Past Judges
All submissions to the Fit Out Awards are judged by an independent panel of recognised and distinguished judges, drawn from academia, business and broader related sectors.
View a sample list of our past judges below and judge us by who judges you.
Ann Marie Aguilar
Senior Vice President, EMEA Region, WELL Faculty at the IWBI
Britt Berentzen
Programme Director Interior Design & Interior Architecture, Griffith College
Andrew Bradley
Managing Director, Bradley Brand & Design
Vanessa Brady OBE
President & Founder, Society of British & International Interior Design
David Bucknall
Chair, RICS Quantity Surveyors & Construction Professional Group
Judith Byrne
Head of Marketing, Dulux Ireland
Darragh Canning
MEP Commercial Director, Arup
Paul Carney
Managing Director, Forbo Ireland
Jane Clay
Principal, Gensler
Alan Coakley
Managing Director, Ardmac
Angela Connolly
Creative Director, Conbu Interior Design, Past President, Interiors Association (2014-2020)
Sue Corcoran
Programme Leader, BA (Hons) Interior Design, TUS: Midlands Midwest
Alan Crawford
Managing Director, Crawford Partnership Architects & Interior Designers
Tracey Dalton
Design Lecturer, Dublin School of Creative Arts, TU Dublin
Garbhan Doran
Director, Broadstone Architects
Jean Feeney
Head of Interiors, MCA Architects
John Gibson
Treasurer, Interiors Association & Director, Martin-Hudson & Gibson
Greg Hayden
CEO, Ethos Engineering
John Henry
VP, Head of Global Realty Services, Ireland & the Channel Islands
Maree Hensey
Artist
Katherine Keane
Head of Department of Architecture, Munster Technological University
Órla Keane
Lecturer in Interior Design, DIT
JP Kennedy
Managing Director, TileStyle
Justin Kinsella
Director, Harcourt Architects
Neville Knott
Programme Coordinator, Honours BA & MA in Interior Design, Technological University Dublin
Julie Kortens
Former Chair, BIFM
Harsha Kotak
Founder, Women in Office Design & Workplace Consultant
Róisín Lafferty
Founder and Creative Director, Kingston Lafferty Design
Penny Linton
Principal (Dublin), TODD Architects
Peter MacCann
Designer and Lecturer in Interior and Furniture Design, Dublin School of Creative Arts, TU Dublin
Peter Mance
Director, MAAPS Design & Architecture
Fionnuala May
County Architect, Fingal County Council
Barry McCabe
Principal, McCabe Design Group
Aidan McGovern
Chartered Engineer, Office of Public Works
Patrick McGrath
Managing Director, Miele Ireland
Steve McIntyre
Partner, FalknerBrowns
John Mitchell
Owner, DMOD Architects
Edel Nicholson
Head of Marketing, Colourtrend
John O’Regan
Director, AECOM
Denise O'Connor
Founder & MD, Optimise Design
Ann-Marie O'Neill
Creative Director, O'Donnell O'Neill Design
John O'Regan
Director, Head of Programme, Cost and Consultancy, AECOM Ireland
Mark Ryan
Sculptor
Joanne Reilly
Design Director, Total Fitout
Russell Sage
MD, Russell Sage Design
Katrina Kostic Samen
Director, Head of Workplace Strategy & Design, KKS Savills
Kay Sargent
Director of WorkPlace, HOK, USA
Derry Scully
Chairman, Bruce Shaw
Keith Somers
Head of Design & Product, Lioncor
Dominic Southgate
Founder, Boxclever & President, Institute of Designers in Ireland
Emer Tubridy
Head of Design Department, Blackrock Further Education Institute
Hugh Wallace
Director, Douglas Wallace Consultants
Rowan Watson
Lecturer, Architectural Design & Interior Architecture and Design, IT Sligo
Gavin Wheatley
Director, PLUS Architecture