Conor Galvin is Chief Executive Officer at Ornua.

Prior to this role, Conor was Chief Executive of Dairygold Co-operative Society. He was also Finance Director with DCC’s Food & Beverage division, and Country Finance Manager with Procter & Gamble in Ireland.

Originally from a farming background in Co. Westmeath, Conor is a science graduate from University College Dublin, and holds an MBA from the Smurfit Business School. He is also a qualified accountant.

Donal Buggy is Chief Financial Officer at Ornua.

Donal holds responsibility for group financial reporting, treasury management, taxation, ICT and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Ornua, Donal was Group Chief Financial Officer, Independent News & Media PLC (INM). He joined INM as Group Financial Controller in 1996 and in 2002 he was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer, joining the Group’s Board and Executive Committee. He also served as a Non-Executive Director of APN News & Media Ltd. and several other group companies in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Donal was previously audit manager with Price Waterhouse Coopers, Dublin.

A chartered accountant by profession, Donal holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin.

Cesar França is Managing Director of Ornua’s Global Foods Division and is responsible for driving the continued success and growth of the Kerrygold brand.

With over 25 years’ experience in the FMCG sector, Cesar has held senior roles across Gerber, Milkmaid, NIDO, Maggi, Beba, Lactogen, Laboratories Guigoz, Nestum, Svelty and Nescau.

Cesar holds a business degree and an MBA from the IMD Business School in Switzerland. Cesar speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish and French.

Bernard Condon is Managing Director Global Ingredients Division and is responsible for Ornua’s ingredients operations in Ireland, Americas, Europe and internationally.

Bernard joined Ornua in 1998 and has since held a number of senior roles within the organisation, most recently as the CEO Ornua Ingredients Europe with responsibility for trading, key account and value-added ingredients sales of member product, as well as the procurement of product for branded sales. Prior to this, he held the roles of Procurement Manager and Cheese Business Manager.

Bernard holds a degree in Business Studies from Dublin City University, a Diploma in Management from the Irish Management Institute and has completed the Enterprise Ireland Leadership for Growth programme in the International Institute for Management Development in IMD, Switzerland.

Majella Darcy is Chief People Officer of Ornua and is responsible for developing a HR strategy which will support Ornua’s ambitious growth plans, vital to this is the development and enhancement of the Group’s most important asset; its people.

Majella has a wealth of international experience from over 25 years working with global food manufacturers and retail companies. Prior to joining Ornua, Majella was HR Director with responsibility for Europe & Asia Pacific with Aryzta, with whom she worked for ten years. Prior to this, Majella held senior roles with Superquinn, Dunnes Stores, Clerys, Tesco and Sainsburys.

Majella holds a Bachelor of Science and an MBS in Business Practice, Business Administration and Management.

Gilles Fellens is Chief Growth Officer and is responsible for mergers and acquisitions, new business development, communications, capital expenditure, and sustainability.

Prior to joining Ornua, Gilles worked for The Coca Cola Company as a Strategy Director, responsible for strategy, planning, performance management, insights and innovation. While with The Coca-Cola Company, Gilles worked in Europe, Africa and Asia in positions at BU and Group level. Prior to joining the FMCG sector, Gilles worked as a strategy consultant for 15 years. A Belgian national, Gilles is fluent in French, English and Italian.

Gilles holds a Masters in Finance from the London Business School and an MA in International Politics from John Hopkins University.

John McRedmond is Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and is responsible for identifying, analysing and mitigating risk, including commercial risk management, operational risk, legal, insurance, corporate procurement, and compliance. In addition to this role, John is Secretary of Ornua, where he is responsible for the provision of governance and corporate secretariat support to the board of directors of Ornua and its sub-committees.

John joined Ornua in 2010 as Group Legal Counsel and built a team responsible for identifying and managing legal risk across the Ornua Group. Prior to this, he worked in the Corporate Group at Matheson, where he gained extensive experience in M&A and general commercial law.

A qualified solicitor and member of the Law Society of Ireland, John holds a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from Dublin City University and a Diploma in Corporate Finance from Chartered Accountants Ireland.

Maurice Hennessy is Ornua Chief Technology Officer. Maurice is responsible for the Group-wide digital strategy, development and implementation of Ornua’s overall technology portfolio, the ICT and Information Security functions, along with Ornua’s Business Transformation programme ‘Evolve’.

Maurice brings a wealth of experience to the role and joined Ornua in 2023 from global airport and travel retail group daa plc (previously Dublin Airport Authority plc) where he spent 15 years in a range of leadership roles, including finance, commercial, operational, and capital programme roles. Since 2017, he held the role of Chief Information and Security Operations Officer, leading the business’s CIO function with a focus on the key priority areas of digital, data, cyber resilience, core technology platforms and services and security operations.