Professor Thomas Cooney is Professor in Entrepreneurship at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Editor of Small Enterprise Research academic journal, and a member of the Department of Enterprise Advisory Group that published the 2014 report 'Entrepreneurship in Ireland'. Prof. Cooney is an expert for various EU and OECD working groups with substantial media experience, as has contributed to various initiatives in that capacity, such as Jury Member for the European Enterprise Promotion Awards and Grand Jury Member for the European Commission ‘European Enterprise Promotion Awards’.