Dr Anne Cusack

Anne studied Science for her undergraduate degree and focused on Cancer research for her PhD. After her doctorate, Anne worked abroad for a multinational, followed by a biotech start-up to broaden her experience. Returning from the UK to start a business in 1999, Anne and her husband established Critical Healthcare. As CEO, Anne brought Critical Healthcare through many milestones: winning and retaining multiple public and private contracts, including the NHS, and Falck Europe, (the largest provider of Emergency Services globally), the design and patenting of innovative products, the creation of an own brand portfolio of medical consumables & medical devices, and the design & development of their own software procurement platform, adopted by multiple Irish & European Emergency Service providers. In 2021 Critical Healthcare was acquired and Anne is now pursuing her many other interests. In 2019, Anne was invited by the then Taoiseach, to serve as Chair of the Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan Steering Committee, 2018-2020 and again, 2020-2024. A qualified Non-Executive Director, Anne serves on a number of boards, including the Governing Body of TUS (Technological University Shannon).

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“Enterprise Ireland believes that Ireland’s economic success will depend on a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem which utilises all the skills, ambition and talent of a diverse population. Increasing the opportunities for women entrepreneurs and women in management is a key focus for Enterprise Ireland, and our six-year Women in Business Strategy aims to grow the number of women becoming entrepreneurs and leaders. We’ve set ambitious targets, including doubling the number of women-led companies in the export market by 2025, and progress is now clear. In 2022, 58 (more than one-third) of the 161 start-ups we invested in were women-led, up from just 8% in 2012. ‘Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs’ is all about reaching out to and supporting women who want to become entrepreneurs and build innovative businesses of scale, focused on export markets. I have no doubt that many of these will be leading Irish companies in the future and we look forward to supporting them on their journey.”

“KPMG has a strong track record of supporting women in business, so we are proud to be involved with Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs. We are excited to see all of the opportunities that this initiative will open for women who have a vision to harness their skills to be entrepreneurs growing scalable businesses. This tailored initiative will encourage more women to establish innovative businesses focused on growth with global ambition. In addition to the panel of Inspiring Female Entrepreneurs who will offer insights into their entrepreneurial journey, KPMG’s experts will facilitate a series of Inspiring workshops and share their expertise with this year’s ambitious entrepreneurs on a wide range of key business matters such as cyber security, corporate and tax governance, raising finance and much more.”