With an Earth Science degree from UCC and having attended Cambridge to study Business Leadership in Sustainability and later the Bord Bia’s Origin Green Ambassador sustainability programme in UCD, Audrey has worked for Tirlán for almost 19 years.
Throughout that time she has held a variety of leadership roles as Head of Environment and Sustainability Compliance overseeing compliance across all of Tirlán’s sites and most recently as the Tirlán Group Head of ESG Strategy and Partnerships where Audrey is instrumental in the development of Tirláns “Living Proof” strategy as well as strategic stakeholder engagement.
Throughout her career Audrey has represented Tirlán and the Irish Dairy Industry nationally and internationally in matters concerning the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme, Carbon Valorisation, Bord Bia’s Origin Green, the Dairy Sustainability Framework and SAI platform Sustainable Dairy Partnership. She has helped Tirlán to become one of the lowest carbon dairy producers in the world and has won awards such as the International Responsible Business Awards for Best B2B partnership, the Green Food and Beverage awards and most recently Tirlán celebrated being the first ever company to have achieved Origin Green Gold membership status for the fifth year in a row.