Dr Eimear Cotter

Eimear Cotter is the Director at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Ireland since September 2017 and serves as a member of the Governing Body at the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology since September 2024. Cotter has held significant roles including Board Member of the National Statistics Board (May 2017 - May 2023) and Head of Low Carbon Technologies at the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) from 2015 to August 2017. Prior experience includes Senior Manager at EPA Ireland (2006 - 2015), Sustainability Advisor at the Department of Transport (2005 - 2006), Manager for Environment, Sustainability & Energy at the Royal Society of Chemistry (2003 - 2005), Business Analyst at Arthur D. Little (2002 - 2003), and Photochemist & Spectroscopist at the British Antarctic Survey (2000 - 2002). Eimear Cotter holds a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Chemistry from the University of Oxford, an MBA from University College Dublin, and a BA in Chemistry from Trinity College Dublin. Additional educational pursuits include participation as an Eisenhower Fellow and advanced leadership programs at IMD and the Tavistock Institute.