Ciarán Ó hAnnracháin has worked in tertiary education, both public and private, for 30 years in the Irish, UK, US, and Swiss education systems, predominantly working in the field of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Academic Leadership.  He has held a number of academic management roles in Switzerland and Ireland for the past 20 years and has been a member of a range of national advisory panels in both Hospitality & Tourism and Higher Education.  He holds an undergraduate degree from Trinity College Dublin, a master’s degree from University College Dublin and a doctoral degree from University of Sheffield.  He was Project Manager in Letterkenny Institute of Technology for merger of GMIT. IT Sligo and LYIT to become the Atlantic Technological University in April 2022.  He now works within the Transformation Office in the management of organisational change within ATU.