Maureen Walsh

Maureen, originally from the US, relocated from Boston to Ireland in 1999 to help establish DeCare Operations Ireland. She has successfully led DeCare Dental Insurance Ireland from start-up stages to become Ireland’s first and only specialist dental and vision benefits insurer with over 76,000 members. Maureen holds a Bachelor of Science from Boston College, an MBA from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and is a Certified Insurance Practitioner. Actively engaged in various associations, she serves on the Ibec Board of Directors, Chairperson of the Digital and AI Policy group within Ibec, served two terms as Ibec West as Regional President and was a member of the Governing Body of GMIT (now ATU). Maureen serves on the Local Enterprise Evaluations and Appeals Committee and previously served as Chairperson Mayo Cancer Association. Maureen is the Deputy President of Ibec.

Maureen loves spending time with her daughter Meadbh and husband Jarlath. She is passionate about swimming and spends most weekends on a pool deck helping to coach at the Claremorris swim team.