ERIN Hooban is the new chair of Shannon Chamber’s Human Resources Forum.

Ms Hooban is Group HR manager with Enva, and has significant experience working within manufacturing environments and is vastly experienced in interacting with a diverse range of clientele from business leaders to operations including a global HR team.

She has been a member of the Chamber’s HR Forum since its formation in 2017 and replaces Caroline O’Brien chief people officer with Shannon Engine Support (SES) Ltd., who held the chair in 2022.

The purpose of the forum is to create the space, time, and an environment to support the thinking, reflection, sharing of ideas, best practices, and planning for the future of strategic HR.

Shannon Chamber CEO Helen Downes said, “Ms Hooban has the ideal credentials to steer the HR Forum in 2023. She is conversant with strategic and operational HR activities and will use her unique leadership skills to take the forum on a new trajectory.

“With issues such as gender pay gap reporting, employee retention, learning and development, wellbeing, workforce management, new technologies and the general employment market forecasted to be top of the agenda for HR managers in 2023, the forum will have lots to discuss in the year ahead.”