Aoife Sammon

Background

About Aoife Sammon

I am a graduate of University College Cork, having achieved both an honours BComm degree (2003) and a Masters in Food Marketing (2004). I joined the Food Industry Training Unit (FITU), University College Cork as a Programme Manager in March 2022. Prior to joining the team, I worked for 16 years in the Department of Food Business and Development, Cork University Business School (CUBS), UCC overseeing the coordination and management of a portfolio of six executive education part-time programmes in the area of Supply Chain Management and Lean. In 2021, I transitioned to the role of Postgraduate Programmes Administrator (Cork University Business School) with responsibility for a number of postgraduate taught full-time food programmes in the area of food business, co-operatives, agri-food, sustainable development and food policy/management. I have completed my Lean Yellow Belt, as well as various Digital Badges in the areas of management and information technology.