Within IMR’s Sustainable Manufacturing Division, Geraldine leads the Circular Economy Unit and the national flagship circular economy initiative – CIRCULÉIRE – which is Ireland’s first industry-led public-private partnership dedicated to scaling circular innovation.
Geraldine is a strategic circular economy expert, systems thinker and senior sustainability leader with +15 years of multi-sectoral experience working horizontally and laterally in industry applied research, consulting, advertising, and communications. She has a track record of building collaborative public-private partnerships to deliver on the circular economy’s transformation potential. Geraldine holds both a PhD in Strategic Management & Sustainable Development and MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and is a nationally and internationally recognized thought leadership on scaling industry-oriented circular innovation.