Join WIN members and their guests for an evening of networking and inspiration from a panel of Irish female entrepreneurs.
About this event
Women's Irish Network – Entrepreneurs Panel "A Collective View: Female Entrepreneurship"
We are delighted to invite WIN members and their guests to join us for a lively panel of Irish women entrepreneurs followed by a Q & A; along with networking, wine and canapés.
Our distinguished panel will be chaired by Marina Donohoe of Enterprise Ireland; featuring guests Darina Allen, Founder of Ballymaloe Cookery School, Mary McKenna, leading STEM Entrepreneur and Angel Investor and Jayne Ronayne CEO and Co-Founder behind Talivest.
Venue: Killik & Co, 46 Grosvenor St, London W1.
Time: 6:00 - 8.30 pm.
Tickets: £45
Darina Allen
Darina Allen established Ballymaloe Cookery School in 1983, and not only is she Ireland’s best-known cook, but a best-selling author as well, who was dubbed "The Julia Child of Ireland" by the San Francisco Chronicle.
A tireless ambassador for Irish food both at home and abroad, she also presented nine series of her cookery programme, *Simply Delicious*, on television in Ireland. Darina also helped launch the Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine in 2013, which plays host to a stellar line up of chefs and writers.
Mary McKenna
Mary McKenna, MBE, co-founded successful Northern Irish e-learning company Learning Pool following a long public sector career and a spell as a Silicon Valley dot-commer.
She now invests in early-stage tech startups, is Entrepreneur in Residence at Catalyst in Belfast and was recently voted into the Maserati Top One hundred entrepreneurs currently disrupting the business world. (And, she was the 5th person in the UK to get a mobile phone! )
Jayne Ronayne
Jayne Ronayne is the CEO and Co-Founder behind Talivest, which helps companies rethink talent networks for today and tomorrow’s world. Talivest has offices in Dublin, Lisbon and New York and is backed by leading global investors.
UCC graduate Jayne has been featured as one of Ireland’s top 30 under 30 two years in a row and one of Ireland's top 20 female entrepreneurs. Jayne was previously an ambassador for the Sandbox Dublin community hub and is an active member within the start-up community globally sitting on the board for Cork’s newest office hub ‘Republic of Work’.