Mr. John Travers
John Travers is an Economic and Business consultant. He has worked as a Senior Advisor and Administrator in the areas of Government economic and enterprise/industry/science policy in Ireland for more than 30 years. Previously, he was the founding CEO of Forfás (1993-2002) and of Science Foundation Ireland (2000-2001) during its critical start-up phase. John Travers was Chief Economic Advisor in the Department of Industry and Commerce from 1988 to 1993. Prior to that, he held senior management/professional positions in the Department of the Taoiseach, Department of Finance and Department of Local Government.
Currently, John Travers is, inter alia, a member of the Board of Science Foundation Ireland, Ireland's National Competitiveness Council and the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business at University College Dublin.
He holds Postgraduate degrees in Town Planning, Economic Planning and in Business Administration from the Dublin Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania and the National University of Ireland respectively.
