNulty
• Celtic Biotech - Dr Dorothy Bray
• Navi Group - Aisling Smith
• Pfizer - Helen McManus
• Takeda Ireland - Deirdre Connaughton

Excellence in Senior Leadership - Contract Services

WINNER:

Acorn Regulatory Consulting Services - Dr. Gemma Robinson

FINALISTS:

• Acorn Regulatory Consulting Services - Dr. Gemma Robinson
• IANUA PHARMASOLUTIONS - Maii Kataif

Excellence in Pharma & Life Sciences

WINNER:

Novartis - Alette Ramos Hunt

FINALISTS:

• BioMarin Pharmaceutical - Laura Scally
• Novartis - Alette Ramos Hunt
• Sonova Warsaw Service Center - Dr Smita GK

Best Clinical Operations Leadership

WINNER:

Takeda Ireland - Marie Smith

FINALISTS:

• Celtic Biotech - Dr Dorothy Bray
• Takeda Ireland - Marie Smith

Best Education & Mentoring Leadership

WINNER:

Innopharma Technical Services - Nicola Rice

FINALISTS:

• Almac Sciences - Helen Goodrich
• Innopharma Technical Services - Nicola Rice
• Takeda Ireland - Marie Smith

Best Supply Chain/Logistics Leadership

WINNER:

AbbVie - Flavia Baccaro

FINALISTS:

• AbbVie - Flavia Baccaro
• McKesson - Rhona Keeler
• Takeda Ireland - Amy Wiktorski

Best Engineering & Manufacturing Operations Leadership

WINNER:

Exyte - Liz Allan

FINALISTS:

• AbbVie - Triona Nagle
• Exyte - Liz Allan

Best Finance Leadership

WINNER:

Grifols - Victoria Ramos

FINALISTS:

• Grifols - Victoria Ramos
• Q1 Scientific - Katrina Smyth

Best HR Leadership

WINNER:

West Pharmaceutical Services - Emma Kilgallon

FINALISTS:

• Acorn Regulatory Consulting Services - Tara Linnane
• SGS Ireland - Bernie Prendergast
• Takeda Ireland - Catherine Lane
• West Pharmaceutical Services - Emma Kilgallon

Best Marketing & Communications Leadership

WINNER:

Takeda Ireland - Victoria Hampson

FINALISTS:

• Navi Group - Aisling Smith
• Takeda Ireland - Victoria Hampson

Best Quality Leadership

WINNER:

PTC Therapeutics - Áine Hopkins

FINALISTS:

• AbbVie - Pauline Finan
• Cognizant Technology Solutions Ireland - Geraldine Lacey
• Dunbar Pharma - Siobhán Corroon
• Perigord/TechMahindra - Martina Forristal
• PTC Therapeutics - Áine Hopkins

Best Sales & Commercial Leadership

WINNER:

Medguard Healthcare - Lisa Mullaney

FINALISTS:

• Medguard Healthcare - Lisa Mullaney
• Uniphar Group - Ruth Proctor

Best Site Leadership

WINNER:

AbbVie - Mary Moran

FINALISTS:

• AbbVie - Mary Moran
• Dunbar Pharma - Leah Fletcher

Rising Star of the Year

WINNER:

Takeda Ireland - Rachel Torreggiani

FINALISTS:

• AbbVie - Daniela Mezza
• Almac Sciences - Edel Marken
• Astellas Pharma Inc. - Rachael Brennan
• Takeda Ireland - Rachel Torreggiani

Workplace of the Year

WINNER:

BioMarin, Cork

FINALISTS:

• AbbVie
• BioMarin, Cork

Excellence in Senior Leadership - Life Sciences

WINNER:

ICON - Rose Kidd

FINALISTS:

• Celtic Biotech - Dr Dorothy Bray
• ICON - Rose Kidd
• Solventum - Amy Pollitt
• Takeda Ireland - Deirdre Connaughton