About the Ireland Canada Business Association

The Ireland Canada Business Association is the leading business association that has the mandate of promoting and developing trade and industrial links between Ireland and Canada. The Patron of the Association is the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland and our members are a select group of international businesses ranging from small to large, startups to established institutions. The ICBA has the active participation of Ireland and Canada’s most prominent business leaders as its core supporters and influencers.

Objectives

To be the representative voice of Canadian Business In Ireland and to be a business network for this group.
To be a business network for Irish companies which have invested in or trade with Canada
To provide links to Ireland Canada Chambers of Commerce in Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Vancouver, Ottawa and Calgary
To forge stronger commercial ties between Ireland and Canada

What We Do

When we meet with our member companies, we ask them what matters most to their businesses. In this way, they lead how the association is run ensuring we are a network run by our members and for our members.

We convene networking events to allow our members connect and deliver business communications and advocacy. Through our events we help members grow and sustain their relationships, influence and businesses. We celebrate our members successes together at high calibre events. We champion our members’ ideas, and interests and we are proud to be in the private sector and serving the public interest.

Activities that we organise include:

Business functions with guest speakers (Irish or Canadian) from industry and/or government
Business advocacy with Government and relevant business and trade organisations
A number of networking and charity events such as the Annual Golf Classic and the Maple Leaf Charity Ball
Receptions and other networking events that assist in building business, social, and cultural links between Ireland and Canada

ICBA Advisory Council - 2020

The following are the ICBA Advisory Council:

Mr Chris Collenette, Consultant, Philip Lee, ICBA Chair
Ms Deirdre Giblin, Head of Professional Education, NCI, ICBA Co-Vice Chair
Ms Joanne McEnteggart, Managing Director, IQEQ, ICBA Co-Vice Chair
Mr Graham Attley, Partner, Price Waterhouse Coopers, ICBA Treasurer
Mr Garrett Monaghan, Partner, Pinsent Masons, Immediate Past Chair, ICBA
Ms Kate Hickey, Executive Director, ICBA & Company Secretary
Mr Kevin Aherne, TD Securities
Ms Suzanne Drisdelle, Senior Trade Commissioner, Canadian Embassy in Ireland
Mr Sean Egan, Irish Life
Mr Ken Finegan, Greenfield Global Ireland
Mr Alan Fullerton, Teknicor Corporation
Ms Laurel Garven, ISC
Ms Sue Kelly, RX Source
Mr Darcy Kerwin, Vermilion
Mr Joe Molony, Computershare
Ms Maeve Moran, Arthur Cox
Ms Emer Murphy, AIB International Corporate Banking
Mr John O'Connor, William Fry
Ms Blaithin O'Donnell, Sales Manager, Air Canada
Mr Dan O’Donnell, Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking
Mr John Popolizio, Sovy
Mr Sean Ryan, Eversheds Sutherland
Mr Todd Underhill, General Manager, Irving Oil Whitegate Refinery Limited

Patron Members

International Brotherhood of Boilermakers