Mary is an innovation and circular economy specialist with 25 years’ experience as a Chartered Engineer (CEng), climate/sustainability consultant and IT/digitalisation business development leader.
Mary founded UpThink Innovation Agency in 2008, and helps SMEs, and large organisations design and scale circular and bio based business models that unlock growth. She deploys systems innovations to business models, turning strategy into commercially viable, low carbon value. She works with public and private clients across Europe, the US and Asia.
Mary advises boards on ESG, circularity, digitalisation and business growth. She services on the board of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) and is a governance committee member at NexSys, shaping net-zero energy systems.
Prior to establishing UpThink Innovation Agency, Mary built and led large technology programmes in the financial and insurance sectors. Mary played key strategic joint ventures and mergers roles for AIB, Ark Life Assurance, Hibernian and Aviva.