Geraldine Ruane is a chartered accountant and chartered director with extensive executive and non-executive experience spanning the public, corporate, education, and healthcare sectors.

She has served as Chief Executive of the Royal Dublin Society (RDS), Chief Operating Officer of Trinity College Dublin, and Chief Executive of Ordnance Survey Ireland. In these roles, she led significant financial and digital transformations, governance reforms, and large-scale infrastructure programmes. In the private sector, Geraldine has held senior executive positions with leading global pharmaceutical companies; Novartis, Mallinckrodt, and Chanelle Pharma Group, bringing deep insight into regulated industries, innovation pipelines, and international governance frameworks.

Her current and previous board experience includes Science Foundation Ireland (Board Member and Member of Finance, Audit & Risk Committee), Chartered Accountants Ireland (Council Member and Chair of Governance Sub-Committee), Horse Racing Ireland, and Genio, a not-for-profit healthcare and social innovation body. She also chaired the Steering Committee for Trinity College’s €1 billion Technology Campus masterplan.

An alumna of Trinity College Dublin, Harvard University, IMD Lausanne, and UCD Smurfit, she is passionate about governance, commercialisation, innovation, and enabling organisations to deliver lasting impact for society and the economy.