The Team
| Our policy has been to build an experienced and multidisciplinary team of experts from different backgrounds. Our team’s expertise includes: scientific research, teaching, business, communications and project management. |
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Name: | Laura Richardson |
| Nationality: | Irish | |
| Position: | Operations Manager | |
| Qualifications: | FCCA, IEMBA | |
| Background: | Professional Accountant with diverse experience across multiple sectors with a demonstrable record of achievement in driving commercial success in complex organisations. | |
| email: | laura@aquatt.ie |
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Name: | Marieke Reuver |
| Nationality: | Dutch | |
| Position: | Programme Manager | |
| Qualifications: | MSc Animal Sciences, specialising in animal production systems | |
| Background: | Worked as an Education Assistant at Wageningen University (the Netherlands) and as a consultant at FAO (Italy). Manages the Project Programme in AquaTT. | |
| email: | marieke@aquatt.ie |
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Name: | Olga Ormond |
| Nationality: | Irish | |
| Position: | Senior Project Manager (NewSkin) | |
| Qualifications: | B.Eng Telecommunications Engineering, PhD Network Performance | |
| Background: | Experienced Project Manager, Engineer and Research Fellow. |
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| email: | olga@aquatt.ie |
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Name: | Avril Hanbidge | ||
| Nationality: | Irish | |||
| Position: | Project Officer (ERGO, EURION, ASSEMBLE Plus) | |||
| Qualifications: | MSc Applied Environmental Science, BSc Environmental Biology | |||
| Background: | Worked in water resources research, natural resource management and most recently in conservation project management for Parks Victoria, Australia. | |||
| email: | avril@aquatt.ie | |||
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Name: | Keegan Porter | ||
| Nationality: | American | |||
| Position: | Knowledge Transfer and Impact Officer, (EMPORIA4KT, PerformFish, TechOceanS) | |||
| Qualifications: | MSc Environmental Policy | |||
| Background: | Worked as a military communications officer and a logistics and technical specifications assessor, experienced in transferring technical knowledge to non-technical audiences. | |||
| email: | keegan@aquatt.ie | |||
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Name: | Emma Bello Gomez | ||
| Nationality: | Spanish | |||
| Position: | Executive Director (EuroMarine) | |||
| Qualifications: | (Msc) Development Cooperation and Project Management, (MSc) Coastal Zone Evaluation and Management | |||
| Background: | Work package leader in several H2020/FP7 projects many of which are focused on aquaculture. Worked in several companies in Spain, Ireland, Belgium and France both in securing funding and managing projects. | |||
| email: | emma@aquatt.ie |
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