Tony McMahon currently works as Associate Director HR & EDI with the Irish Universities Association (IUA). With a professional background in Human Resources, Tony has held HR leadership positions in the Irish health service, and in Teagasc the national food and agriculture development agency, and prior to joining the IUA, Director of Human Resources, and Director of Diversity and Inclusion, in Trinity College Dublin from 2007 to 2021.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce, a Masters in Business Studies, and a professional Diploma in Arbitration from UCD, as well as a Diploma in Mediation (from TU Dublin), and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD).
Tony joined the Board of Gheel in January 2018, and was appointed as Chair in 2020.