Shane recently took over from Frank Gleeson as Managing Director of Aramark Food Services in Ireland in 2017.  He is an experienced catering & retail professional, educated to master’s degree level, with over 25 years’ industry experience. Shane joined Aramark in 2015 as an Operations Director. He has overseen and provided leadership to our Front Line team on a number of our key accounts including Croke Park, Guinness Storehouse, Apple, Tesco and UCD.

Shane provides guidance and direction to our Operations Directors  and ensures our client sites  are  managed efficiently and effectively. He has demonstrated exceptional ability to build and lead top performing teams focused on exceeding goals in the areas of sales, marketing, and sector development/ management. Shane is also a member of the Board of Retail Ireland.

David is an accomplished sales leader with more than 22 years of commercial experience in the facilities, food and wider services sector. He joined Aramark in 2010 from Cuisine de France, where he acted as Retail Director.

His experience spans both Irish enterprises and those with a European and global footprint. Within Aramark, he has focused his diverse sales team around a results orientation. In his current role, David has strategic oversight for all aspects of new business and our client retention strategies for the Northern Europe food, FM and off-shore business. His leadership provides strategic guidance and direction to the Business Development and Sales Support teams. David is a graduate of NUI in Maynooth and holds a Diploma in Business Management from the IMI.

Andrew joined Aramark in 2006 as Operations Director in the Offshore Division and was promoted to Managing Director, Offshore, North Sea in 2014.

In 2018 Andrew was appointed as Managing Director for Aramark’s Global Offshore Operations.

Andrew is the current Chairman of the Caterers Offshore Trade Association and has served as a Board Member of industry body Oil & Gas UK for three years.

Prior to this he held senior positions in the retail and leisure industries.

Andrew graduated with a BA in commerce from the RGU Business School.

As part of a major growth plan, Carolyn is the newest member to join Aramark’s leadership team, as Marketing Director for Northern Europe. With 30 years of diverse industry experience, Carolyn joins Aramark to lead a new consumer centric strategy to deliver a targeted growth plan across Northern Europe. Carolyn will be responsible for creating market leading strategies that are robust, commercially viable and salient to the client and customer.

“I’m delighted to have joined Aramark as the Marketing Director for Northern Europe.” Carolyn said. “I join a dedicated and highly motivated team and together we will build marketing and culinary solutions that will really make a difference, driving change and innovation across Northern Europe. Marketing has always been my life, to me, it’s all about winning hearts and minds and creating experiences that engage and inspire. The measure of any success is the results. I believe if the customer is the priority in a service business, the results will always be good. People are our product.

“I’m focusing on improving the customer experience, translating insights into action, constructing integrated engagement platforms, creating and activating strategic brand relationships, measuring operational performances and constantly looking for new opportunities to develop, grow and move the business forward.”

Prior to joining Aramark in November 2016, Hails successfully ran her own marketing and design company called Thinkspace Partnership and has a strong background in strategic leadership, proposition and brand development, consumer insight and managing food and hospitality business at the very highest level.

“Getting into the mind of the consumer is my main goal in every project we commit to.” Carolyn said. “It allows us to refine and improve every aspect of the business, from customer targeting, to observing and monitoring trends, and identifying rebranding and development opportunities.”

Leading a distributed team of 28 IT professionals, Roy is responsible for directing a diverse ICT portfolio that collaborates with all facets of the business in the creation of integrated, tailored technology solutions that enable operational excellence, cost control & margin improvement. By presenting practical and cost effective solutions that encompass People, Process & Technology ensures that each technology implementation from planning through to execution matches business objectives and positions the organisation for success.

During his tenure at Aramark he has gained a proven track record of success and enjoys deriving repeatable, sustainable business processes that support the company’s core objectives whilst ensuring the underpinning governance structure is fully enabled and engaged to support the change programme.

Leading the ICT implementation for Aramark at the London 2012 Olympics is one of his proudest achievements. A Masters graduate from the Irish Management Institute and University College Cork underpins the experience gained over the years with peer reviewed academic models and frameworks.

Emily Ennis joined Aramark in 2019, as AVP and Assistant General Counsel Northern Europe. 

Emily leads the legal function for Aramark’s food, facilities management and property business in Ireland and the UK and Aramark’s global offshore business. 

 Emily is a key member of the Aramark Northern Europe Management team, advising and enabling the business to achieve its objectives, whilst mitigating risk. 

Prior to joining Aramark, Emily was Head of Legal for Aer Rianta International (ARI), a global duty free retailer with operations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas. Emily also spent seven years as a corporate and commercial solicitor with Arthur Cox advising international companies.

Emily is a graduate of UCD and the Honorable Society of Kings Inns and has been recognised by The Legal 500 in The GC Powerlist Ireland as an influential and innovative corporate counsel passionate about driving the business forward.  Emily is also a mentor for The Law Society of Ireland’s Women in Leadership Mentoring Programme.