Sean Finlay is a Professional Geologist and Chartered Engineer with extensive experience in mining projects in Ireland, Ghana, Mali and the Former Soviet Union with Tara Mines Ltd, Celtic Resources Holdings plc and Glencar Mining plc; engineering consultancy in Ireland and Poland with Tobin and is the leader of a geoscience industry cluster active in over 50 countries (Geoscience Ireland). He is a past President of the Irish Mining & Quarrying Society and is currently President of the Irish Academy of Engineering