Dr Geraldine Brennan - Head of Circular Economy, Irish Manufacturing Research

Dr Geraldine Brennan is the Head of Circular Economy at Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) an Enterprise Ireland and IDA supported Technology Centre.

Within IMR’s Sustainable Manufacturing Division, Geraldine leads the Circular Economy Unit and the national flagship circular economy initiative - CIRCULÉIRE which is Ireland's first industry-led public-private partnership dedicated to scaling circular innovation.

Geraldine is a strategic circular economy expert, systems thinker and senior sustainability leader with +15 years of multi-sectoral experience working horizontally and laterally in industry applied research, consulting, advertising, and communications. She has a track record of building collaborative public-private partnerships to deliver on the circular economy’s transformation potential. Geraldine holds both a PhD in Strategic Management & Sustainable Development and MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and is a nationally and internationally recognized thought leader on scaling industry-oriented circular innovation.