Executive Team
EIQA is comprised of many people, the executive team; the office support team, the auditors and assessors, trainers and the approvals board.
The executive team is comprised of a number of individuals that are all experts in their field.
Irene Collins - Managing Director
Irene Collins joined the EIQA in January 2008. Previous to joining EIQA, Irene worked for global foodservices company Compass group as Operations Director with additional responsibility for corporate social responsibility, compliance & quality standards.
Irene has extensive experience of ISO: 9002 & ISO: 14001 and winning quality awards and recognition at local, national & international level.
Irene is a graduate of UCD & also has a Diploma in Corporate Direction from UCC, she has extensive experience on the food services Industry holding a number of relevant qualifications and has served on the national council of the Irish Hospitality Institute & the NCTB (National Curriculum Training Board)
Irene has worked with a number of companies including Bank of Ireland, Citigroup, Accenture, ACC Bank, Analog Devices, Reception & Integration Agency, and Hewlett Packard providing a broad range of solutions in the areas of customer service, food services & facilities management.
Martin Roper - Technical Director
Martin Roper joined EIQA as Technical Director in March 2004, with over 20 years experience in food manufacturing and services industry.
Martin established MRA - an independent consultancy company providing food safety and health and safety management support to a wide range of clients from food manufacturers, retail operations and hotels, hospitals, restaurants and further education establishments.
Martin holds a B.Sc (Honours) degree in Environmental Health, Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health and is a facilitator in Total Quality Management, Integration of HACCP & ISO9000 and Service Marketing.
Martin works exclusively with EIQA and the National Hygiene & Food Safety Programme and has designed and changed the EIQA National Technical standard to incorporate all current legal and compliance issues facing the food services & retail market today
Soraid McEntee - Quality & Excellence Manager
Soraid joined EIQA in February 2008. Previous to joining EIQA, Soraid worked for a leading soft drinks manufacturing company (Coca-Cola) for 22 years in several roles, as Process Development Technician, Manufacturing Supervisor and also as Quality Systems Specialist.
Soraid has experience of ISO:9001 / ISO22000 / ISO14001 / OHSAS18001/ ISO17025 & TCCQS (Coca-Colas own Quality System Standard).
Soraid holds a Diploma in Food Science & Technology, and is also a qualified lead auditor for ISO9001 and ISO22000.
As Quality Systems Specialist, Soraid was responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of an integrated Business Management System at Coca-Cola. She was responsible for managing the Internal Audit Program.
Some of the team celebrating at the 2008 EIQA Awards ceremony
- Petrina Duggan – Sales and Marketing
- Angie Buckley– Technical Hygiene Department
- Helen Holton – Technical Department
- Petra Svobodova – Finance Department
- Nadia McAuley – Technical Department
- Anne Marie Fallon – Customer Relations Director
- Marcela Palejova – Operations Department
- Pamela Brophy – Finance Department
- Soraid McEntee – Quality Manager
- Irene Collins – Managing Director