The Board is responsible for the overall governance, management and strategic direction of the Company and sets the Company’s values and standards ensuring the principles of corporate governance of transparency, accountability, responsibility and independence are adhered to.
Chairperson
Conal Henry was appointed as Chairperson in March 2022.
Conal is the founder and Chair of Fibrus. Before co-founding Fibrus, Conal was CEO of Enet taking it from start up to its £200m acquisition by the Irish Infrastructure Fund in 2017. As CEO of Enet, Conal also lead what is now known as NBI to become the winning bidder for the €2bn Irish National Broadband Plan. Prior to Enet Conal was Commercial Director at Ryanair and was previously Head of Finance for Non-Food and George Clothing at Asda in the UK. Conal graduated in Law from Queens University Belfast in 1991 and he is a Chartered Management Accountant.
CEO
Ray O’Driscoll was appointed Chief Executive Officer of The Shannon Airport Group in April 2026, following his role as Interim CEO, Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer. Ray has extensive experience in airport management, commercial property development, strategic leadership, and finance. He joined the Group in 2014 as Managing Director of Shannon Commercial Enterprises, the commercial property division of The Shannon Airport Group. He led the transformation of the Group’s property portfolio, into a key economic driver for the region and he has been responsible for driving the aviation development and commercial growth of Shannon Airport.
Prior to joining The Shannon Airport Group, Ray held senior finance positions at Barry Group, Eurologic Systems Ltd and Marathon Oil, and began his career with EY in Cork. Ray is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and holds an MBA from the University of Westminster, London. He also holds a Diploma in Strategy from Smurfit Business School and is a Chartered Director (CDir) with the Institute of Directors. He currently serves as a Director of Shannon Chamber of Commerce.
Board Member
Ambrose Loughlin was appointed to the Board in May 2019.
Ambrose was a partner with McCann FitzGerald LLP for over 22 years. In addition to client advisory work on financial services, he served in several senior management roles involving finance and risk. He remains a director of the firm’s pension trustee board. Ambrose has particular expertise in the areas of risk management, corporate governance and financial management.
Board Member
Stephen Rae was appointed to the Board in May 2019. Stephen is a leader in the compliance, communications and cyber sectors as Principal at Kobn European Leaders. He is Chair and Co-Founder at AML Intelligence, the global AFC and FCC regulatory intelligence platform. Stephen serves on the Supervisory Board of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). He has served as a member of the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Online Disinformation and on the Board of the World Editors Forum.
He is ex-Group Editor-in-Chief at Independent News & Media, Ireland's largest media group. Stephen is a qualified barrister and holds the Award in Business and Leadership for Directors at Cranfield University.
Board Member
Mary Halton was appointed to the Board in June 2025.
Mary Halton is a Chartered Accountant with senior executive, non-executive, and advisory experience gained in the UK, Canada, and Ireland. She is an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk Committee with Vhi Group. Mary is a lay member of the UK Copyright Tribunal and a past member of the Governing Council of Chartered Accountants Ireland. As owner and Board advisor with Align Consulting Ltd, she has worked with Boards and senior teams in the public and private sectors. With a background in banking and insurance, her executive work is in the treasury and investment area. Mary holds a PhD in Public Policy, and an MSc in Executive Leadership, and her research on Board governance has been published internationally.
Mary is the Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Board Member
Emily Ross was appointed to the Board in June 2025.
Emily Ross is Director of Brand Strategy at X, with responsibility for the EMEA region where she leads an international team of strategists and technologists.
Prior to this, she was CEO of a strategic consultancy firm for deep tech startups and scaleups. Also a former director of UNICEF Ireland, she led corporate partnerships with the likes of IKEA, P&G, and Aer Lingus, where she managed the Change for Good (TM) programme.
An advisor and leader for a number of not-for-profit enterprises; she previously co-founded SportsTech Ireland to help drive FDI and regional job creation in Ireland's Midwest. She is co-founder of Resonance Festival. She is an advisory board member of GoGreen routes, an EU funded, pan-European research project on mental health. She has been an advisory board member for SXSW in Austin, Texas, since 2018. She is a startup mentor for Techstars London and the NDRC. She mentors female founders at Awakenhub and is a founding member of KELLA, the women's leadership forum. She writes, lectures and speaks on communications in a digital age.
Board Member
Ken Johnson was appointed to the Board in November 2025.
Ken is a former Partner with PwC, where he spent over 23 years advising senior leadership teams nationally and internationally across a range of sectors. Ken has extensive expertise in audit, accounting, risk management, and corporate governance. In addition to his client leadership roles, Ken led PwC’s Mid-West Practice. He is also an executive coach, supporting senior leaders and boards in enhancing performance and effectiveness.
Ken has served on the PwC Oversight Committee and is a Past President and Board Member of the Limerick Chamber of Commerce. He is currently a Director and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee at Milford Care Centre and an external member of the Audit & Risk Committee at iCare Housing.
A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ken holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Galway and a Professional Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching from the Smurfit Business School. He is accredited at Senior Practitioner level with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.
Employee Representative
Audrey Costelloe was appointed to the Board in January 2023 as an Employee Representative.
Audrey has worked in Shannon Airport for 40 years and currently works in the retail department and is also a trustee of the company pension scheme. She was a member of the team that established the Duty Free in Moscow.
Employee Representative
Alan Donohoe was appointed to the Board in January 2023 as an Employee Representative.
Alan has 30 years’ experience in the Airport Police and Fire service, joining Dublin Airport in 1996 and moving to Shannon Airport in 2004 where he now hold the position of Sergeant/Station Officer.
Board Member
Adrian Trueick is a Chartered Surveyor with over 35 years’ experience in the Irish commercial property sector. Currently acting as a consultant, he was a founding director of HT Meagher O’Reilly, now Knight Frank Ireland, a leading property advisory firm specialising in commercial and residential property, including investment, development and transactional advice.
During his executive career, Adrian headed the firm’s Capital Markets and Property Management teams, working with a broad range of international and domestic investors, developers and public sector bodies. He has advised on large-scale commercial development funding and on the sale and acquisition of major property assets, with a particular focus in recent years on sustainability, including the retrofitting of older buildings.
Adrian is a current member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He was formerly an Associate of the Irish Tax Institute, complementing his extensive commercial and financial expertise within the property sector.