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Appointments to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland:
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Following a Public Appointments Service campaign, the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly T.D., has appointed the following members to the Board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland with effect from 16th of January 2023 until 15th of January 2026.
Eilis is Head of University Relations at University College Dublin and is Director of Communication and Marketing. Previously she held a similar role at Dublin City University.
In addition to her marketing experience in product and public awareness campaigns, brand identity, and corporate reputation, Eilis has extensive strategic and operational communication experience in media and corporate public relations with a high degree of crisis management.
Eilis has held a number of senior communication and marketing roles in a variety of sectors including finance, natural gas, food safety, health and higher education. Her experience covers the public and private sectors.
Previously she was director of communication, education & training during the start-up phase of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Eilis was public relations manager with the Bank of Ireland for eight years and with Bord Gais Eireann, the national natural gas operator in Ireland, for five years.
Within the realm of public affairs, she has worked on clean air designation, tobacco control, food safety enforcement and Government funding.
Lisa Manselli is an executive coach and strategy consultant. Prior to setting up her own business Lisa was a Partner at Accenture where she led the management consultancy business in Ireland.
A core focus of her work for the last 10 years has been developing corporate strategy in regulatory environments. Her clients have included CORU (health and social care professionals Regulator), NMBI (nursing and midwifery professionals regulatory), PSI (pharmacy and pharmacists’ regulator) and the Residential Tenancies Board.
Lisa graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Lisa also has a Masters in International Business Studies from the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, Dublin. She is a certified business coach (ICF) and qualified mediator.
Lisa sits on the board of a private hospital in Ireland and has been on the board of a number of tech start-ups. She was also an adjunct Professor of Strategy at the IE Business School in Madrid from 2014-2016.