Deirdre Glenn has over twenty years of extensive experience in enterprise development, innovation and start-up creation both within the industry and on behalf of the Irish Government. She was appointed Head of Life Sciences in 2016 and plays a critical leadership role within Enterprise Ireland.
Her role involves having responsibility for delivering accelerated export growth through the development of companies within the Medtech and pharma/vetpharma technologies sectors and leading the Enterprise Ireland drive to achieve economic impact from Ireland’s market-led research and commercialisation investment to the benefit of Lifesciences companies. The role requires close liaison and interaction with internal and external key stakeholders including Irish industry, Government departments, international customers, representative bodies, healthcare providers and the academic community.
Prior to Enterprise Ireland, Deirdre held several roles over a 7-year period within Cantab Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company in Cambridge, UK.
Deirdre’s driving ambition is to help more Irish-owned businesses to achieve business-scale through international growth so that the associated job creation drives increasing prosperity in towns and villages throughout Ireland.
