Dorothy Creaven is an entrepreneur, innovator, and co-founder of Jentic, a platform building AI agents for work, where she continues to shape future-focused innovation. A passionate advocate for people-led change, she has founded and supported multiple ventures across social enterprise, tourism, education, and community development, turning bold ideas into sustainable realities. Creaven previously co-founded Rent the Runway, building a globally recognised fashion rental business.

Mark Little is a journalist, entrepreneur, and leading voice on the future of media and democracy. A former foreign correspondent and Managing Director of Twitter EMEA, he has spent his career at the intersection of journalism, technology, and public discourse. Mark is the co-founder and CEO of Kinzen, a platform tackling misinformation and helping news organisations navigate digital trust and safety. He is widely respected for his insight into how technology reshapes society, media, and politics. 

Ciarán Ferrie is an architect and transport planner in private practice with almost 30 years of diverse experience in architecture and urbanism. He graduated from University College Dublin in 1996 and holds a Master of Science degree in Sustainable Transport and Mobility from Technological University Dublin. He lectures in Planning and Building Law in the Griffith College Faculty of Design with a focus on adaptive reuse. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and a member of the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation. He is a founding director of the Fumbally Exchange creative community and a board member of Ava Housing, a not-for-profit housing adaptation scheme.

Sean Keyes is a founder and Executive Director of Progress Ireland, where he leads infrastructure policy. Progress Ireland’s mission is to connect Ireland to useful policy ideas in the realm of housing, infrastructure and innovation.

 Before Progress Ireland, Seán was the finance editor of The Currency, which he joined at its launch. Before then, he worked as Managing Editor of MoneyWeek in London.

In between MoneyWeek and The Currency, Seán ran a regulated stock tipping service, where his average IRR was 63 per cent per year for three years.

Aisling Murray is a Creative Producer and Arts Consultant known for developing ambitious, cross-disciplinary cultural projects that connect artists, audiences, and institutions in meaningful ways. She is the founder of Beta Festival, an experimental arts platform that champions bold ideas and emerging voices across performance, visual art, and music. With a background spanning curation, programming, and strategic cultural development, Murray works with organisations to shape distinctive creative identities and deliver high-impact public experiences. Her practice is defined by collaboration, risk-taking, and a commitment to expanding how contemporary culture is produced and experienced.

Conor Moules is Co-Founder and CEO of Barespace, a technology platform transforming how commercial real estate is valued and managed. With a background in finance and property, Conor founded Barespace to bring greater transparency, data intelligence, and efficiency to a traditionally opaque sector. Under his leadership, the company has developed advanced analytics tools that support investors, lenders, and asset managers in making smarter, evidence-based decisions. He is focused on building scalable technology with real commercial applications, positioning Barespace at the forefront of innovation within the global property technology landscape.

Utilising the pedal and early Irish harp, voice, and electronics, Méabh McKenna is a multi-instrumental soundscapes artist based in Dublin city. Drawing on years of experimentation and collaboration, their live performances have evolved from traversing the eclectic worlds of traditional, classical, and early music, intuitively weaving them with contemporary and electronic elements.

Daragh is responsible for helping all the Broadlake businesses on their impact journey.  Broadlake’s 3X10X philosophy is simple but powerful: triple business growth, amplify impact tenfold. With a strong track record of 3X delivery, they empower ambitious people to think and act differently. Their international group of 10 businesses employs over 5,000 people around the world in industries including Healthcare, Technology, FMCG, International Talent Solutions, Workplace Wellbeing, Office Services, and Engineering. As long-term investors, they are committed to delivering positive and sustainable growth. Broadlake and all of our businesses are proudly B Corp certified.

Andrea Horan is the founder of Tropical Popical, one of Ireland’s most recognisable and culturally vibrant beauty brands. What began as a bold nail studio concept has grown into a multi-location business and product line known for its playful aesthetic and fiercely loyal community. Horan has combined sharp commercial instinct with standout branding to build a scalable lifestyle brand. Alongside her business work, she has been an outspoken advocate on urban planning issues in Dublin, campaigning for more sustainable city development and challenging the proliferation of hotels over community-focused spaces.

Adam Hankin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gemell, a unique software company servicing the textile manufacturing industry. Gemell’s innovation allows the creation of photorealistic digital twins of yarns and fabrics, at the fibre level, entirely from pre-existing data. No samples. No scanning. No waste. Drawing on two decades of experience launching and scaling disruptive tech ventures, Adam is now focused on eliminating needless textile waste and accelerating digital product creation for yarn & fabric manufacturers and fashion designers. Under his leadership, Gemell is already working with leading mills across Europe and Asia, enabling seamless integration between yarn design, fabric design, and 3D garment tools like Browzwear and CLO3D.

Nadia J. Armstrong is a visual artist, researcher and practice-based PhD fellow at the National College of Art and Design Dublin and CONNECT, Research Ireland’s Centre for Future Networks & Communications at Trinity College Dublin. Her doctoral research explores the sociotechnical imaginaries shaping contemporary quantum communications. Working across installation and XR, she examines emotional commodification, machine–human entanglement and computational systems as cultural material. Her immersive works create parafictional environments that challenge ideas of “natural order.” A recipient of Arts Council funding and the 2022 Digital Innovation in Art bursary, she has exhibited widely across Ireland and Europe.

Pat Kane is a strategic sustainability leader and advisor dedicated to helping organisations navigate the complexities of ESG integration. As the Chief Sustainability Officer at Antaris, Pat specialises in sustainability strategy design and implementation, CX and storytelling and is a certified B Lead guiding businesses through the rigorous process of B Corp Certification and long-term impact modelling.

With a proven track record of translating ambitious environmental objectives into practical, operational frameworks, Pat expertly bridges the gap between corporate responsibility and commercial viability. A trusted media contributor across print, digital, and radio platforms, she brings a clear voice to conversations on sustainability. As founder and CEO of reuzi.ie, Ireland’s leading sustainable retail platform, Pat offers a unique, on-the-ground perspective on circular economy logistics and conscious consumerism.