IIA Staff

Joan Mulvihill took up the position of IIA CEO in November 2009.

Joan has worked across a range of industry sectors; retail, manufacturing and professional services in London, Amsterdam and Dublin.  Over the past decade, Joan has focused her career on consulting and supporting entrepreneurs in all aspects of business change. In her new role as CEO of the Irish Internet Association, Joan brings an extensive knowledge of the Irish SME sector as well as her experience at the forefront of transitioning a major UK retailer from the high street to an online proposition. 

Irene Dehaene is an experienced marketing professional in the international ICT sector and has extensive experience of event management from seminars to training rallies and conferences. Prior to joining the IIA, Irene held senior marketing and PR roles with Cybertrust, the global information security specialist, Baltimore Technologies and Jinny Software, the mobile messaging company. She is a guest lecturer on a number of marketing courses in Dublin and Limerick, writes for business magazines and is a past Chairperson of the Marketing Institute’s Eastern Regional Council. Irene holds an MBA from Trinity College Dublin and a BA (Hons) in International Marketing and Languages from Dublin City University.