Future In Pharmaceuticals Ireland 2025 Speakers
Kedar Apte - Energy & Sustainability Engineer - AbbVie
Kieran Ryan - Energy Manager - MSD (Ballydine)
Kieran is a manufacturing engineer with over 25 years of experience across different industries. He has worked in heavy manufacturing facilities, medical devices and currently works in pharmaceuticals. He has held the role of Energy Lead for over 15 years in various companies. As the MSD Ballydine Environmental Sustainability program lead, Kieran is responsible for delivering the site Energy Program which currently includes, ISO50001, Heat Pumps, Electric Boilers (DS3), Solar PV Roof, Ground & Solar thermal…etc. He is also responsible for leading the All Ireland MSD Carbon Transition Work Strand and responsible for leading and providing hands on support for the site Water, Waste & Biodiversity work strands ensuring all achieve targets.
Lorna McDowell - CEO - Xenergie
Lorna McDowell, founder and CEO of Xenergie, brings over 30 years experience in developing and consulting senior leaders in organisation development and culture, notably for multinational/global organisations as well as scaling organisations. She works extensively with the life sciences sector both in Ireland and at C-Suite level in the USA, and, with her team at Xenergie, has gained huge respect for her fresh thinking and ability to inspire and motivate teams to be more influential, impactful and inspired in developing and taking practical ownership of their future. Before founding Xenergie, an Irish business with international success, she spent many years in the technology sector in international marketing and communication, before switching her attention to the deeper space in which leaders think and operate to create impact.
A multiple award winner, the Social Energy approach has generated ground-breaking success with organisations such as Boston scientific and Merit Medical, where Ireland-based leaders have upskilled their leadership to think and work more systemically with a stakeholder-led mindset, experiencing more influence and businss impact as a result. The programme was acknowledged by Skillnet Ireland as a case study of excellence at a national level in 2022/3.
Meaghan Carmody - Senior Sustainability Adviser - Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI)
Meaghan Carmody is Senior Sustainability Adviser with Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI). Passionate about all things climate and nature, and the potential for business to lead on the crucial changes we need, she leads on BITCI’s climate service offering and the ambitious Accelerate Pact campaign which seeks to develop an Irish Centre of Excellence for business Climate Transition Plans. Prior to BITCI, Meaghan led a multisectoral coalition on SDG engagement and advocacy, Coalition 2030, putting the concept of a Future Generations Commissioner on the Irish political agenda and raising public and political awareness of the SDGs. She also ran a suite of campaigns and initiatives in Friends of the Earth Ireland where she worked for just under five years. She has a Masters in International Political Economy from UCD.
Sergio Contreras - Senior Energy Engineer - Boston Scientific
Sergio Contreras is a Senior Engineer at Boston Scientific Corporation, where he is responsible for leading the decarbonisation efforts within the company's real estate. This involves implementing the company's energy strategy C3: Cut energy use, Convert to renewable sources, and Compensate for unavoidable carbon emissions. Sergio is a Certified Energy Manager accredited by the Association of Energy Engineers and has prior experience working with pharmaceutical companies in Ireland, as well as Oil & Gas engineering and construction firms in Europe and South America. He holds a Master's degree in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Galway and a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Colombia.
