Marie O’Toole

Marie is a quality & sustainability professional with over 35 years’ experiencein manufacturing. A science graduate, with a Master’s in Business Administration, shehas worked in the pharmaceutical, polymer and metal stamping industries.

As Director of Corporate Sustainability, Mariehas lead Trend Technologies on its sustainability journey, with the development of ESG policies and initiatives across its 10 global operations, spanning Europe, Asia, and North America.

Previously,she held the position of Director of Corporate Quality for almost 10 years, with responsibility for the direction of Trend’s global quality operations. Marie worked in a variety of quality management and quality engineering positions, with a strong focus on system development and process validation. She held the role of Chairperson of the Midland’s region of Excellence Ireland( previously Irish Quality Association). She also was a part-time lecturer with the Irish Management Institute on its Supervisory Management program.

Marie is a certified Lead auditor for ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO13485 and VDA 6.3 standards as well has holding a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and more recently has qualified as an RBA(Responsible Business Alliance) auditor and sustainability champion.

In relation to community engagement, Marie is a volunteer with the Irish Cancer Society and is chair of the Mullingar Daffodil Day and Pink Ribbon fund raising committee.